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The 2010 Leinster Champs are being held on Carlingford Mountain (589m) that is close to the medieval village of Carlingford. It was used for 2006 for the Irish Orienteering Champs / IOF World Ranking event and most recently in 2008 for a Spring Cup event.
 
Please be advised that the open mountain area of Carlingford Mountain as defined by the orienteering map on this website is embargoed for all competitors.
  
Carlingford Mountain is a fast running open mountain with stunning views over Carlingford Lough and the Mourne Mountains. The terrain is steep in parts with multiple natural terraces and intricate rock and contour detail. On the map, crags are defined in several ways with tagged crags representing vertical rock and those with a thicker upper line representing uncrossable crags. Crags that form part of the slope and are significant, are represented by a single black line. In wet weather the rock is extremely slippy and some slopes have a thin covering of vegetation that adds to the slippiness. Boulders have been mapped relative to the size of other boulders in the immediate area.

The area is marshy in places with the extent of the marshes depending on the recent rainfall. Only significant marshes are mapped. Uncrossable marshes are as they say and should be avoided by competitors. Many seasonal watercourses are on the terrain with only the more significant being mapped. Competitors will encounter flattened bracken on the way to the start, and in the area of the penultimate controls.

The upper parts of the mountain are frequently covered with fog.

The map that covers the complete competition area was first produced by East West Mapping in 1992 and is available in a reduced size here (1Mb). It was revised in 2006 with minor corrections in 2008. Only the more prominent (over 1m) rock features are marked on the map. The crag symbol with tags indicates vertical crags. The crag symbol without tags indicates crags that form part of the slope but are still significant rock features.

There will be 2 seperate starts, one for Seniors which is 1.6 km and 215m climb from the Event Centre and one for Juniors which is on the way to the Senior start. Competitors are advised to allow at least 40 minutes for the walk to the Start. The route follows narrow roads where care should be taken with passing cars, and narrow paths where overtaking slower walkers may be difficult. Allow plenty of time to reach the starts.

 DEVIATIONS FROM THE GUIDELINES/ NON-STANDARD FEATURES

A feature of the area are "booleys" that are manmade, usually circular, walled enclosures. Originally used to hold sheep but are now mostly in a ruined state with some of the walls fallen. They are represented on the map by an outline black square eg , and the control description will be shown as (special item). A photograph of a "booley" is shown

 

 

 

 

 

Last updated 23rd March 2010