Learn the skills to walk
the hills!
Ever found yourself stranded in poor visibility, and or not
known where you are on a featureless moorland?
Want to learn how to use a map and compass to find your way
around the hills, moors and mountains?
Recently bought a Garmin GPS and uncertain what to do with
it?
Join our popular Hill and Moorland Navigation courses based
in the Derbyshire Peak District. For any of the courses,
you can reserve a place by completing our
booking form and sending us a cheque for payment, or
click on the Book Now button to go
to our online shop.
Introduction to
navigation
Are you a regular hill walker, but always
follow a book, or have never learned to use a compass? If
so, this is the course for you! Learn basic navigation
skills whilst enjoying a day long walk in the beautiful
Derbyshire Peak District.
A 1 day course, which will set you up with the basics of
using a map and compass over easy open moorland.
Starts with a short overview, followed by a walk through
fields and moorland using a map and compass.
Includes:
• maps & scales • contours relief & height • taking
a bearing from the map & walking on it • taking a
bearing from the ground & relating to map.
• pacing & timing • finding features on the ground •
moving on steeper ground • using a compass.
Next
introductory course -
Saturday 10th
April
Cost
£30 per person
Book this course now!
Other introductory courses
will be held on: Saturday 24th April, Saturday 16th
October, Saturday 6th November
Improvers (intermediate)
Practice the basic skills and enjoy a challenging walk on
the moors of Kinder Scout.
The 1 day “improvers” navigation course is for people who
already know the basics of using a map and compass, but
want to gain confidence using their skills on difficult
open moorland. The walk will be approx. 10.5 miles
involving crossing the centre of Kinder Scout.
Next
Improvers course -
Saturday 3rd April 2010
Cost £30 per
person
Book this course
now!
Other Improvers courses will be held on Saturday 20th
November
Night
time & Poor Visibility
Learn the skills needed to navigate in the dark, or in poor
visibility
Next Night time course will be held on Saturday
13th November, Saturday 11th December
contact us to find out
more
Cost £15 per person for the evening
Using GPS for moorland and mountain
navigation
Have you recently bought a GPS unit, and are unsure what to
do with it? Would you like to be able to extend your
navigation skills by using GPS?
Take it all one step further by learning to use a Garmin or
ViewRanger GPS in conjunction with Memory Map.
This training course includes understanding how a GPS
works, creating waypoints, relating where you are to the
map, creating a route and walking it.
Contact us for further
details
