Dawn to Dusk Challenge

Dawn to Dusk Adventure Challenge

Rules

Main Points

• Teams will receive map, passport and passport instructions race morning
• Race management reserves the right and authority to change the course, route and stages of the race at any time due to a real or perceived risk to participants safety
• Santa Margarita Lake is a municipal water source. NO BODY contact is permitted with the lake. This is very important and not abiding by it jeopardizes the future of our event. Please don’t touch the water.

General Race Rules

• Racers are required to provide their own hydration and nutritional supplies for exercises between 8 and 12 hours.
• All race activities are to be completed by team members only
• Team members must stay within 100 meters of each other
• All teams must finish the race with their passport
• Racing bibs are to be worn, visibly, at all times during the race

Course 

• Competitors are required to follow the course, route of travel and method of travel when stated
• Please don’t liter or leave anything behind on the course. Leave No Trace!
• Gear checks may be performed. Please oblige in a courteous and timely manner
• Cutoff times and locations will be enforced. Times and locations will be given at pre-race meeting.  
• An ANSI or Snell approved helmet is required for mountain bike and rope sections.

Check Points

• Teams will travel from check point (CP) to CP, requiring navigation and route finding teams must present their passports to race officials when asked.

Kayak Rules

• EEK! Intruder alert! The lake is on high alert for the Quagga Mussel. The Quagga Mussel has made its way over from The Caspian Sea and can wreak havoc on native plants, animals and pipes. If you are bringing your own kayak they must be cleaned and completely dry. If your kayak is not clean and dry it will not be permitted in the lake.

• You are required to wear a Coast Guard approved P.F.D. life jacket at all times when in kayak and otherwise instructed.

Bummer

• A time penalty may be imposed for a violation of any of the race rules. In the event that a team is assessed a time penalty, the time penalty shall be served by the team prior to crossing the finish line. Time penalties shall be cumulative and a team may be assessed more than one time penalty for violations of the same rule.
• Teams missing a CP will have the opportunity to acquire the CP prior to finishing.
• Penalty times range from 10 to 60 minutes.