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Navigation Courses in Snowdonia North Wales

Prices are £45 pp 1 Day course and £80pp for a 2 Day Course and include instruction from fully qualified instructors, we can provide maps and compasses if you don't have your own. All courses run over weekend dates, contact us for midweek dates.

2009 Course Dates

Beginners/ Intermediate

1 Day Course	2 Day Course
January 30th	January 30th - 31st
February 13th	February 13th - 14th
March 13th full	March 13th - 14th full
April All courses full	April All courses full
May 9th, 22nd	May 22nd - 23rd
June 12th, 26th	June 12th - 13th, 26th - 27th
July 3rd, 17th	July 3rd - 4th, 17th - 18th
August 7th, 21st	August 7th - 8th, 21st - 2nd

Intermediate/ Advanced

1 Day Course	2 Day Course
February 13th full	February 13th - 14th full
March 13th	March 13th - 14th
April 17th Full	April All courses full
May 15th, 29th	May 15th - 16th, 29th - 30th
June 19th	June 19th - 20th
July 10th, 24th	July 10th - 11th, 24th - 25th
August 14th, 28th	August 14th - 15th, 28th - 29th

What we typically cover on a course:

The Grid system and Grid References
Symbols for Public Rights of Way
Other important information for the hill walker
Contour Lines
Map Scales used by hill walkers
Work out personal pacing lengths over 100metres
Micro Navigation- smaller distances and smaller features
Use of the compass to take bearings from a map
Macro or large area navigation techniques
Pacing distances
Naizmiths rule
Walking on general compass bearings and dead reckoning bearings
Aiming off
Hand-railing features
Attack points
Identifying Spurs and Re-entrants, and other Physical features

Course Dates 2010: Brecon Beacons

April 10th, 1 day course meeting in Crickhowell.Full

Friday May 28th - 29th, 1 and 2 day courses meeting in Crickhowell.

At the moment these courses run on demand so please contact us for dates