Both courses had major hill climbs followed by steep descents that were not always conducive to ‘running’ down. The course mainly stayed on ranch roads but still consisted of loose shale and limestone that made you watch your footing at all times. Above is a look at the elevation changes on both courses.
 

As a reward for overcoming the terrain, shooters were met with tough shooting stages that forced our competitors to think, react, and move all while on the clock. As a standard, we incorporate ‘blind’ stages as much as possible, forcing shooters to find and engage their targets while on the clock. Only a brief course of fire is offered to guide them through the stage. Rifle targets were set up between 50 and 600 yards which required shooters to understand their bullet drops, or learn and adjust on the fly. Mother nature throwing in gusts of wind in and out of valleys did not make that task any easier.
 

Once again we set up two separate courses for our 5k and 10k events, sharing only 1 of 12 stages. The 5k official round count was 35 rifle and 35 pistol across 5 stages with the furthest target at 400 yards. The 10k course had 7 stages and an official round count of 45 rifle and 45 pistol with the furthest shot at 600 yards. Both courses had stages that required multiple transitions, off-hand shooting, blind stages, and ambiguous stage designs that forced the shooters to choose their shooting position and sequence on the clock. 11 of the 12 stages required both rifle and pistol targets to be engaged and almost every stage required the shooters to engage targets from at least 2 positions.