Location: Ruth McKenzie Table Mountain Preserve, Prather, CA north of Fresno
Schedule
09:00 AM Check-in Open
09:30 AM Assigned Starts (Start Times)
10:15 AM All Other Starts
10:30 AM Starts Close
12:30 PM Courses Close
01:30 PM (or earlier) Results & Presentation of North/South winner
Starts will be assigned at 2 minute intervals. Please check-in 15 minutes prior to your assigned start. After 10:15, starts will be assigned first come, first served.
Social Lunch afterwards nearby TBA.
Directions: There is no parking fee for this event.
GPS: 36.996586, -119.593466;
From Madera and North: Take CA Highway 99 to exit 155 for Cleveland Ave. It's a little tricky after you get off the freeway. Turn left onto Cleveland Ave., and then super soon, you're going to need make a right. Then super soon again, you're going to need to make a left to get onto Cleveland Ave. again. Go about 1.5 miles to the junction with Yosemite Ave. / CA Hwy 145. Turn left, and go about 18 miles. Turn right at Road 206, and go about 2 miles, it becomes North Fork Road, and hits a T-junction at North Friant Road / Millerton Road. Turn left onto Millerton Road and go 6 miles to Auberry Road. Turn left onto Auberry Road. After 3 miles on Auberry Road, turn left at the sign for the preserve.
From Fresno and South: Take CA Highway 41 to Friant Road and turn right onto Friant Road, then go about 3 miles to Copper Ave. and turn right onto Copper Ave. After 2.7 miles on Copper Ave., turn left onto Auberry Road. Go about 11.8 miles and turn left at the sign for the preserve.
Terrain: Rock features abound at Ruth McKenzie Table Mountain Preserve, which is covered mostly by oak savannah. There are a few meadows and a few forested patches. The trail network supports beginner courses. The hills are gentle in the bottom of the valley and get progressively steeper, towards near-vertical at the table tops.
Map: will be new for the event, ISOM, 1:7500 scale for all courses, 5m contours
Course setter: Vladimir Gusiatnikov
Course Stats:
TBA
Getting to the Start:
Less than a 1.0 km walk, TBA.
Gear: Shoes with cleats or studs for all courses. Pants recommended for all courses. But doable in shorts. Poison oak is rare.