About Maximus

In 2022 I was injured in the autumn so I wanted to collect many controls early in the season. For that purpose, I choose M aximus. The maps and the courses are of high quality and I enjoyed a very good training week which was a perfect basis to build on towards WOC! I remember very well the night mass start training. It felt like you opened the cage of 100 hungry lions… All were so crazy about orienteering and the speed and the intensity was high. I tried to follow and play with the boys until I was completely lost…That was a special moment in 2023!

It was really cool to have a training camp there with IFK and have organized trainings/tapes in the forest. Also, I think that the variety of maps is good and you get a lot of good trainings within not that many kilometers. The terrains are special with the many rock formations and sometimes really technical but fast, what I liked 😊 .

Maximus camp offered trainings and service of a quality way over my expectations! Terrain and trainings were perfect for a really technical experience getting out of winter and setting the base for a successful competition season. And on top of that, the organizing team was available for any question or specific requirement, which is great to personalize your camp! Will go to Burgohondo again for sure!

Burgohondo area was a new experience for me last year and I was happy to find lots of new interesting and demanding orienteering terrains . Most of them were really close to our accommodation so we didn’t have to waste time sitting in the car. Also we found nice mountain trails for long runs and hikes with great views. Really good place to develop one’s orienteering skills.

We really enjoyed our stay in Burgohondo. Many different challenging technical exercises, mostly close to our very good accommodation, great landscape for long distance running or biking and alternative training possibilities. Especially if you want to improve your technic in stony but good runnable terrain, it’s heaven on earth for an orienteer . It’s just a question of time until we will be back after our visit in 2020.

I love Maximus! It’s always something I look forward to throughout Winter and MOM is a great competition as the season start. You can always trust that the Maximus team will be putting on great courses in these epic terrains, and make a great atmosphere of it too. I love all of the terrains that I’ve run on there but I think my favorite is Valle Iruelas (2020 competition map), which was so much fun navigating through the rock detail, especially as it is mapped so well.

I think the area around Burgohondo is really good for basic orienteering training, with interesting and varied terrains. The trainings were also both varied and comprehensive, so you could really tailor your own perfect training week . The only negative thing I have to say about my stay, is that I was injured and couldn’t run as much as I wanted. But fortunately, the possibilities for alternative training were also great, and the area is really nice also for cycling.

The Maximus Winter O-Camp gives you everything you need for a high-quality training camp . Great terrain, great maps, and great courses. The team are great, and will help you every step of the way to create your ideal camp. Having pre-planned training with SI-timing meant I could spend my time coaching, not putting out controls. Warm and comfortable accommodation in beautiful Burgohondo is the perfect place to be in winter. Give it a try, you won’t regret it!