Intermediate Navigation – Next Steps

8 hours

Intermediate Navigation – Next Steps

Overview

Elevate your map-and-compass skills on this friendly, focused navigation workshop designed to boost your confidence and capabilities in varied terrain. Perfect for those familiar with basic contour reading and compass use, the course will deepen your practical knowledge of orienting maps, taking bearings, pacing distances, and making sound decisions as light fades.

Our small group setting ensures personalised coaching as you learn to narrate your route as a story, each section a chapter building toward your successful navigation. As twilight turns to darkness, you’ll test your skills in real conditions, culminating in a guided walk back to a welcoming hostelry for a chat beside the fire.

Map orientation and aligning with the landscape

Using compass bearings for route decisions

Timing, pacing and catching features under fading light

Developing a navigation narrative for practical confidence

Real-time navigation in low-light conditions

This course is ideal for walkers and hikers ready to deepen their navigation skills and enjoy safer, more confident outdoor adventures.

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