Discussion: Bulletin 1 posted

Bulletin 1 has been posted here:
http://www.neskio.com/storage/2014champs/bulletin1...

All the important info is also on the website at:
http://www.neskio.com/uschamps2014

Do you have an idea of Sunday's start time? For planning Sunday afternoon/night flights.

Sunday will be a mass start to try and get everyone do as soon as possible. We don't have an exact start time determined yet, but 10 or earlier would make sense.

Question: Are you planning to post course distances/climb in advance? (It would help in deciding which age group to enter.)

Yes, rough course information will be posted before the event. With snow conditions so variable, it is hard to really know what the exact courses will be too far in advance. Our ideal courses will have a lot of dashed trails, but they depend on having enough snow coverage in the woods.
If you register for an age group, and want to change it after we post data, that isn't a problem.

Like Ed said, course information will be posted though maybe not by the normal entry deadline (Feb 16th). In any case, the actual courses may have to be adjusted at the last minute to account for the actual snow cover on the day of the event.

Understandable, thank you.

One other question: Is there any chance the model event will also be available on Friday morning, even if the controls have to be pulled in and it's just a chance to ski the map to see the track setting and mapping?

I hope to have the model event available on Thursday, Friday and Saturday for anyone just want to give ski-O a try. However, it will be the same model. So the answer to your question is yes, the model will be available Friday.