GMU To Open Permanent Orienteering Courses
This Saturday, 14th October 2023 at 11:00 am Gdynia Maritime University will hold the official opening of its network of permanent orienteering courses, developed in cooperation with the Gdansk Forestry Agency (Nadleśnictwo Gdańsk) and with the support of the UKS Azymut 45 Gdynia sports club. The event will place at the entrance to the forest at the end of ul. Grabowo (opposite the primary school) in Gdynia.
The GMU Permanent Orienteering Courses are a network of courses made up of wooden posts known as control points spread over a 9 km2 area of forest within the Gdynia city limits (Zwierzyniec and Cisowa forests).
The infrastructure developed by the project includes a number of proposed routes of varying length and level of difficulty. After choosing a course (or devising their own), participants navigate between the control points by using a map to plan their own route. The project aims to make the forests available for learning and exercises in field navigation and orienteering as a sport, for tourism or leisure, including developing map reading skills as well as an understanding of their limitations.
Using the detailed maps provided, the orienteering courses provide opportunities to improve your navigation skills, spend time in the open air, and enjoy the beauty of nature all year round.
Attendance at the opening of the GMU Permanent Orienteering Courses is free of charge and open to all.
For more information, please visit: https://umg.edu.pl/en/permanent-orienteering-courses
Where?
Saturday 14th October 2023 at 11.00 am
where?
At the entrance to the forest at the end of ul. Grabowo (opposite the primary school) in Gdynia
Eager to give it a try?
If you’d like to head into the forest on one of the courses on Saturday, please fill out the form at the link below https://azymut45gdynia.org/nasze-imprezy/Z-Mapa-do-Lasu/Zgloszenie(link is external) or send an email with your name, the number of people in your party, and the course you’d like to try (very easy, easy, moderate, difficult) to: zgloszenia [at] azymut45gdynia.org
Registrations will close at 20:00 on Friday, 13 October