WCOC Sprint
Welcome to the Valleyview silt cliffs map and WCOC sprint event
Getting to the event
The event centre is at the Valleyview Arena on the east side of the city of Kamloops.
Turn off the Trans-Canada Highway at Highland Road. Drive one block to 4-way stop at Valleyview Drive. Drive straight and take next left to the Arena.
https://goo.gl/maps/FHe5R
There is a grocery store and drug store in the Valleyview Place Shopping Mall.
MAP INFORMATION
ISSOM
Scale is 1:4,000
Contours: 2.5m
Size: 8.5" X 14"
Mappers: Alan Vyse and Brian May 2014; Cartography by Bryan Chubb 2014
Arena Elevation: 380m
OWNERSHIP
City of Kamloops Nature Park and Bike Ranch. We thank the City and the Kamloops High Performance Cycling Centre for permission to use the park and the Bike Ranch
OFFICIALS
Course planner: Brian May, Sage
Controller: Murray Foubister, Sage
MAP DETAILS
The area was first mapped in 1995 at 1:15000 by Martin Pardoe and his map has been used for major events in the past. Sage O Club uses the map for introductory O events each spring.
The map area is within the City of Kamloops and the land is part of the City’s Parks system. The western side of the map is part of the Kamloops Bike Ranch which is operated by the Performance Cycling Centre in cooperation with the City of Kamloops. The “Ranch” is known throughout Western Canada as the “place to go” for bike riders who enjoy jumps. The east boundary of the map is private land and is marked by an un-crossable fence. On the western edge there is a major city road. North and South boundaries are steep grassy slopes.
About ten thousand years ago the map area lay beneath a large lake that was created by ice lobes blocking the North and South Thompson valleys in the vicinity of Kamloops. The ice dams collapsed and the water drained westward in a catastrophic event. Rapidly flowing water carved deep gullies in the former lake bed leaving the land much as you see it today. The gullies and cliffs have remained quite stable in the dry Kamloops climate. Building has not been permitted because of the risk of foundations being weakened as a result of water action.
The map is almost entirely open grassland, mapped as rough open. There are patches mapped as open land which is generally packed dirt and occurs in areas where bike trails and jumps have been built. Prominent trees and bushes have been mapped but small patches of trees have been mapped as rough open land with scattered trees. There are a few small areas of white forest. Some portions of the grassland are mapped as slow running because of knee-high to chest-high sagebrush.
Kamloops was heavily hit by the mountain pine beetle epidemic in the years between 2005 and 2007 when many large ponderosa pine trees were killed. There are many fallen trees on the map and individual stems have been mapped as solid green lines showing the approximate length and alignment of the fallen tree (they are visible on the aerial imagery). Patches of deadfall are marked as slow running.
Many un-crossable cliffs are mapped along the edges of the gullies. The cliffs are silt, not rock, and look like very steep earth banks. There are also many earth banks mapped as crossable.
Man-made features are common throughout the map. The main trail network has been created by bike riders and walkers, but bike riders have created many new trails in the western half of the map. There are a few vehicle trails. Within the western part of the map there are many bike jumps carved into the silt. Some are very large (>5m). They are shown by contour lines and form lines, and by knoll, bank, and wall symbols. There are numerous prominent manmade features including wooden ramps for jumps, signs and small buildings. There is one large building and parking lot – the Valleyview Ice Arena – which will be used as the Event Centre.
SCHEDULE
Registration desk at the Valleyview Arena will open at 8 am
Start times begin at 10 am.
Maximum time allowed is 60 mins
Courses close at Noon. Bike traffic will begin after this time.
ARENA
Arena announcer: none
Vendors: The O-Store should be able to set up at the arena. No other vendors.
Food: Please bring your own food
Water: Available in the arena; water not will be available on courses.
Toilets: in the arena
Distance to Start from arena: 100m.
START
There will be a remote start for all courses. YOU MUST FOLLOW THE MARKED ROUTE TO THE START TRIANGLE.
FINISH
ALL COMPETITORS MUST REPORT TO THE FINISH
PARKING
Use Arena Parking lot.
HAZARDS
Hot weather
Hot weather is a normal summer hazard in the BC interior and this summer is no exception. No Water will be provided on the sprint courses. Competitors should take their own precautions. Make sure you are well hydrated before your start time and take water with you if you expect to be out on the course for a lengthy period of time.
Bikes
The map covers part of the Kamloops bike Ranch. The Bike Ranch will be closed for the morning of the Sprint event with the cooperation of the City and the Bike Ranch operators but it is possible that bikers will try to use the area. Stay alert!
Bike jumps
Please do not climb the bike jumps. Controls will be placed in the vicinity of jumps but there should be no reason to go on the jumps.
Course class table
Course Class limit on course
1 Beg, M12, M14, W12, W14 1 hour
2 Int., M75, M80, M85+, M80, W55, W65, W75, W80, W85+ 1 hour
3 Adv., M55, M65, W45 1 hour
4 Exp., M16, W16, W20, W21, W35 1 hour
5 M20, M21, M35, M45 1 hour