Baza 500 Raid | Fosil Trips

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BAZA 500 Raid is an incursion into a perfect territory for off roading, a region called Comarca de Baza, in which we will explore more than 500 km of tracks using 2 orientation systems: GPS and ROADBOOK.

We will explore a territory of great contrasts that combines in the same environment two lush natural parks, the main desert in Europe and the largest volume of dammed water in the south of the peninsula, where in a short period of time we will go from the Mediterranean forest to the steppe.

BIVOUAC

The Bivouac will be located in the municipal campsite of FREILA (Granada), LA CABAÑUELA. A bivouac area will be set up for camping during the weekend, an exposition area for companies in the sector, motorhome parking, health station, catering área, briefing tent, etc.

The campsite is located in the Altiplano of Granada, a unique territory that brings together a mosaic of overflowing landscapes, from spectacular badlands to crystalline water reservoirs, lush forests, green meadows and beautiful ramblas.

Located on the banks of the Negratín Reservoir, it provides us with a perfect base to approach the entire proposed territory and is far from urban centers.

BIVOUAC DISTRIBUTION

ROUTE AND STAGE DETAILS

As its name indicates, RAID is an incursion into a territory, it is not a RALLY, and therefore our objective is to explore an area of exceptional and unique beauty, enjoying the navigation, the landscape and riding our motorbikes, without racing against the clock.

There will be a speed limitation, and failing to respect it repeatingly will lead to expulsion from the event.

BAZA 500 Raid will be structured in 3 stages that start and end in the Bivouac:

The prologue stage is 25 km long. This small section will help you to get used to the navigation APP we will use.
Stage 1 has a 20 km liaison and a total length of approximately 300 km in ROADBOOK and GPS category and 360 km in ROADBOOK PRO category.
Stage 2 has an approximate length of 200 km for the 3 categories.

The tracks of other riders have many different sections that are exclusive to each category, and therefore, you should not trust the tracks of other motorcycles. Stop, reflect and deduce what is happening and what the error is, it is the best way to learn to navigate. If you follow the tracks and they don't belong to your category, you will have a hard time finding the path again.

In the GPS category you will have warnings for TRIPLE DANGERS (maximum on the scale from 1 to 3), speed limitation zones (DZ - FZ) and the ECLIPSE waypoints (which you will have to search for and validate).

Everything will be explained in a tutorial with text, images and video, with real demonstrations on the track.

TUTORIAL FOR USING THE TERRA PIRATA APP

To navigate on BAZA 500 RAID, YOU DON’T NEED ANY SATELLITE SYSTEM (type Stella or similar). Instead, we will use the RALLY ROADBOOK APP, which, depending on the category, we will configure in one way or another.

If you participate in the GPS CATEGORY, or in the ROADBOOK/PRO CATEGORY with traditional ICOs and paper roadbooks, you must carry an additional mobile phone to validate waypoints and acoustic warnings. For use with traditional ICOs and in GPS CATEGORY we must select the COCKPIT --> PRO RALLY mode. We will use the COCKPIT --> STANDARD mode to navigate the ROADBOOK in digital format.

In the GPS category you will have warnings: DSS/ASS (start/arrival Selective Section), limited speed zones, safety stop with countdown, danger 3, and an additional danger 3 at each point where the track is resumed with the roadbook/pro categories (where the track is rejoined with others coming from another track).

All tutorials and quick guides are available on the TERRA PIRATA website (at the end of the page you have a YouTube video that contains all the tutorials, as well as a section for common questions): www.terrapirata.com

If you want to translate to Spanish or any other language, go to the GOOGLE translator: https://translate.google.es, select WEBSITES, and enter the address of the page (terrapirata.com).

BRIEFINGS

Every night, after dinner, and prior to the routes on Saturday and Sunday, briefings will be given (in Spanish and English), in which all the details of each route will be explained in detail and all questions will be answered.