This 2-day Land Navigation Course is designed for the serious outdoors person. It consists of classroom instruction and overland movement. Students will learn to use a topographic map, compass and GPS.

Topics will include:

• Understanding map symbols and information
• Reading contour lines to get a 3D view of the terrain
• Measuring distance on a map
• Understanding the differences between True North, Grid North and Magnetic North
• Using a protractor to plot bearings and triangulate position on a map
• Using a topographic map and terrain association for navigation without other tools
• Understanding UTM and Latitude-Longitude grid systems on a map
• How to orient a map with a compass
• Route planning
• Following a compass bearing while hiking
• Using GPS to determine location grid coordinates and plotting the location on a map
• Using pace and terrain association to arrive at a destination
• Dead reckoning
• Plus other tips and tricks to build your confidence while navigating through the wilderness

About Your Instructor

Rich is best known as a rope skills instructor, but began his career teaching land navigation in the military. He received several accommodations as an instructor and was a lead member of several first-place winning orienteering teams.

Over the next three and a half decades his students included individuals, park rangers, law enforcement, professional guides and search and rescue teams.