Backcountry Navigation Workshop
Fully enjoy exploring the backcountry with important navigation and safety skills.
When: Saturday, May 4, 2024 - 8:30 AM - 2:00 PM
Where: Mount Margaret Trailhead
Cost: $200 per person (limited to five explorers)
Maximize your joy and peace of spending time in the backcountry by learning some basic navigation skills and be prepared for backcountry emergencies. Join us for this hands-on field workshop to learn how to navigate anywhere in the backcountry and stay safe.
Backcountry Navigation Workshop
The workshop will start at the Mount Margaret Trailhead NW of Fort Collins in the Red Feather Lakes area. This is an absolutely stunning area that you’ll want to return to over and over again. We will cover the basics of using a map and compass and many additional navigation tips. We will follow a route that was created using Google Earth and imported into GaiaGPS, approximately 5 miles roundtrip.
You’ll learn the following:
basic map and compass skills, including how to find yourself on a map and navigate from point to point
navigating without a map and compass or any electronic device
using GaiaGPS successfully
using a satellite messenger effectively
using the Ten Essentials successfully for unplanned nights out
securing water
how avoid hypothermia with an SOL Bivvy XL as well as staying dry during thunderstorms
learn how a variety of wildlife species are using this area, noting tracks, scat and other activity
By taking this workshop you’ll be more at ease in the backcountry, never worrying about getting lost or surviving multiple, unplanned nights out waiting for help. I look forward to meeting you and supporting your backcountry adventures.