"Staying Found" Basic Navigation for Hikers and Backpackers

This hands-on field training day, to be held in the Tradition Lake area of Tiger Mountain State Park, will focus on practicing the navigation skills hikers and backpackers will need to "stay found" even when hiking complex trail systems. We'll offer training and practice to become confident reading a topographic map against the features of the terrain around you, get important information from a compass and altimeter, and maintain a steady awareness of where you are as well as how to find yourself if you get temporarily misplaced.