Description
Next spring workshop is in Strathcona Provincial Park!
- Jun 4, 2022 (Strathcona)
$149.00
Wilderness Navigation 1 focuses on the basic skills and tools required to plan successful trips and navigate in the backcountry.
Included
- ACMG Hiking Guide
- Personalized Coaching
- Online Basecamp
- Pre-Trip Planning and Organizing Logistics
- Environmental Conditions Assessment
- Lightweight Gear Selection
- Packing Tips
- Emergency Preparedness Plan
- Technical and Interpretive Guiding
- Professional Instruction
- Experiential Learning
- One Field Day
Testimonials
Topics
- Route Planning
- Objectives
- Resources
- Hazards
- Alternative plans
- Map Basics
- Types of maps
- Scale
- Legends
- Colour codes
- Contour lines
- Terrain features
- Grid references
- Coordinate systems
- Compass Basics
- Parts
- Declination
- Bearings
- Route Finding
- Terrain management
- Macro-terrain vs micro-terrain
- On-trail vs off-trail
- Avoiding hazards
- Navigation with Map and Compass
- Using a map in the field
- Recognizing terrain features
- Determining position
- Operating a compass
- Taking a bearing from a map
- Taking a bearing in the field
