Glen Feardar is a great favourite with the Scottish 6 Days having been used previously in 2017, 2005 and 1993. The earlier events were on the western area while the east was first incorporated for the Scottish Championships in 2012 and then extended further for Royal Deeside 2017. Once again, in 2025 the areas will be split, West and East.
Glen Feardar West comprises mature coniferous plantation forest on the lower slopes with moorland and sparse Scots Pine forest above on the Meall Gorm ridge. Runnability is good with abundant rock and contour features.
Glen Feardar East comprises deciduous forest on the eastern slopes of the Feardar Burn with varied contour and water features. The moorland on the higher areas gives good views eastwards to Balmoral.
Since Royal Deeside 2107 Glen Feardar has been used just once for a Regional Event in 2019.
Glen Feardar is used with the kind permission of Invercauld Estate, a sporting estate which covers approximately 43,600 hectares who derive their income from stalking, shooting, forestry, agriculture, tourism, fishing and let properties. The extended area towards Craig Nordie allows us to stage the first two days from a shared race arena.
Location
Preliminary Details
Important Information
- Organising clubs
- Moravian Orienteers (MOR), Inverness Orienteering Club (INVOC), St. Andrew’s Orienteering Club (Glasgow) (STAG) & Loch Eck Orienteers (ECKO)
- Organisers
- Rob Parkinson (MOR) & Elizabeth Furness (MOR)
- Planners
- Peter McLuckie (MOR)
- Controllers
- David Esson (GRAMP)
- Arena
- Adjacent to parking.
- Starts
- Routes to all starts leave the arena together for 600m where the routes fork. The White and Green starts are a further 300m (50m total ascent) and the Red and Blue starts a further 500m (50m total ascent).
- Maps
- Original map by Deeside Orienteering and Leisure Maps (DOLM) 2012. Resurvey and Cartography by DOLM 2016 based on LiDAR supplied by the Scottish Orienteering Association and photogrametric plot by Stirling Surveys. Updated by DOLM 2024. © MAROC.
- Terrain
- Open hillside, birch woodland and patchy natural pine forest. Rock and contour detail.
- Finishes
- The Finish is in the arena.
- BOF Registration No.: 84581
Estimated Course Lengths
| Course | Class | Length (km) | Climb (m) | Start |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1E | M21E | 9.1 | 350 | Red |
| 2E | W21E | 7.7 | 310 | Red |
| 2 | M20L M21L M35L | 7.7 | 310 | Red |
| 3 | M40L M45L | 7.5 | 290 | Red |
| 4 | M18L M50L | 7.4 | 290 | Red |
| 5 | M16A M55L W21L | 6.6 | 230 | Red |
| 6 | M20S M21S M35S W20L W18L W35L | 6.0 | 210 | Blue |
| 7 | M60L W40L W45L | 5.3 | 190 | Blue |
| 8 | M65L M40S W50L | 4.8 | 175 | Blue |
| 9 | M18S M45S M50S W16A W21S | 4.4 | 160 | Blue |
| 10 | M70L W55L | 4.5 | 160 | Blue |
| 11 | M55S W20S W18S W60L | 4.1 | 150 | Blue |
| 12 | Green W35S | 3.8 | 130 | Green |
| 13 | M75L W65L W40S | 3.4 | 110 | Green |
| 14 | M60S M65S W45S W50S | 3.3 | 110 | Green |
| 15 | M70S W70L W55S W60S | 2.9 | 100 | Green |
| 16 | M80 M75S W75L W65S | 2.2 | 75 | Green |
| 17 | M85 W80 W85 W70S W75S | 1.9 | 65 | Green |
| 18 | M14A M16B | 3.7 | 100 | Green |
| 19 | Light Green W14A W16B | 3.4 | 90 | Green |
| 20 | Red | 4.7 | 120 | White |
| 21 | Orange M12A M14B W12A W14B | 2.6 | 60 | White |
| 22 | Yellow M10A M12B W10A W12B | 2.1 | 45 | White |
| 23 | White M10B W10B | 1.8 | 40 | White |