Glencoe LochanAnytime Orienteering
Type of course: Virtual Terrain type: Woodland & Forest
Overview
This is a fairly new map and is printed at 1:7500. Quite a mix of terrain ... some lovely woods, some rougher woods. Often hilly. There has been a lot of rhodie clearance, which leaves the woods very open, but watch out for the stumps! The many mountain bike tracks are largely mapped and often provide the only routes through thick stuff. In areas where they are small, complex or variable they may not be mapped. Bracken is not mapped but shouldn't get in the way too much.
Location Details
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Near: Glencoe Village Lat,Lng: 56.68789,-5.09686 What3Words: ///slams.rigs.label
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Directions / Parking
Turn off the A82 at Glencoe village and take the first right and drive through the village over the river Coe. Glencoe Lochan is signposted (2nd left after the bridge). Follow this narrow minor road up to the car park. This car park is also open to other members of the public so please park considerately.
Please note that this car park is height restricted - 2.3metres. Camper vans and cars with roof racks/ bikes will need to park elsewhere. The Pap of Glencoe carpark is further along the village road and the walk up to the event is approximately 1km.
MapRun directory path:
UK/Scotland/Highlands/Lochaber/EckO Lochaber
Courses available
Glencoe Lochan Scatter All ControlsScatter course, 6km,28 controls
Glencoe Lochan Scatter10Scatter course, 2km,10 controls
Glencoe Lochan Scatter 20Scatter course, 4km,20 controls
Glencoe Lochan ScoreScore course, 40 mins, controls
Glencoe Lochan YellowLine course, 2.3km,11 controls
Glencoe Lochan OrangeLine course, 2.5km,12 controls
Glencoe Lochan Light GreenLine course, 2.8km,12 controls
Glencoe Lochan GreenLine course, 3.9km,15 controls
Other Information
Please choose a course that is appropriate to your fitness level and orienteering ability.
There are 8 courses available. There are 3 scatter course where you have to either visit 10, 20 or all the controls as quickly as possible. There is a score course where you have to visit as many controls as possible in 40 minutes. Finally, there are 4 line courses with yellow being the easiest followed by orange, light green and green. Have fun!
Facilities
There are no toilets at the car park but plenty of great facilities locally in Glencoe Village.
Dog restrictions
Well-behaved dogs and please clear up any mess. Thank you