Navigation Coaching: Improving Navigation

Getting off the beaten track, into wilder places and maybe navigate in harsher conditions or emergency scenarios.

Learn about precision navigation using 1:25,000 maps. Begin to measure distance on the ground to within a few metres with a stop watch or your own feet.

The course will look at the more advanced interpretation of contours e.g. re-entrants, spurs, ridges, shapes of slope etc.

Use compasses for better bearings and slick tactics. Enabling you to navigate sections of a route more successfully in challenging conditions.

With Britain’s fickle weather or an unexpected event delaying your descent, these skills are an important asset, and are relatively simple to pick up with clever coaching and feed back from your instructor.

Building even more on the “3 D’s”….

Previous experience: Foundation navigation skills or plenty of experience in the hills with a map

Duration: Min 1 full day. Recommend 2.
Min Ratio: 1 instructor to 1
Max Ratio: 1 instructor to 6
Cost: Dependant on size of group