Want to feel more confident about finding your way when you travel in the wilderness? Maybe you'd like to head off the trail and travel cross-country? This one day field-based course covers the essential skills of backcountry navigation, in an outdoor environment (not a store or parking lot). We begin by learning to read a topographic map and how to use a compass. Then we're off on a hike so we can practice interpreting the map's contour lines as they relate to the shape of the land. You'll learn to locate your position via bi-section or triangulation and practice walking a bearing in a short orienteering exercise at the end of class.
Course Locations:
• Los Angeles courses are offered at Malibu Creek State Park,
about a 20 minute drive from the West Los Angeles area.
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San Diego courses are offered at Mission Trails Regional Park,
located 15 minutes east of Mission Valley, off of Mission Gorge
Road.
| Course Tuition:
$120 |
(Preferred
Client:
$110)
Activity Rating:
L1
Prerequisites: none
Included: one
full 8-hour day of instruction; extensive printed materials
(printed from your computer); a map; use of compasses and
navigational tools.
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What to Bring:
clothing and equipment suitable for
day hiking, lunch and snacks, water. (A complete list will
be e-mailed to you when you register.) |
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