Walking of Y Garn towards Pen Yr Ole Wen with a temnperature inversion at sunset in Snowdonia

Navigation Courses

A mountain navigation course in Snowdonia, the Brecon Beacons or the Lake District will allow you to progress into more remote areas of the British mountains. You will quickly realise how complex and steep terrain can get and how wild weather, featureless terrain and even darkness can challenge our navigation. The likelihood of getting lost is a present danger and in poor visibility, everything looks the same. So how can we navigate when we are blinded by nature itself?

MOUNTAIN NAVIGATION

£220

1 Day

Brecon Beacons/Snowdonia/The Lake District

1:6

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* This is a bespoke/private course. Cost is for up to 2 people. Add £30 extra per person for up to 6 people.

Our MOUNTAIN NAVIGATION course is for those who have: some experience in navigating, done both our INTRO TO NAVIGATION and INTERMEDIATE NAVIGATION courses, or possibly considering going for the Hill and Moorland or Mountain Leader qualifications. Or maybe you want to bag those more remote Wainwright Walks, Munros or classic grade 1 scrambles!

This course is more focused on navigating in the complex terrain of the UK mountains on a quality mountain day. The course is journey based, meaning we will embark on a classic mountain route and navigate our way around it. Mountain navigation will focus on using major features to help us navigate, as well as looking at how to avoid steep, dangerous terrain and develop skills to assess the terrain and know when to turn back or change your route.

We will cover most, if not all of the following skills on this course:

Use of altimetres
Accurate compass work
Poor visibility navigation
Map memory
Contour only navigation
Small contour features
Micro navigation
Aspect of slope
Back bearings
Relocation strategies
Map memory
Dead reckoning
Using the group to aid navigation
Escape routes and emergency procedures

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!