This course looks at all the fundamentals of navigation and gives you plenty of time to practice, ask questions and really get to grips with map and compass. The pace is relaxed and the emphasis is on learning and consolidating the basic techniques before putting them into practice around the Derwent valley. On the course we cover: map types and scale, grid references, map symbols especially contour interpretation, orienting the map, measuring distance on the map and measuring distance on the ground using pacing and timing. At the end of the day's course you will have all of the basic skills that you need to walk the hills with confidence.
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In really poor visibility or at night your navigation needs to be to a very high standard.  If you're familiar with concepts like orienting the map, map symbols and scale but your map and compass work could do with a refresh this is the perfect course. We move quickly through the basics before moving on to taking and following compass bearings, accurately measuring distance on the ground using pacing and timing, careful contour interpretation and more advanced techniques such as aiming off,  attack points and boxing. We run this course on Kinder Scout, where the lack of obvious features makes for a real navigation challenge.
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The traverse of the fourteen Welsh mountains greater than three-thousand feet is one of the classic mountain challenges of the British Isles. Our route traverses 30 miles of ground and includes 11,900 ft of ascent, much of it away from paths. This is a physically difficult route (you are ascending and descending a third of the height of Everest) and we plan to complete it over two days.