Training in Switzerland in week pre WMOC 2010?

[PG]

I’m heading to WMOC this year. I’ve never run in Switzerland but the model events are only available in the afternoon before the sprint qualification. The Tour-O-Swiss is probably full, expensive and only sensible if you have a whole week.

Is anybody aware of any other options for training on similar areas in that pert of Switzerland? Even if it were just walking round similar terrain with an O-map?

[Becks]

I think one of the US orienteers pretty much lives on the map - I'll send her a message! Would she like to PM me your e mail then I can pass it on to her if I'm correct?

[IanD]

This event http://3joursfcomte2010.perso.sfr.fr/ is presenting itself as a World Masters warm-up - although strictly it doesn't meet your specification as it's just over the border in France.

[PG]

I asked Tour-O-Swiss about going to the "regional event at Riederalp" on 29th July. I received this response.

All events during the Tour-O-Swiss are open events and you can register for them the day itself. The Tour-O-Swiss is guest at these events, too. The overall classification for all events, forever, is open for Tour-O-Swiss participants only.

The events will be announced on the website of Swiss Orienteering as follows: http://www.o-l.ch/cgi-bin/fixtures (29th and 30th of July), but details will be available only shortly before the events.

But it is in the South of Switzerland, about 50km North of Zermatt, about three hours driving from Neuchatel and looks like on open terrain, "Seven mountain- and cable-cars up to Eggishorn (2934 m).". Sounds like a great experience, but probably not very relevant to WMOC.