Field trip: Staying Found: On-Trail Navigation
Staying Found Field Trip - Easy Peasy - Tiger Mountain Lowlands
This 5-hour session, held at Tiger Mountain State Forest out of the High Point trailhead, includes a map and compass exercise, a trip planning review, and a 3-5 mile hike where you will practice the principles you've learned.
Contacts
- Sat, May 3, 2025
- Foothills Navigation Committee
- Navigation
- Adults
- Easy
- Easy
- Mileage: 3.8 mi
- Elevation Gain: 200 ft
- 6 (10 capacity)
- FULL (2 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
Details of the meeting place and time will be provided later.
This 5-hour session, held at Tiger Mountain State Forest out of the High Point trailhead, begins at the High Point Education Shelter area with a map and compass exercise and a trip planning review, followed by a 3.8 mile hike with 200 feet of gain where you will practice the principles you've learned.
This route is the easiest of the practice hikes, for people with limited time or who need a shorter hike. The route takes the Puget Power trail to the Swamp trail, on to the Brink trail, Adventure Trail and Bonneville trail, to the Wetlands Trail, Puget Power trail and the Around-the-Lake trail, and back to the High Point Trailhead.
Badges
instructors will earn:
On-Trail Navigation Course
Required Equipment
REQUIRED:
- Compass with adjustable declination (see http://www.rei.com/learn/expert-advice/compass-declination.html, http://www.thecompassstore.com/comwitaddec.html)
- Green Trails Tiger Mountain map #204S (see link in 'Recommended Books' below)
- Watch (preferably digital)
- Gear and appropriate footwear for a 3-5 mile hike on uneven terrain. Be prepared for cold and possible rain! And of course your ten essentials (see link in the Required Equipment header above)!
RECOMMENDED:
- Altimeter, or smartphone with altimeter app
- Gaia GPS subscription with app installed on your phone