Mountain Run - Mountain/OMM Practical Navigation

Mountain/OMM Practical Navigation | Intermediate to Advanced | Follow up to Online OMM/Mountain Navigation Masterclass

If you have taken part in a Mountain Run Online OMM/Mountain Navigation Masterclass session then this is the practical side to all the theory that you learnt online.

Who's it for?

• Anyone who has undertaken the Online OMM/Mountain Navigation Masterclass sessions with Mountain Run
• Runners wanting to develop their Mountain Marathon navigation skills
• Runners who are interested in solo challenges which require good to excellent navigation techniques
• Runners developing their navigation skills from basic/intermediate to a more advanced level
• Anyone wanting to take their navigation to the next level [basic understanding needed]

What to expect?

• A professionally delivered course, designed by Mountain Runners for Mountain Runners.
• 4 hours of on the hill, practical navigation
• Tips and tricks to keep you in contact with the map
• Expert coaches/instructors to learn from
• Elite mountain runners delivering the course, who are extremely passionate and knowledgable about their subject
• Mountain Marathon and/or Orienteering Maps of the area you are training in

What will be covered?

• How to use the techniques of; Hand-railing, collecting and catching features, aiming off and attack points
• How to use and swap between coarse and fine navigation and why we use these techniques
• A further understanding of contour interpretation and how to develop this knowledge.
• Simple tricks and tips to keep you in contact with the map and your surroundings
• Quick re-location skills
• How to read the map whilst on the move using acute and periphery vision

Course locations and dates:

• Long Mynd | Meeting time: 09:00
  Saturday 17th April
  
  
• Glenridding | Meeting time: 13:30
  Saturday 15th May