Open Group
Introduction To Navigation
For walkers who usually follow paths, apps or friends and want the basics to make sense in their own hands.
Hill Navigation From Fort William
Find your line in poor visibility
Small group map and compass courses, private navigation days and guided local hill days around Glen Nevis, the Mamores and Ardgour.
Since 2015
Started by Eilidh MacRae after seasons helping visitors make sense of Glen Nevis paths and claggy summit plateaus.
Small Groups
Maximum 6 learners on navigation courses and 4 people on guided mountain days, so nobody gets lost in the lesson.
No Summit Promises
The work is calm decision making, not chasing a top when the hill is telling you to turn the map round and think.
Course Snapshot
Three Ways To Get Steadier With A Map
Open Group
Hill Navigation Refresher
For rusty walkers who know the words bearing, pacing and contour but want them to work in real Scottish weather.
Weekend
Bronze NNAS-style weekend
A two day weekend for people preparing for bigger Scottish days, club walks or solo trips beyond signed routes.
How The Day Feels
Unhurried Learning On Real Hill Ground
The pace is steady and conversational. We use low and middle hill terrain, old stalkers paths, lumpy moorland, forest edges and small ridges where a map has enough detail to teach you something. There are regular breaks, not because the day is soft, but because good navigation needs clear thinking.
You practise setting the map, choosing handrails, taking bearings, measuring distance by pacing and timing, reading contour shape and relocating when the world disappears into cloud. Weather calls are made plainly. If a forecast makes the chosen ground poor for learning, the plan changes before pride gets involved.
Owner's Note
I close the diary from 20 December to 12 January. The hill will still be there after the shortbread and the long dark mornings. - Eilidh
Enquiries
Ask For A Course Date Or A Private Day
Email hello@themountainofme.com. Office replies are handled Monday to Thursday 08:30 to 17:00 and Friday 08:30 to 13:00.
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