Camping Weekend 2025

Pawtuckaway State Park- Camping Weekend
Sept. 5-7, 2025

This weekend will have all the Camping Weekend experiences that you have come to expect. Please see EventReg for details, costs, and to register for all events, including camping and dinner. There is an extra $5.00 fee per course for registering after September 3, including the weekend of the event. This late fee also applies to UNO members, who orienteer for free (regular foot orienteering courses) if they pre-register. UNO Members will be receiving an e-mail with the discount code for Saturday/Sunday regular orienteering.

The Orienteering

• Map Scale
  1:7500 for SW (a subset of white)/W/Y/Tan (a shorter Brown)/Brown
  1:10000 for Orange/Green/Red/Blue
  5M contour intervals
• E-punching will be used for all regular orienteering courses, including WHNO (Wicked Hard Night-O).
• SI Air will be enabled, but not the Start boxes.
• Pin punching for Canoe-O and Vampire-O.
• Instruction available.

Saturday- Ben Reynolds (Orange and above), Kate Blume (White/Yellow)

• Might have a remote start for Orange and above.
• All courses finish at pavilion.
• Starts: 10-1:00.
• Maps will be available at registration.
• Map cases will be near registration.
• Control Descriptions will be on the maps and available at the Start (except White and Yellow – only on map).
• Self-serve Start.
• Clear and Check will be at the Start.
• You must report to the Finish and download by 4:00.

Sunday- Bridget Hall (Orange and above), Kate Blume (White/Yellow)

• Starts: 9-12:00
• Start and Finish at the pavilion
• Maps will be available at registration.
• Map cases will be available at Start.
• Control Descriptions will be on the maps and available at the Start (except White and Yellow – only on map).
• Self-serve Start.
• Clear and Check will be at the Start.
• You must report to the Finish and download by 2:00.

Groups – such as Scouts/ schools or others

Please contact Lex Bundschuh (unofam@aol.com) no later than Tuesday, September 2. Each participant must sign a waiver, parent/guardian for those under 18. Waivers available on UNO website and at the event. Alternatively, you can pre-register each person individually on EventReg.

Technical Director for Saturday and Sunday: Jim Arsenault

Payment

At the event we can only take cash or check. We apologize for any inconvenience.

The Camping

• Group Camping area Friday and Saturday nights. This is where the event center is located.
• Cost: $10 per adult and $5 per child (6- 17 years) per night.
• Please stop at the gatehouse for a parking pass. Your name will be on a list, if you have registered for camping.
• These sites are in the woods around the Group Camping Pavilion (the event center). You can drive your car near your site to unload and then park in the parking lot. If you have a camper or pop-up, or want to stay somewhere else in the park, please contact Reserve America directly (1-877-647-2757, or through the NH State Parks web site).
• Bathrooms are on site. Showers are a short drive.
• Of course, you can also come for one or both days without camping. The Park will charge their usual day use fee for non-campers.

The Dinner: Michelle and Darrell Scott

• UNO Camping Weekend has a Saturday Night Pot Luck tradition. The meet organizers will provide hot dogs, hamburgers, veggie burgers and dessert – the traditional smores (condiments, plates, cups and plastic ware, too). Everyone is asked to bring the potluck fare to share. Last names letters: A-L: please bring a salad; letters M-Z: please bring an appetizer. Everyone: BYO beverages.
• 5:00 Pot luck appetizers
• 5:45 Dinner

Canoe-O: Lex and Kristine Bundschuh

• Saturday (9:00-4:00 starts, off the water by 5:00)
• Sunday (8:00-1:00 starts, off the water by 2:00)
• 60 minutes time limit (score-O format – get checkpoints in any order).
• Checkpoints are marked with Blue/White and Orange streamer tape and have an old-fashioned punch hanging.
• Self-serve. Sign out/sign in/record time and score on poster at pavilion.
• Start and Finish at pavilion – with boats at canoe launch nearby.
• Bring your canoe/kayak, rent one nearby, or wait to borrow one.
• Same course all weekend.

Vampire-O: Countess Tracey and Count Steve Olafsen

• Join this now famous family-friendly night-time event. Vampire-O is a blend of flashlight tag, orienteering, and fun!
• 45 minutes score-O format (get the markers in any order)
• Bring a watch and headlamp/flashlight
• 7:30 Gather at pavilion
• 7:45 Mass start
• Shortly after 8:30, whenever the Count and Countess are ready, the much anticipated, PRIZES!

“Wicked Hard Night-O” and “Not-So-Wicked Hard Night-O”: Jim Arsenault

• You should be able to comfortably complete advanced courses (Brown/higher) in daylight, and must have two independent lights. Due to timing, you can’t do this and Vampire-O.
• 8:10 Gather at pavilion
• 8:20 Walk to start for mass start

Safety (all courses)

• Bring a whistle.
• No water on courses.
• Make sure you clear and check your e-punch (SI Stick) prior to starting.
• Punch the Start box to start your course.
• Make sure you download (check in) at the results area/computer station, even if you do not complete your course.
• If you have a cold/fever or are not feeling well, please stay home. We will refund your fees.

Dogs / Other Pets

Sorry, not allowed in the park.

Your Hosts

Lex (603-689-4744) unofam@aol.com & Kristine Bundschuh and all of UNO,
in conjunction with NH Department of Resources and Economic Development (NH DRED) and Pawtuckaway State Park.