Accessibility
Visual Disabilities/Course Markings
- Big Sur Land Trust provides trail maps ahead of time on the Race for Open Space website so that participants can familiarize themselves with the general routes available for running and hiking during various events.
- For the courses starting at Palo Corona Regional Park, we also use blue, orange, and yellow biodegradable flagging tape to help participants feel confident that they are on the correct course.
- Each of those courses corresponds with a color of flagging tape, and each participant's race bib will have a colored sticker of the course they signed up to run/hike so that course monitors can help ensure you remain on the correct course.
- Unfortunately, Big Sur Land Trust is unable to alter this standard course marking to make further visual/nonvisual accommodations.
Physical Disabilities
- Individuals with permanent physical disabilities that affect their ability to hike/run will be granted registration but will not be allowed extended time on the course/properties. This is due to safety concerns related to the trails.
- Crutches, braces, poles, and prosthetics may all be used to assist movement.
- Individuals using wheelchairs will be allowed to participate but should note the following areas of concern:
- All terrain is unpaved.
- Courses may include hills with greater than 10% grade; please examine available elevational profiles carefully on the Race for Open Space website.
- Courses may include steep descents that could increase wheelchair speeds greater than 20mph.
- There may be hairpin turns on Race for Open Space courses; please examine available course maps carefully on the Race for Open Space website.
- There are several creek crossings during the 25k and 35k courses.
- There are areas of single track trail with steep drop-offs during the 25k and 35k courses.
- The use of any motorized device to assist movement will not be allowed.
Guides
- Runners/hikers who need the assistance of a human guide will be granted complimentary registration for their guide. Please contact the Race Director to discuss this in greater detail.
- Guide selection is the participating runner's/hiker's responsibility.
- Tethers may be used for athletes with a visual impairment.
- Runners/hikers with a disability and their guides will follow the same rules as all participants:
- Participating/starting during the timeframe you select during registration. (Please be on time to the event.)
- Running/hiking the course you have registered for, as advertised. (No alteration in trail course will be made.)
Canines
- Dogs are not allowed at Palo Corona Regional Park. If you have a visual impairment and require a guide dog, please contact the Race Director for permission to bring your dog to the start/finish of these courses.
