A Rules for Foot Orienteering Events - Orienteering USA

A.20.4.4 LONG: Lowest elapsed time determines winner.
A.20.4.5 CLASSIC: Total time over multiple races determines winner.
A.21 Ultra Long
A.21.1 Definition
A.21.1.1 EMPHASIS: Endurance, route choice, and rough map reading.
A.21.1.2 Other formats not described by Orienteering USA rules that maintain fairness
in competition, minimize luck as a factor and adhere to the Ultra Long Course
requirements may be approved by the Sanctioning Committee. Any change of
format must be clearly explained on the Meet Invitation.
A.21.1.3 COMPETITON: Ultra Long format races are individual competitions.
A.21.2 Course/Class structures
A.21.2.1 Ultra Long format races will have the standard Orienteering USA course class
structure.
A.21.2.2 United States Ultra Long Orienteering Championships will not be accepted for
Championship Bid by the board of directors unless they are part of an event
with another sanctioned race.
A.21.3 Technical Rules
A.21.3.1 MAP: Scale 1: 15,000 (encouraged for M/F-21+) or 1:10,000 with Contours
5m or 2.5m, or other intervals if explicitly approved by Sanctioning
Committee.
A.21.3.2 TERRAIN SELECTION: Terrain for Ultra Long courses should have high
route choice potential and/or good rough map reading. Excessively thick or
stony areas should be avoided. The area should be large enough to
accommodate a suitable M-21+ course, but also must contain a section suitable
for beginner courses.
A.21.3.3 COURSE TYPE: Ultra Long format course is a point to point course
A.21.3.4 COURSE PLANNING: Ultra Long courses shall feature long legs, and route
choice legs. The courses may contain a variety of technical difficulties, but no
controls should be set solely for technical challenge.
A.21.3.5 An "individual relay" format may be used for Ultra Long Courses. There is a
mass start for each class or the whole group. The courses consist of several
loops through the start/finish area where a map exchange is set up. The
competitors will run the loops in various sequences, but all competitors in the
same class will run the same loops.