2013 Vision Quest Event Update
It’s Pow Wow time Vision Questers!!
The event is right around the corner!! With less than a month away, we would like to provide you with some important details. Be sure to check your emails & Warriorssociety.org, they are full of the MOST UP TO DATE information regarding the event.
Packet pick-up is at Rock & Road in Irvine on Wednesday, April 3rd and Thursday, April 4th from 4:00p.m. – 7:00p.m.
Rock & Road
6282 Irvine Blvd
Irvine, Ca. 92620
On Saturday, check-in will start at 4:30 am. We will be asking for photo I.D. at the check-in – Be prepared! When you show your picture I.D. you will receive a wristband that you must wear during the event. Be sure to keep your wristband on thru-out the entire event. This wristband is your access to aid station help, and more important, your meal at the end of the event provided by El Pollo Loco.
The Warriors Society has a permit for the beginning area of the road for our event. Only support personnel and registered riders with number plates and wrist bands will be allowed past the check-point to the start line area. The public will be allowed up Blackstar one hour after event starts.
Event starts promptly at 5:30a.m. It is a mass start from the gate on Blackstar Canyon. SMALL COMMUTER LIGHT IS RECOMMENDED!
** BE AWARE WHEN COMING DOWN THE DIRT FIRE ROAD FROM HOLY JIM TO THE END OF TRABUCO CREEK ROAD. THE ROAD IS OPEN TO TRAFFIC AND YOU WILL HAVE VEHICLES ON THE ROAD. LOTS OF VEHICLES WILL BE COMING UP THE ROAD AT YOU SO STAY ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD.
There are checkpoints along the course so you will be tracked as to your location on the course throughout the day. Stay on event course at all times, even as you approach the finishing area.
Should you cut course or are found disobeying the trail markers you will be given a DNF for your time.
Cut offs: Aid station #1- bottom of Silverado Truck Trail (Motorway) 9:30
Four corners – 11:30
Aid station #2 Holy Jim Parking lot 12:00pm
Bottom of West Horse Thief 12:45
If you do not reach these cut offs your # plate will be removed and, depending on where you are, you will be directed to go down either Maple Springs or out Trabuco.
AID STATION 2 BAGS – If you want to bring your own supplies to Aid Station 2, we must be able to throw way any left-over contents and the bag they are in. All bags will be thrown away after the event. No Aid Station bags, disposable or not, will be taken to Aid Station 1. Your Aid Station 2 bag must be dropped off at the check-in table at 5:00am.
Food and Water will ONLY BE PROVIDED AT Aid Station 1 & 2…that means you need to carry enough water and food to sustain you until you hit Aid Station 1 & 2. There will be water, bananas, oranges, and snacks.
*** The Finish Line has been moved to private property about a quarter mile before the Trabuco Canyon road wash area. The Warriors Society will have volunteers staged to guide you as you approach. PAY ATTENTION to their instructions. You will be making a right turn into the Parker’s property, and will need to slow down to make the turn.
You must cross the finish line with a number plate in order to have your time recorded.
Make sure you pick up your finishing feather before leaving the event. We will not be mailing feathers to finishers You must get it at the event.
Finishing photos will be taken with the beautiful Saddleback peak in the background.
There will be ample parking for all spectators. Encourage your family members to come hang out and watch you cross the finish line.
Shuttles are provided to take you to your car parked at Blackstar anytime after 1:00pm.
See you bright and early on Saturday, April 6th!!