Members only.  Date subject to change.

This is not a full navigation course, but a chance for GPS beginners to practice.  We will talk briefly about theory -- grid system (UTM) and datums (NAD27, etc.) -- and then go for an easy hike in the Mt. Seymour backcountry, practicing the following along the way:

   - Using GPS to find current location on a paper map

   - Inserting a waypoint read from the map and using the GPS to navigate to the waypoint

   - Setting up routes of waypoints

   - Converting between waypoints in different datums

   - Using the trackback feature (track log)

Bring

   - Your own GPS (and manual if you don't know how to navigate the menus and change the settings)

   - Map (details to be provided) and compass

   - Notebook and pencil