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mountain navigation - level 3

2 Days w/e Max Ratio 1:6

Previous Experience |Prior map reading knowledge is essential plus outdoor experience and some fitness of mountain walking or paddling. Participants should have confidence in the skills required in Level 1 & 2 in at least open moorland, forests, open countryside and hills.

Course Itinerary | A very thorough consolidation of mountain & micro navigation will be given through mainly practical sessions both indoors, locally and "on the hill". A night navigation exercise and / or orienteering is included.

Course Content | Topics to be covered will include:

• In addition to the basic map reading & navigational skills at Level 1 & 2:
• Consolidate the navigational skills learnt at Mountain Navigation Level 2
• The use of contours to identify land forms – hill tops; valleys; re-entrants; spurs; knolls and use these to map read as a main method of navigation
• Identify & use land forms (ridges; valleys; the size, location and direction of contour features) to micro navigate to identified locations
• In more complicated landscapes use judgement of distance, compass skills, & continuous checking (map to ground and ground to map skills & techniques
• Plan a safe mountain walk in open or hilly country within specific timescales, terrain difficulty & objective
• Appreciation and understanding of the physical, mental and navigational demands in hilly, moorland and mountain environments, in poor and extreme weather, the duration of daylight hours.
• Understand and address the effects of fatigue, potential hypothermic conditions (the effects of heat, wind, cold, wet on the human body) on decision making processes and keeping to a selected route.

Minimum Age | 16 years

Prices | Course Only. Non Residential. £ 120 per person. Group Discounts may apply