Beginner Navigation 🧭

For beginners to hill walking, or those who have been walking a while using various apps or friends to get by - this intensive day gives you a great introduction to navigation- and shows you that it really is not that scary or complicated.
Although we cover a lot, we start with the basics and very slowly progress throughout the day, building each technique at a time until every single person is ready to move to the next stage.

Based out of Askham (North Lake District), we will cover:
• Mapping options available to us, pros and cons of each - including the different map scales
• Orientating (setting) the map, with and without a compass
• Navigation jargon, "hand railing" ''legs'' ''tick features'' ''catching features''
• An introduction to contour lines
• The basics of using a compass and all the magic it brings (measuring distance off a map, taking and following a bearing)
• Pacing and timing - what it is and why do we use it
• Grid references

This really is a lovely informal and fun day out on the lower hills gaining the knowledge required to really keep yourself on track in the mountains.
It is a great lead up to the Improvers course I run in the higher mountainous areas using the skills to build further confidence.

Maximum group size 10.