navigation

Learn the skills required to find your way in the mountains

This is a 1 day hands on course designed to teach you essential navigation skills

Both digital tools (GPS) and old school map and compass are used.

Itinerary:

We will meet up at 0900am and spend some time indoors going over the basics. We will then head outdoors and get practical experience with the navigation tools.

Course Outline

Basic Route Planning
Map Scales
Grid System and Grid References
Map Symbols
Contour Lines and basic interpretation
Use of the compass to take bearings from a map
Walking on general compass bearings
Identifying large features on a map and then finding them in the surrounding area
Handrailing large features
Macro or large area navigation techniques
How to re-orientate yourself if you do get lost
Use of the compass to take bearings on the map
Intersections / Resections
Walking on general compass bearings
Locating your position

Basic functions of GPS (smartphones) and how they work
Limitations of the technology
App settings
Map Layers
Route Planning using apps & Google Earth
Setting waypoints and creating a track on the smartphone.
How to find your location
Follow a route
Tracking a route
What to do when the GPS doesn’t work

Reading the map information on the smartphone and confirming your position
Navigation course
Following a track
Tracking a route

Meals

Lunch is provided during the course.
Please let us know if you have any allergies or dietary restrictions prior to the start of the trip.

Equipment List

Personal Gear

Hiking shoes or running shoes.
Clothing layers appropriate for the weather

Communal equipment (supplied by NSM):

Compass and map
GPS
First aid kit

Season and availability:

Year round

Price (Not including 5% GST):

$150.00 per Guest
Minors under 16 are $50 per minor when accompanied by a guardian.

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