Club Training

Navigation Tasks:

1. Plan a route up Snowdon ending in Llanberis.

2. Use at least 2 checkpoints (i.e the Start, Middle, and End). Make sure to include a 6 figure grid reference for each checkpoint.

3. Describe tick off and catching features between check points.

4. Include bearings between each check point.

5. Measure the distance and height gained between check points, use this to determine how long it will take to walk between the check points at 4Kph.

6. Include notes on possible escape routes or alternate routes between check points.

Compass Tasks

1. Be able to identify each part of the compass required for navigation.

2. Practice taking a bearing. Take bearings of:

• Pen y Pass from Snowdon summit

• Idwal cottage from the summit of Tryfan

• Bethesda Church from Carnedd Dafydd

• Moel Ellio Summit from Electric Mountain Car Park

3. Can you think of a situation where taking a back bearing would be useful?

Leader Training - Navigation Tasks

1. What are the maps most commonly used in UK mountain navigation? What are the positives and negatives of the map types?

2. What are some methods of measuring distance on a paper map - when would you use each?

3. Measure your pacing for 100m. How many paces would you take in 1.3km?

4. What are the positives and negatives of GPS navigation? Why would not always use GPS?

5. Why is route planning essential to a good mountain day?

Leader Training -Leadership, Equipment and Hazards Tasks

1. What additional kit do leaders need? Why is this?

2. What do you need to consider when planning a walk. How could group ability and size affect these?

3. What is a sign that a group is being led too fast?

4. What would you do in these emergencies?

• The group was lost

• A group member was cold

• A group member got stuck

• A group member was injured