Name: SILVA Night Navigation (Grasmere)
Start: 2024-11-02T16:30:00+01:00
End: 2024-11-02T22:30:00+01:00
Location: Grasmere,Grasmere,LA22 9SX,GB

Night navigation course for women seeking to navigate safely and confidently in darkness
THE COURSE
The days are getting shorter and winter is coming! Now is the perfect time to further your navigation skills and learn new techniques and strategies that will enable you to navigate in darkness. Feel confident that you can safely get yourself off the hill if you're caught-out by nightfall.
Learning how to navigate in the dark is also a great way to fine-tune your micro-navigation skills for navigating in poor visibility and winter white-out conditions, making this the ideal course for early winter. Suitable for hill walkers and trail/fell runners.
We will cover:
* Timing, pacing
* Walking on bearings
* Aiming-off
* Attack points and more.
Develop your ability to interpret contour sfeatures and make your compass bearings as accurate as possible - and find out how to relocate if you get entirely lost in darkness! When is an emergency an emergency, and when is it time to call mountain rescue?
Learn 'tips and tricks' from the pros, for best use of headtorches/settings, maps and compasses when navigating in the dark - including maximising burn time and battery life. Find out what to do if your headtorch goes out (it's not always as straightforward as you might think!)
This course will help you feel confident in the mountains as the light begins to fade!
This event will take place in early winter, so you will need to dress warmly (insulation layers, waterproofs, plus hat and gloves). You will also need a good headtorch (minimum 200 lumens) which is fully charged, as well as spare batteries.
We will loan out SILVA Expedition 4 compasses for all those without their own and will supply laminated maps. Attendees will also receive our exclusive 30% off SILVA discount code and a chance to learn about headtorches from SILVA global (advice on what to look for when purchasing a headtorch).
BOOKING
The cost covers guiding and instruction, and does not include accommodation/meals, allowing you the flexibility to choose your own.
Girls on Hills will email you with final details (times and places etc), one week before the event. If you have any questions or concerns in the meantime, please get in touch at [email protected]