Wisconsin Adventure Racing What You'll Be Doing!

Now For The Meat!
The Driftless Zone Disciplines,
THE TRAILS ARE STILL GONE!

THERE IS NO EXACT SET COURSE OR ROUTE! The route you take to get from checkpoint "A" to checkpoint "B" is totally up to you.

The only exception of course is the private property rule where you can not trespass on private property unless it is stated in the course guide that it is a piece of property you may use. Otherwise the route you choose to take is up to you and your team!

Again as always in a "Driftless Zone" Adventure Race, You do not have any of this looping around BS where the checkpoints are all close to each other. Not in the Driftless Zone! A Looping course In my opinion is a LAME race and un interesting course made by a race director with little imagination. Looping makes a race very easy for us to put together, and manage, but this type of race is NOT for me, or for all of you! In a "Driftless Zone" Adventure Race You'll see one area, and never see it again throughout the race!

Swimming

There will be many river water crossings. Of all styles too. From just plain MUD, to swampy areas, to small creeks and streams. Even maybe a large river or two may be in your journey. Pay CLOSE attention to the flotation needs!

Biking

This year we finally have some off road biking for you all. Something that was lacking in years past. What kind,, and or how long, or hard, you'll have to wait till you get there.
As always in the "Driftless Zone", The exact route taken is TOTALLY up to you! There will be some sections where you may choose to ride on paved or dirt roads. There may be some vehicle traffic. Some light to none, and then it could be quite heavy and fast. During these sections follow road biking rules. Use hand signals and travel in single file with traffic on the side of the road or on the shoulder. The trails are still gone. And the route you choose to take is still totally up to you. Again, when in areas of the course that a trail does exist, try to use it. All trails are voluntary*, and you can take them if you wish, or if you think you have a better route, you are free to take it. Best part is, you better have your thinking caps on. And be good with maps to figure your best route.

Ropes Area - Rappelling, AKA "Ropes Section"

As usual we HAVE to have a Rope section of the course right? Well, how about a totally NEW one! Like our old stomping grounds at three Castles, this is also on Private property and has never been used in a race before! For those of you afraid of heights, not to worry. We have in the course a By-Pass constructed for those that choose not to do the rappel, but yet want to stay in the race. But be warned! The By-Pass WILL take longer than the Ropes Section and you will surely loose a lot of time taking it.

Running, Trekking, and for a lot of you Walking!

The on foot course is very similar to last years course. Again we are glad to say,
THE TRAILS ARE STILL GONE! One minute you could be walking along a nice deer trail, or even an old deserted gravel road, and ten minutes from now you may be bushwhacking through an overgrown swamp or dense woods!

Canoeing, Kayaking, (paddling)

Again you will be allowed to use your own Canoe or Kayak.

Or Use one of the rentals. If you choose to go the rental route, be sure to reserve yours early. They only have a limited supply, and they are reserved on a first come first reserved basis on teams that enter and have all fee's paid in full.

We have a new Canoe outfitter this year. He is a LOT more busy as rentals go for the general public. So again don't wait till the last minute to register and not have a Canoe.

And of course gotta have Some sort of a Mystery Event, What, You Won't Know Till You Get There!