Programme   Getting there and competition center   Map and legends

DESCRIPTION

In 1890, the Russian Emperor Alexander III decided to establish a military city in Liepāja and build the Liepaja fortress, so as not to repeat the scenario of the Crimean War, when British warships hijacked 8 merchant ships in the port of Liepaja without resistance. The South Fort was built in the south of the city by the Pērkone River and a defensive moat was dug around it. However, the cannons were never deployed here. During the First World War, the forts were used as warehouses, but in the interwar period of independent Latvia, production facilities were located here. In all the wars, the Southern Fort has been bypassed from the east of the city and has never been used for military purposes, remaining forever white and fluffy.

COMPETITION SCHEDULE

Time	Actity
10:30	Begins issue of competitor bibs and maps
12:00	Start for 6h rogaining (participants of the Rogaining hike can start the distance from 11:00 to 13:00)
12:30	Start for 3h MTB rogaining
13:00	Start for 4h rogaining
13:30	Start for 2h rogaining, 2h rogaining run un 2h rogaining walk
15:30	Control time end for 3h MTB rogaining
16:00	Control time end for 2h rogaining un  2h rogaining run
17:00	Control time end for 4h rogaining
18:00	Control time end for 6h rogaining un Rogaining hike
18:10	Begins prize giving for classes. INTERVALS.LV lottery withr Garmin and other prizes.

COMPETITION CENTER LOCATION AND AREA

Getting to the competition center: 

GPS ROUTE RECORDING AND ANALYSIS AFTER COMPETITION

If you want fans to follow you during the race, watching on the big screen in the center of the race, or after the race to analyze your (or your competitors') wandering around the right checkpoint, use the MapRun smartphone application:

• iPhone version: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/maprun/id1634949963
• Android version: https://play.google.com/store/search?q=maprun&c=apps
• Garmin version: https://apps.garmin.com/en-US/apps/05fa6a5e-e9e6-4865-8b3b-0b8a3c64eeba
• Open the application > Name > Write down your name, surname, gender, age > Accept > Select Event > Latvia > Pilsetas_legendas > "Event name" (scan this QR code or click on this link) > Ok (may have to wait ~20 seconds while loading) > Go to Start
• Turn on the GPS function on your smartphone just before the starting shot.
  When you get within 15 meters of the start or checkpoints or the finish at the end, they will turn green (counted) but your smartphone will beep/vibrate (after that you can keep your phone in your pocket or bag without pulling it out until the finish, as long as you hear your phone beep at each checkpoint - it means that the application works successfully).
• You can also use your GPS wristband instead of your phone by uploading your GPX route here after the finish: http://www.p.fne.com.au/#/gpsupload
• The routes will be available here: https://p.fne.com.au/rg/cgi-bin/SelectResultFileForSplitsBrowserFiltered.cgi?act=fileToSplitsBrowser&eventName=ScoreResults_Liepajas%20Dienvidu%20Fortu%20Rogainings%202024%20Start%20Anywhere%20PXAS%20ScoreP360%20PZ0820042024.csv
• If the MapRun app didn't count a checkpoint for you, then press: Show Results > select the rogaining you just ran > Review Results (HITMO) and indicate the missing checkpoints!

DESCRIPTIONS

Since this year in all stages you will also be able to ride a bicycle in the MTB group - for the convenience of cyclists, asphalted (brown) and unasphalted fast/medium/slow/very slow (the more bumpy, the slower) black roads and trails will be sorted on the map. The tracks of the tractor equipment shown with the narrow stiga symbol will be useless for cyclists, but pedestrians can try to get out.

Already last year, we tried representing the vegetation as close as possible to the gradual transitions observed in nature from very young to young, to medium and old forest, using 4 different colors: green, lighter, very light and white, which orienteers are already used to on their maps. But this time they will not represent the runability, but only the age of the forest stand. Such a finer representation of the forest is possible thanks to the laser point cloud data published by the Latvian Geospatial Information Agency, which can be downloaded for free and map layers can be generated from them.

We remind you that the areas marked with olive green in the standard orientation signs are closed to participants. On the other hand, we painted the closed roads red. Even if it is not marked on the map, but you see a "Private property" or "No entry" sign in nature, please follow it and choose another path. Of course, first of all, the organizers themselves will try to plan the checkpoints in such a way that reaching them does not affect the rights of private owners.

The height curves will be with a relatively fine step of 2 m, so that you don't accidentally jump to the highest "mountains" of Riga, but appreciate them from the foot to the very top.

COMPETITION MAP AND AREA

Participants receive a race card when registering in the registration tent on the morning of the race. The cards will be moisture resistant, but each participant is responsible for keeping the card in wet conditions. The scale of the map is 1:20,000 or 1 cm = 200 m in nature. Size 62 x 43 cm (take this into account when choosing a bike card holder).

CONTROL DESCRIPTIONS

Familiarize yourself with checkpoint legends or location descriptions! Although in any case you should look for an object located in the center of the circle, the legends explain more precisely whether you should look for the north or south side of the building, etc. Some of the locations of the checkpoints are so legendary that we had to decipher them in order not to remember them ahead of time. Tomer You can try to remember them even now. You will find out the correct answers on April 1 before the start, when you receive a card with checkpoints.

Nr.	Kontrolpunkta vieta / Checkpoint location	Nr.	Kontrolpunkta vieta / Checkpoint location
10	D deguns / S spur	45	A vaļņa ielokā / In E earth bank fold
11	Ēkas ZA stūris / NE corner of building	46	Elektrības stabs / Power pole
12	Ielas Z gals / N end of street	47	Grāvju savienojuma Z pusē / N of ditch junction
20	Koks pie ielas Z gala / Tree at N end of street	48	Ieplaka uz paugura / Depression on hillock
21	Ēkas DR stūris / SW corner of building	49	A ieloks / E fold
22	Kociņš ēkas iekšējā stūrī / Treelet in building corner	50	D grāvju savienojums / S ditch junction
23	Ielas R gals / W end of street	51	Šahtas bedre / Shaft pit
24	Klajuma ZR stūris / NW corner of open area	52	Kuplākais krūms / Thickest shrub
25	Šķūņa A gals / E end of shed	53	Ēkas drupas / Ruin of building
26	Kociņš starpkāpu ieplakā / Tree in dune depression	54	D ieloks / S fold
30	Mūra-žoga savienojums / Wall-fence junction	55	Koks pie būdas / Tree at shed
31	Atstatus koks / Standalone tree	56	Z grāvju satece / N junction of ditches
32	DR lielais koks / SW large tree	57	Grāvja Z gals / N end of ditch
33	Koks R starpkāpu ieplakā / Tree, W dune depression	58	Bedre / Pit
34	Z ēkas DR stūris / SW corner of N building	59	R ieplaka / W depression
35	Laterna Z šķērsielā / Streetlamp in N alleyway	60	Koku rindas ZA stūris / NE corner of tree row
36	Koks šķērsielā / Tree in alleyway	61	Grāvja ZA gals / NE end of ditch
37	Klajumiņš šaurajā mežā / Opening in narrow wood	62	Piknika galds / Picnic table
38	Pussalas ZR stūris / NW corner of peninsula	63	D ieplakas Z gals / N end of S depression
39	ZA krūms / NE shrub	64	Ēkas R niša / W niche of building
40	Mūra stūrī / Wall corner	65	Ieplakas DR stūris / SW corner of depression
41	Deguns starp 2 grāvjiem / Spur between 2 ditches	66	Grāvju savienojuma DR pusē / SW of ditch junct.
42	DA lielais koks krastā / SE large tree on bank	70	Kociņš uz R no deguna / Small tree W of spur
43	Grāvīša ieteka ZR dīķī / Ditch end at NW pond	71	Grāvja A krastā / E bank of ditch
44	Z deguns / N deguns	72	A būdas A pusē / E side of E shed
Finišs zem arkas / Finish under arch
* Z - ziemeļu, R - rietumu, A - austrumu, D - dienvidu / N - northern, W - western, E - eastern, S - southern