Chapel Hill Farsta Fall Series
September 21st 2025 10:00am - 2:00pm
Organizer: Andrew Cornett (Event Director)
Map: Chapel Hill
The Chapel Hill terrain features mostly nice woods with complex contour detail, a dense trail network, some steep slopes, and very few rocks or cliffs. The visibility is generally good and the runnability varies with the steepness of the terrain. The terrain is presently very dry such that ditches mapped as wet (blue dots) are dry, marshes are generally dry and even many ponds are dry enough to cross.. Even larger streams are easily crossed anywhere. Note that there are many unmapped small trails in these woods.
A "Farsta" is a one-person relay or an orienteering course comprised of several loops, with a map exchange or map flip between each loop. The long advanced course will consist of 3 loops, the medium advanced course will have 2 loops, and the short advanced course will have a single loop. Intermediate and novice courses will also be offered.
IMPORTANT: All 3 loops will end at a common finish control, however, if you are running multiple loops, only punch the finish on your final loop. If it is not your final loop, proceed instead to the map exchange area and pick up the map for your next loop.
On-site registration will be at the Chapel Hill Catholic School, 1534 Forest Valley Dr, Orléans, ON K1C 6G9, where limited parking is available. Additional parking is available on local streets and at Chapel Hill Elementary School, roughly 300m SSE of the Catholic School. We do not expect the schools to be open during the event. Public toilets are available at Heritage Park (6160 Orléans Blvd, Orléans, ON K1C 6H6) located roughly 400m east of the Catholic School.
The following courses will be waiting for you:
- Novice - 2.2km, 9 controls
- Intermediate - 3.9km, 12 controls
- Short Advanced - 1 loop, 3.4km, 11 controls
- Advanced - 2 loops, 6.3km, 23 controls
- Long Advanced - 3 loops, 9.0km, 33 controls
Note that you will need a newer SI chip (SI-9 or above) for the Long Advanced course due to the number of controls.
We hope to see you all at Chapel Hill on Sunday!
Andrew & Cathy