
Day Hiking, Backpacking & Navigation Course
Staying Found: On-Trail Navigation
This course is focused on learning and practicing key skills to maintain an ongoing awareness of where you are and how to find yourself if you get lost on even the most complicated trail system.
- Tue, Apr 22, 2025 - Sun, May 4, 2025
- Committee: Foothills Navigation Committee
- Members: $75.00 Guests: $85.00
- Availability: 40 (64 capacity)
- Cancellation & Refund Policy
This course, tailored to on-trail adventurers, is designed to help students become confident reading a topographic map, using a compass and altimeter, and maintaining awareness of their location on a trail. Students will receive detailed information on skills and tools, as well as hands-on practice on the trail. Basic digital navigation instruction using Gaia will be included.
The course includes an evening online instructional seminar and a field trip held outdoors at Tiger Mountain State Forest. The field trip includes map and compass exercises, a trip planning exercise, and a hike to apply the skills you have learned. Students must complete all components to graduate from the class and receive an On-Trail Navigation badge.
Students should select one field trip from the options below.
Badges you will earn:
Course Activity | Date | Availability | Leader |
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For Leaders Only: Orientation (optional) | |||
Online Classroom |
Tue, Apr 22, 2025
Registration opens Apr 1
|
11
participants
|
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For Leaders Only: Staying Found Field Trip Practice (optional) | |||
Tiger Mountain Lowlands |
Sat, Apr 26, 2025
Registration opens Apr 1
|
11
participants
|
|
Staying Found Fundamentals of On-Trail Navigation: Online Workshop | |||
Online Classroom |
Wed, Apr 30, 2025
Registration closes Apr 21
|
41
participants
8 instructors
|
|
Staying Found Field Trip - Easy Peasy | |||
Tiger Mountain Lowlands |
Sat, May 3, 2025
Registration closes May 1
|
6
participants
0 instructors
|
|
Staying Found Field Trip - Talus Rocks | |||
Tiger Mountain Lowlands |
Sat, May 3, 2025
Registration closes May 1
|
7
participants
1 instructor
|
|
Tiger Mountain Lowlands |
Sun, May 4, 2025
Registration closes May 2
|
7
participants
1 instructor
|
|
Staying Found Field Trip - Swamp Foot | |||
Tiger Mountain Lowlands |
Sat, May 3, 2025
Registration closes May 1
|
8
participants
1 instructor
|
|
Tiger Mountain Lowlands |
Sun, May 4, 2025
Registration closes May 2
|
10
participants
1 instructor
|
|
Staying Found Field Trip - Great Adventure | |||
Tiger Mountain Lowlands |
Sat, May 3, 2025
Registration closes May 1
|
9
participants
1 instructor
|
|
Tiger Mountain Lowlands |
Sun, May 4, 2025
Registration closes May 2
|
3
participants
1 instructor
|
|
Staying Found Field Trip - Easy Peasy | |||
Tiger Mountain Lowlands |
Sun, May 4, 2025
Registration closes May 2
|
7
participants
1 instructor
|
- Baseplate Compass with adjustable declination (see Mountaineers Information Sheet)
- Green Trails Tiger Mountain map #204S
- Smartphone with GaiaGPS loaded
- Whistle or other emergency communication device
- #2 lead pencil to take notes
- Day Pack or larger
- Outdoor gear, including footwear suitable to on trail travel day of Field Trip