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2025 Beaver Creek Reserve - Regular Meet

Beaver Creek Reserve

Saturday, April 26, 2025

Beaver Creek Reserve
S1 County Hwy K
Fall Creek, WI 54742

Event Details

Overview

Beaver Creek Reserve offers 400 acres of diverse habitats to explore filled with a variety of plants and animals. Upland woods, river bottom  forests, wetlands and savannah areas are all found at Beaver Creek Reserve. Bordered by the Eau Claire river with two small trout streams that run through the property. Beaver Creek Reserve features an engaging visitor center and offers 9 miles of scenic trails, playgrounds, an obstacle course, picnic tables, and much more. Find out more here.


Courses

Regular Orienteering Meet with White/Yellow, Orange, Brown, Green, and Red Courses (All Skill Levels). To find out more about orienteering courses, see our Event Types page.


A shower house with 4 showers and 4 bathrooms will be available for participants.


Course Notes

  • Gaiters and eye protection recommended for advanced courses

  • When crossing County Hwy K, you must use the tunnel

  • Please use stairs and bridges for steep slopes and wide creeks

  • Check for ticks after the race


Schedule

  • Registration/Check-In: 11:15am - 1:15pm

  • Beginners Clinic: 11:30am - Noon

  • Race Start: Noon - 1:30pm

  • Course Closure: 3:30pm

*Course closes and ALL PARTICIPANTS MUST RETURN TO THE FINISH BY 3:30. It is important that participants return on time. Have some way to know the time while you are out on the course.


Start Location

Beaver Creek Reserve is about 14 miles East of Eau Claire, WI. The start will be near the Hobbs Observatory. Once inside the park, watch for orange and white directional signs.


Volunteer

Many volunteers are needed! Use the Volunteer button at the top of this page. When  you show up for your volunteer shift, please connect with the other MNOC volunteers so they know you have arrived. Thanks!

See task descriptions here.


MNOC Pricing

The following prices allow you to run/walk as many courses as you'd like in the time alloted.


Pre-registered Pricing:*

$11: Adults

$10: Juniors**


Day-Of Pricing:*

$15: Adults

$13: Juniors**


*$3 discount for orienteering club members (Your  Member Discount Code is located on the membership card that you were  emailed after purchasing your annual membership. Use this coupon code  when registering to receive $3 off)

**Juniors are 19 years old and under


Pre-registration is available up to 48 hours before the meet.


Beaver Creek Reserve Pricing

Beaver Creek Reserve park entrance fees are shown below.  Participants are responsible for making payment for park entrance fees at the event. There will be three options for making payment:


1. Walk/drive to BCR Nature Center and make payment in person (about 400 meters from event check-in)

2. QR code will be available at MNOC check-in area. Scan QR code and make electronic payment online.

3. Pay cash at MNOC check-in area.


Park Entrance fees:

  • $5 admission for adults (non-BCR members)

  • $3 fee for youth (non-BCR members, 15 years and under)

  • Members of Beaver Creek Reserve: FREE

  • University Students: FREE (with student ID)

  • Active Military and their families: FREE (with ID)

  • Children under 2 years of age: FREE


Race Management

Setter: Aviad Fuchs

Vetter: Tom Lacksonen, Larry Mollan

Race Director:

Come Clean, Leave Clean

The Minnesota Orienteering Club practices a Come Clean, Leave Clean policy. This helps us maintain a good relationship with the parks we utilize, sets a good example for other users, and limits the transfer and spread of many of the plants that make our venues less enjoyable.

Race Results

Race results are usually published within 24 hours of the event. View our Race Results page to see the results.

Questions

If you have questions or comments about this event, please feel free to Contact Us.

Orienteering Etiquette

Here are a few tips to make orienteering enjoyable for all:

  • Stand Back: Move at least 5 meters away from check-points after you've punched. Doing so 1) allows other competitors easy access to punch, and 2) doesn't give away the control location to other competitors.

  • Seal the Lips: Do not shout to others in the woods. Especially avoid shouting "it's over here!" - that's not fair to others on the course who want to find the control themselves. So if you are in a group, stay within speaking distance.

  • Encourage Participation: If you are in a group with less skilled orienteers, let them navigate to every other control in order to practice their skills.

  • Don't Follow: Don't follow other orienteers on the course (except when specifically allowed in Minnegoats and other special events). Run your own course and refine your orienteering skills. Besides, they may be running a different course or may be making an error.

  • Keep It Clean: The park should be left in better condition than you found it. Be aware of, and cautious not to cause damage in, sensitive areas such as wet spots and steep slopes. Also, artifacts in the woods should be left as you found them, and don't damage trees or plants. And please do your part to pick up trash and leave the park cleaner than you found it.

  • Keep It Clean #2: Please avoid profanity and adult topics.  Small children are typically present at almost all MNOC meets. Help us create a fun and family-friendly environment enjoyable for all.

  • Share The Trails: Be courteous and respectful to other park users and be sure to yield right-of-way when on trails.  The city and state park departments are kind enough to let us hold events in their parks, so please help in retaining that valuable relationship.

  • Be Courteous: Please be nice to our volunteers. Everyone working at a meet is volunteering their time. Volunteers are often trying to do two or more things at once, so be patient.

  • Control Retrieval: If you can, please stick around until the event is done to help with control retrieval.  This simply entails going around the park and collecting the check-point flags that were used for the event. We like to have 6-8 volunteers help with this at the end of every event.

  • Volunteer: Orienteering events, along with the entire MNOC club, is run by volunteers.  We'd love for your help in running the events, so please sign up to be a volunteer if you have a few hours to spare. We'd greatly appreciate it.

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