Competition areas

Terrain form

City terrain located 225 mts above sea level

Very flat with almost no climbing

Vegetation

The competition zone comprises 3 different areas:

• living suburbs constructed in 1970´s, occasional vegetation features like bushes, flower beds and individual trees

• city park with open areas, thickets and outstanding trees

• city centre with a minimum of vegetation features

Runnability

Very good

Visibility

Mostly very good, reduced in some densely planted parts of city parks

Paths and roads

Mostly paved or asphalted roads and streets, some unpaved paths in city parks

Terrain form

City terrain located 220-250 mts above sea level

Generally flat with climbing up to 30 mts

Vegetation

The competition zone comprises 2 different areas:

• city park with a lot of detailed vegetation (flower beds, thickets, fences) and artificial features (statues, monuments, banks) crossed by a deep water course

• historic city centre comprising a combination of narrow streets, squares, passages and fortification walls, with minimum of vegetation features

Runnability

Very good

Visibility

Mostly very good, reduced in some densely planted parts of city parks

Paths and roads

Mostly paved or asphalted roads and streets, some unpaved paths in city parks

Terrain form

Mountain terrain located 750-850 mts above sea level

Generally flat with climbing up to 30 mts

Vegetation

Mostly mountain spruce forest, in some parts quite humid including extensive runnable marshes, in some parts multiple rock and stone elements including little “rock town”

Runnability

Ranging from very good to very difficult

Visibility

Mostly good

Paths and roads

Limited network of forest paths and road

Terrain form

Terrain located 500-700 mts above sea level

Mountain-like terrain with a very deep valleys in Western part with climbing up to 100 mts, occasional stones or human-made terrain elements in the valley slopes, Eastern part is generally flat, partly humid

Vegetation

Spruce or deciduous mixed forest, lot of vegetation features like rootstocks, outstanding trees and clearings

Runnability

Mostly good with undergrowth in some parts

Visibility

Mostly good

Paths and roads

Average network of forest paths and road

Terrain form

Terrain located 440-640 mts above sea level

Typical Centro-European terrain, variety of terrain elements, a lot of deep valleys and erosion gullies, in some parts steep slopes with stony ground, occasional stone elements

Vegetation

Deciduous mixed forest, lot of vegetation features like rootstocks, outstanding trees and clearings

Runnability

Mostly good, difficult in steep slopes areas, some undergrowth around open clearing areas

Visibility

Mostly good

Paths and roads

Average network of forest paths and road