Winter Navigation in the Snow
Navigation in the Snow Peak Navigation Courses run navigation training throughout the year in The Peak district National Park. For the past two weeks we have been enjoying (?) some snowy conditions which give a different slant to walking and navigating in the hills. Yesterdays “Intermediate” Navigation Course went ahead albeit with an altered itinerary. Just walking in deep snow takes substantially more effort which is compounded when walking off path and through steep terrain. There was further heavy snowfall through the night before the course and only four of the eight booked made it through (though this did include students attending from Cambridge and Luton). Some "re-location" near the bottom of Jacob's Ladder Then it was off path taking various zig zags from one attack point to another through “The Cloughs” to locate the wreckage of two old aircraft wrecks. A further steep ascent to The Wool Packs led us to the Edge Path which we f...