Introduction:

Orientation is one of the key tools not only in hiking or mountaineering, but in many other activities that take place in the natural environment. Knowing how to interpret a map is essential to be able to plan an outing, or to progress properly on the ground. It is in short, an essential element of security.

A path can fade, milestones disappear, fog or night surprise us.

Our knowledge should enable us to take a route that we have never done before.

For all these reasons, knowing how to orient oneself in nature is essential for all people who carry out their activities in wild places, from a hiker or amateur mountaineer to an explorer or professional mountaineer

Audience:

Anyone who frequents the natural environment and wants to get started in this matter.

Contents and activities:

Basic Concepts: Projection Systems, Coordinate Systems, Datum,
Maps: Types of maps, Scales, legends, contour lines, landforms, distances, slopes and profiles.
Introduction to planning: Time calculation, observation points, decision points, alternative routes, points of interest.
The Geographic North, the Magnetic North, the Magnetic Declination. Directions: Course and Azimuth
Guidance by estimate
The Compass: Characteristics and its Use
The altimeter as a tool for orientation
Precision navigation
Directions and against directions
Alternative targeting methods