Orienteering innovators Big Foot are staging an inaugural NSW Ski Orienteering Championship as part of Perisher X-Country week on Sunday August 10.
Readers may recall Big Foot's insatiable Swede Patrik Gunnarsson and Penrith-based Goldseeker Jason Rutkowski (the pair also staged our first ever NSW DuO Championship last month) venturing to Perisher last August (see pic, left) for a whirlwind round trip for a trial run.
That outing to the Snowy Mountains sowed the seeds for something more formal.
Big Foot president Andy Simpson advises: "You need to be able to cross-country ski, but even a novice skier who can orienteer should be able to get around the short course. But please note this is not suitable for downhill skis or snowboards - you might get away with telemark skis if you are a masochist."
Full details are on the Big Foot website and in Eventor. More about Ski-O.
We thank "the Feet" for this interesting initiative in orienteering in Australia.
