"Staying Found" Basic Navigation for Hikers and Backpackers - Tradition Plateau Interpretive Shelter

Tradition Lake Interpretive Shelter, Tiger Mountain State Park starting at 9:AM.  Please arrive by 8:45 to get equipment ready and get help setting declination on your compass if necessary.  Google map location of the parking lot is https://goo.gl/maps/J8PsfJcgqiw  (also known as High Point Trailhead).

This hands-on field navigation training day, tailored to hikers and backpackers, provides focused information on key skills and tools, and hands-on practice on the trail, 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.

This clinic, which is held outdoors at Tiger Mountain State Forest, begins at 9:00 a.m. with an hour of instruction, followed by a 45-minute map and compass field exercise, a trip planning exercise, and concludes with a 3-5 mile hike guided by instructors applying the skills you learned. Wear warm clothing and sturdy hiking shoes suitable for hiking in the wet, and bring raingear and at least 1L of water.   Bring your lunch and be prepared to hike, rain or shine.  The clinic concludes at approximately 3:00 p.m.

Backpacking Building Blocks students are eligible for a 50% discount.  Contact the Staying Found administrative lead at mritala@comcast.net to get the discount code.

Foothills hike or backpack leaders:  contact the Hike-Backpack Committee chair at cascadehiker@earthlink.net to find out if you can take this class for free!