En-suite bedrooms from £60pn. Book your course and then call us to book your accommodation
Find Out MoreAs well as consolidation of existing navigation knowledge, we aim to develop compass work and relocation skills. We will also have the chance to visit digital mapping and how this can be used in conjunction with map and compass. This course is the perfect step on from the ‘Discover Navigation’ course and can be added on to make a two day course. Introduces compass work, taking & following a bearing, route choice and relocating yourself when lost.
For anyone who has had some basic navigation experience or wants to be reminded of compass skills often learnt in the dim and distant past. Or completion of an introduction to navigation course such as our one day Discover Navigation
This one day course is well suited to anyone who has had some basic navigation experience or wants to be reminded of compass skills often learnt in the dim and distant past. It is about gaining confidence with a compass so the focus is on a steady progression from map setting to checking the direction of line features to taking and walking on a bearing across open ground. This course will equip participants with the skills required for poor weather and detailed navigation in the UK hills.
After some initial training and a recap of basic navigational skills, we’ll likely head up to higher ground to continue our learning with a journey on the mountain.
Other navigation strategies come into play such as the use of “attack points”, “aiming off”, recognising and using “catching features” and simple relocation strategies.
We will use a mixture of 1:50,000, 1:25,000 maps and Ordnance Survey and Harveys Maps (1:40,000). All of these are available to borrow from our Stores.
Our one day course start at 09.00, so please aim to arrive by 08.30 so teaching time is not lost. Packed lunches will need to collected, flasks can be filled in our dining room and stores will be open from 08.30. The day will finish around 16.30 – 17.00 with a review of the day and tea and cake.
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COURSE DATE | COST (with accommodation) |
COST (no accommodation) |
PLACES | BOOKING |
Date07/04/24 | Cost (with accommodation)Call Us – Prices from £60pn | Cost (no accommodation)£100.00 | Places | |
Date28/04/24 | Cost (with accommodation)Call Us – Prices from £60pn | Cost (no accommodation)£100.00 | Places | |
Date05/05/24 | Cost (with accommodation)Call Us – Prices from £60pn | Cost (no accommodation)£100.00 | Places | |
Date26/05/24 | Cost (with accommodation)Call Us – Prices from £60pn | Cost (no accommodation)£100.00 | Places | |
Date23/06/24 | Cost (with accommodation)Call Us – Prices from £60pn | Cost (no accommodation)£100.00 | Places | |
Date14/07/24 | Cost (with accommodation)Call Us – Prices from £60pn | Cost (no accommodation)£100.00 | Places | |
Date28/07/24 | Cost (with accommodation)Call Us – Prices from £60pn | Cost (no accommodation)£100.00 | Places | |
Date11/08/24 | Cost (with accommodation)Call Us – Prices from £60pn | Cost (no accommodation)£100.00 | Places | |
Date25/08/24 | Cost (with accommodation)Call Us – Prices from £60pn | Cost (no accommodation)N/A | Places | |
Date08/09/24 | Cost (with accommodation)Call Us – Prices from £60pn | Cost (no accommodation)£100.00 | Places | |
Date22/09/24 | Cost (with accommodation)Call Us – Prices from £60pn | Cost (no accommodation)£100.00 | Places | |
Date06/10/24 | Cost (with accommodation)Call Us – Prices from £60pn | Cost (no accommodation)£100.00 | Places | |
Date20/10/24 | Cost (with accommodation)Call Us – Prices from £60pn | Cost (no accommodation)£100.00 | Places | |
Date10/11/24 | Cost (with accommodation)Call Us – Prices from £60pn | Cost (no accommodation)£100.00 | Places | |
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Instruction
Use of kit
Packed lunch and afternoon tea each day
In-course transport
Accommodation in an en-suite bedroom. If booking as an individual, you will not be asked to share with a stranger.
Breakfast for each course day
Dinner for each course day (except the final day and on one day or back-to-back courses).
Use of the facilities at Glenmore Lodge.
Linen is provided along with a towel, you may wish to bring an extra towel if you would like to use the facilities.
Glenmore Lodge has a large, and very comprehensive store of up to date clothing and equipment. Although we can supply all the equipment you will need, at this level you are encouraged to use your own hill gear including emergency gear, tent, stove etc. (Your instructor will of course want to check that personal equipment is appropriate for the activity).
YOU WILL NEED (Glenmore Lodge can provide if required)
EQUIPMENT YOU NEED TO BRING WHICH WE DO NOT HAVE IN THE STORES
Listed here are the essentials, this is not an exhaustive list.
Map information – we encourage everyone on mountain courses to have a map covering the Northern Cairngorms with a 10km radius from the ski area. There are a range of scales and maps available OS 1:50,000, OS 1:25,000 and Harvey Map 1:40,000. For skills courses any scale is fine, OS 1:50,000 map sheet 36 covers the widest area, but the Harvey 1:40,000 has a lot of additional information on the back of it, however it is useful to have the Silva Mark 4 compass with the 1:40,000 scale on it.
If you have digital mapping and can print off map sheets a suggested area would be:
NW corner NH8514 NE corner NJ0314
SW corner NN8593 SE corner NO0393
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