ORIENTEERING WEEK

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1 5 0 TH ANNIVERSARY WEEK 50 TH KAINUU ORIENTEERING WEEK RASTI, KUHMO, FINLAND Entry begins on Welcome to Kainuu Orienteering Week in Kuhmo to enjoy the unique and traditional athmosphere of the event - Kainuu Orienteering Week is known as the orienteering and holiday week for the whole family!

2 Kainuu Orienteering Week celebrates the 50th anniversary week in traditional athmosphere and the event will be held in Kuhmo in the end of july Competition centre is located about 20 kilometres from Kuhmo to south (road 75) and the area called Rasti (in english control point). There has been an orienteering event in the same area in 1970 s. Competition days: TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY Maps, tracks and terrains Anniversary week will be held in great and versatile orienteering terrain in the middle of traditional Finnish and Kainuu region countryside. Competition centre is in the courtyard of the farm which is located on the top of the hill offering great landscapes to the wilderness. Competition terrain will consist varied terrains and an all-round experience of the Kainuu landscape. In addition to its typical solid ground, the terrain ranges from craggy hillsides with small features to varied forests and vegetation, greatest variations in altitude are between metres. All-in-all the orienteering area is very versatile and for more experienced orienteers there are also very demanding terrains and orienteering tasks. The competition tracks are planned so that the best parts of the terrain will be offered for the all of the competition categories. The competition terrain in Rasti area offers courses suitable for all levels. The course setters have large experience from several previous events, including the Kainuu Orienteering Week Competition maps are designed by the professional mapping company Mapline Oy (for ex. WOC2013 official mapping company). Welcome to 50th Anniversary week! In open orienteering we will offer C-ultra categories, which is made especially for trail runners. Distances in this serie are in every day between kilometres so in total for four competition days C-ultra runners will have over 40 km of orienteering. Orienteering tasks are very easy in this serie so runners can enjoy the footpaths and great sceneries.

3 Preliminary categories and distances CATEGORY DIST. CATEGORY DIST. CATEGORY DIST. CATEGORY DIST. CATEGORY DIST. H21E 10,0 D21E 7,0 H20E 8,0 D20E 5,5 H18E 7,5 D18E 5,5 H16E 6,0 D16E 5,0 H21A 9,5 H21A short 6,5 H21C 5,0 H35A 8,7 H35A short 5,7 H40A 8,0 H40A short 5,5 H40B 6,0 H45A 7,2 H45A short 5,0 H45B 5,7 H50A 6,7 H50A short 4,7 H50B 5,5 H55A 6,0 H55A short 4,2 H55B 5,0 H60A 5,5 H60A short 4,0 H65A 5,0 H65A short 3,8 H70A 4,2 H70A short 3,5 H75 3,5 H80 3,0 H85 2,3 H90 2,3 H95 2,3 H17-20B 6,0 H16B 4,7 H14A 4,0 H13-14B 3,5 H13A 3,5 H12 3,0 H12TR 2,5 H10RR 2,5 H9RR 2,5 H8RR 1,7 D21A 5,8 D21A short 4,2 D21B 5,1 D21C 4,0 D35A 5,8 D35B 4,7 D40A 5,0 D40B 4,2 D45A 4,7 D45B 4,0 D50A 4,0 D50B 3,3 D55A 4,0 D55B 3,3 D60A 3,0 D60B 2,6 D65A 3,0 D65B 2,6 D70 2,3 D75 2,3 D80 2,3 D17-20B 4,5 D16B 4,0 D14A 4,0 D13-14B 3,5 D13A 3,5 D12 3,0 D12TR 2,5 D10RR 2,5 D9RR 2,5 D8RR 1,7 OPEN/FAMILY RR 1,7 OPEN A-long 7,5 OPEN A-short 4,5 OPEN B-long 6,0 OPEN B-short 4,0 OPEN C-ultra 10,0 OPEN C-long 4,5 OPEN C-short 2,5 Participation fees 2017 Entry begins on By By By Late-entry by 30/11/ /02/ /06/ ** /week /day /week /day /week /day /week /day Elite (H/D16-21E) H/D Other Open categories (entry by , only to whole week) 45 Open-RR/Family-RR* / Open (children 13-years or under) (entry by ) 25 Participation fees to open categories after and on-site Open categories Open-RR/Family-RR* / Open (children 13-years or under) Activity route 12 4 **Notice! There is limited amount of vacant-places for late entries * includes maps for whole family and one Emit-card Entry and registration By using the IRMA-service or by info@rastiviikko.fi

4 PHOTO: WILD TAIGA Welcome to Kuhmo! Kuhmo s nature type is Wild Taiga, where the landscapes and the magnificent fauna are incomparable to any other place on earth. The diversity of nature and Kuhmo chamber music culture are the strengths of Kuhmo, and those things cannot be transferred to anywhere else in the world. Kuhmo s tourism supply is also built on the attraction of Nature. Kuhmo also offers excellent settings for orienteering and other outdoor activities, and nature tourism is an important tourism sector for Kuhmo. Certainly the settings for orienteering event are good in Kuhmo. Events are important for Kuhmo s businesses, local and leisure residents and visitors. Kainuu Orienteering Week, organized this year in Kuhmo, is one of the major events of the year. Other traditional summer events are Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival and Sommelo Folk Music Festival. Events have been highlighted in the strategy programme of Kuhmo. The strategy programme of Kuhmo was updated at the end of last year. We have defined a new strategy vision in it and it goes as follows: Kuhmo, the paradise of living and leisure. Welcome to the Kainuu Orienteering Week The city of Kuhmo

5 Arrival Flight connections Helsinki Kajaani Helsinki Kuopio Helsinki Oulu Helsinki Kuusamo Helsinki Rovaniemi Car rental Helsinki (lentoasema) Kuopio (lentoasema) Kajaani (lentoasema) Oulu (lentoasema) Rovaniemi (lentoasema) Rovaniemi Oulu Railway connections Kajaani Bus connections Vaasa Jyväskylä Kuhmo Kuopio Nurmes Tampere Turku Helsinki PHOTO : FINNAIR PHOTO: VR GROUP Distances and driving times by car to Kuhmo: From Turku 660km 7 h 50 min From Helsinki 595km 6 h 50 min From Tampere 500km 6 h 00 min From Vaasa 470km 5 h 45 min From Rovaniemi 390km 5 h 00 min From Jyväskylä 350km 4 h 15 min From Kuusamo 260km 3 h 20 min From Oulu 260km 3 h 20 min From Kuopio 205km 2 h 30 min From Kajaani 105km 1 h 25 min From Nurmes 80km 1h 00min From Vuokatti 70km 55 min Commercial accommodation You can find different kind of commercial accommodation possibilities from Kuhmo for example hotel accommodation to modest private cottage accommodation. For more information about accommodation possibilities in Kuhmo search in internet with key word Kuhmo, accomodation and from our webpage KOW-accommodation Our accommodation office will provide following accommodation possibilities: Private houses and cottages, school and dormitory accommodation, camping and caravan accommodation. Go to our webpage Accommodation KOW-accommodation Contact: Chief of competition: Urpo Piirainen, urpo.piirainen@erapiira.fi, tel Secretary general: Jukka Liuha, jukka.liuha@rastiviikko.fi, tel

6 Contact information: Competition office: (starting from ) Accommodation office: (starting from ) Chief of competition: Urpo Piirainen Secretary general: Jukka Liuha Organizers: Kuhmon Peurat union City of Kuhmo Kainuun Rastiviikko union Finnish Orienteering Federation Main Partners: