The Checkpoints

Clarification of the email links on this page. They are for in-between races to ask questions regarding volunteering - regardless of whether you are a ham operator or wish to help the ham radio operators in some way - just let us know if you are a ham or not.

To get more information on a particular checkpoint, click the link on the right. Not all of them have information but we hope to rectify that in the future. Checkpoints 5, 8, and 9 are roadcrossings only, not manned checkpoints, which is why you won't find them listed.

1- Wrightwood - The race begins at 05:00. Email regarding this checkpoint

2 - Inspiration Point - Email regarding this checkpoint

3 - Vincent Gap - Email regarding this checkpoint

4 - Islip Saddle - Email regarding this checkpoint

6 - Eagle's Roost - Email regarding this checkpoint

7 - Cloudburst Summit - Email regarding this checkpoint

10 - Three Points - Email regarding this checkpoint

11 - Mount Hillyer Trail - Email regarding this checkpoint

12 - Chilao - Email regarding this checkpoint

13 - Shortcut Saddle - Email regarding this checkpoint

14 - Newcomb Pass - Email regarding this checkpoint

15 - Chantry Flats - Email regarding this checkpoint

16 - Idlehour Trail - Email regarding this checkpoint

17 - Sam Merrill Trail - Email regarding this checkpoint

18 - Millard Canyon - Email regarding this checkpoint

19 - Finish Line - Email regarding this checkpoint
staffing time - we start setting up on Friday afternoon, and tear down on Sunday afternoon. Any amount of help during any of that time is welcome. Bathroom, showers, and food available. See the Finish Line link for more.
. . . Pictures - several sets of pictures available

"Net Control" - Email regarding this checkpoint

Database - though not a checkpoint, the database and net control is the heart of the radio communications. Several years ago, Newcomb's Checkpoint leader, Gerry Walsh, wrote a little dos program called RunnerTrack to make it easier for his checkpoint to communicate, via radio, with the database. As of 2005, all the checkpoints are using his program, and 2006 saw the first use of the Windows version of his program.
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