WPOC
Western Pennsylvania Orienteering Club

WPOC offers this orienteering event for public attendance during 2024


Date Location Start Times Courses Cost
21 Jan Laurel Ridge Ski Area, Warming Hut 10 am to 1 pm Ski orienteering; Check snow conditions  No snow? The alternate date is Feb 11 Short Medium and Long Ski orienteering $6 per map*

If you are planning to come to this event, please preregister at  http://www.wpoc.org/preregistration.php   Preregistration does not involve paying any money until you come to the event.  Also, the cost is waived for preregistered kids; so they are free*.

*Anyone who is NOT preregistered (including kids) pays $1 more than the normal cost and is NOT guaranteed a preprinted map. Each preregistered person/group is guaranteed one preprinted map. If a group wants multiple maps, it should preregister in pieces.

If you would like to find out more, go to our Web site   www.wpoc.org

Or call Jim Wolfe at 814 255-6606 or e-mail jlwolfe@atlanticbb.net

Laurel Ridge Ski Area 
 

From Donegal, PA Turnpike exit 91:
Take Route 31 East and 711 South 2.5 miles.  Turn right onto 711 South and 381 South.  Go 9.6 miles to Normalville; there turn left onto 381 South.  Go for 0.2 miles; then turn left onto 653 East.  Follow 653 East for 5.7 miles to Laurel Ridge Ski Area.

From Connellsville:
Take Route 711 East for 8 miles to Normalville.  Then proceed as above onto 381 South.

From Somerset, PA Turnpike exit 110:
Take Route 601 South (Center Ave) to Routes 281 South and  31 West (Main Street).  Turn right onto Main St  and go until Route 281 South splits off to the left.  Continue on Route 281 South for 7.7 miles to New Centerville where 281 South merges with Route 653 West.  Follow 281 South and 653 West 2.9 miles to New Lexington.  There bear right onto 653 West and go 7.6 miles to the Laurel Ridge Ski Area.

From Route 219 east of Somerset:
Take the exit for Route 31 West or Route 281 South and follow them until they merge (on Main Street).  Then, follow the directions for Somerset above.

  Here is a Google maps link to the Ski Area entrance

The GPS  coordinates are 39.955277 N, 79.369863 W