This advanced navigation course on Dartmoor is designed to develop your confidence to progress into the more remote areas of the British hills and mountains. You will learn advanced navigation techniques and strategies to navigate in complex and featureless terrain, poor visibility and darkness. As well as how to navigate with contour lines, use aspect of slope and relocate with more accuracy.
By the end of this course, you will have the skills and confidence to navigate all day in remote parts of the hills and mountains, find locations in featureless terrain and confidently, and safely, navigate in poor visibility and darkness.
* Price indicated is for public course dates. For private/bespoke/1:1 bookings, prices start FROM £220 per day, +£30 per person extra. Get in touch to enquire or click the BESPOKE BOOKING button above.
COURSE OVERVIEW:
This course is for experienced hill walkers who want to be able to plan and carry out walks in some of the most remote areas of the UK hills and mountains. You'll gain the skills to relocate in featureless terrain, navigate in poor visibility and truely start to master navigation!
WHO'S IT FOR?
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You may have done my INTRO TO NAVIGATION and/or INTERMEDIATE NAVIGATION courses
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You are possibly considering going for the Hill and Moorland Leader or Summer Mountain Leader qualifications
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Experienced hill and mountain walkers who wants to tick those more remote Wainwright Walks, Munros or classic Grade 1 scrambles.
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An individual who wants to wild camp in more remote areas
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A hill walker wanting to find the more difficult and remote Geocaches, Dartmoor Letterboxes or plane crash sites of Dartmoor or the Brecon Beacons
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Experienced hill walker who wants to develop their navigation skills, possibly taking friends and family out on walks and wants the confidence to navigate safely in all conditions
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A fit individual, capable of walking across uneven, featureless and often boggy terrain, all day for 6 hours / 8-10km
COURSE CONTENT:
We will cover the following skills on this course:
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Revision of navigation skills
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Use of altimetres, navigation apps and GPS smart watches
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Accurate compass work
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Poor visibility navigation
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Map memory
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Contour only navigation
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Small contour features
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Micro navigation
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Aspect of slope
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Back bearings
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Map memory
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Relocation techniques
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Dead reckoning
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Using the group to aid navigation
WHAT TO EXPECT:
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A full day in the hills with hands on navigation practice
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Progressive learning in navigation techniques
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Safe, friendly atmosphere with others passionate in the outdoors
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A focus on your safety
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Opportunities to practice hands on navigation under the watchful eye of an experienced instructor
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Low ratio group numbers to focus on your personalised instruction
Advanced Navigation Course Dates
Want some pre-course learning?
Check out my blog post from my online navigation course below on Navigation Strategiesfor some prior learning before attending the course and see if it is right for you!
WHAT'S NEXT?
DEVELOP:
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Guided Mountain Walks
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Contour Navigation
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Scrambling Courses (Snowdonia/The Lake District ONLY)
PROGRESS:
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Please refer to my FAQ page for more general information and visit my DOWNLOADS page for kit lists and booking forms.
