Our qualified guides will help you to understand and enjoy the art on navigation in a relaxed and informative manner. We use the latest mapping software to help explain the theory and then take you out onto the hills to gain the practical skills
Introduction to Map reading
We teach you the basic skills of navigation so that you will be able to navigate along tracks and paths using a map and compass and give an introduction to navigating on the hills.
Navigation and hill skills
This is a course designed to give people with the basic skills of navigation the confidence to navigate in poor weather conditions on the hills. We will cover various techniques that will help you to navigate to minor features and locations on the map. During the course we will teach you some of the useful skills and techniques that will help you to survive in the hills.
Advanced Navigation
This is an advanced course to help you brush up on the skills required to navigate in poor weather conditions that you can expect to experience at any time on the hills. By navigating at night we aim to take you out your comfort zone to hone your skills and help you to build in confidence to use these skills in any weather conditions.
GPS Navigation
Our Gps courses are designed to be fun and informative and show you how to get the best from your Gps unit. The course starts with a introduction of the unit with its good and bad points (and there are a few) then we send you through our pre laid out circuit to help you get used to working the menus and buttons then we meet up again and point out some of the more useful features of the unit.
General information
We adapt our training courses to individual requirements. This means that you get the best training that suits your needs and best fits your level of ability. We can also offer accommodation based at the Spittal of Glenshee for all our courses. Please inquire about our rates for 2 day courses.
