navigation


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



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