Complete Wilderness Navigation Course
Gain Wilderness Navigation skills and the confidence
you need to travel anywhere in just 5 days.
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"Skills gained gave me the confidence to go out to the backcountry alone…" — CWNC Graduate
The Complete Wilderness Navigation Course (CWNC) allows you to experience hands-on wilderness route finding, during the day and night in both forest and mountain environments. This one-of-a-kind professionally taught wilderness navigation course covers the entire content of the Wilderness Navigation Core Seminar, Wilderness Navigation Field Session, and Wilderness Navigation Mountain Session all in just 5 days. This allows you to master Wilderness Route Finding quickly and easily in only 5-days in a world class training environment.
"…the skills taught progressively take you from knowing next to nothing to being confidant in wilderness navigation."
— Complete Wilderness Navigation Graduate
"Being in the mountains, Navigating with all the tools, the Night Navigation!" — CWNC Graduate
This hands-on wilderness navigation course teaches topographical map interpretation, air photos interpretation, magnetic compass skills, using a GPS receiver, pace bead use, and Altimeter use. We cover longitude and latitude, contour interpretation, advance route planning, wilderness travel skills, the MGRS and UTM grid system. Extensive map and compass skills will be practiced including declination, inclination, bearings, back-bearings, pacing, and resections. Emphasis throughout the course is on practical wilderness route finding, learning topographical interpretation, and developing safe wilderness travel skills. The course also covers, advanced GPS Receiver use, GPS Programming, GPS Map integration, Altimeters use, Clinometers use, survival navigation techniques, and navigation without a compass.
"No bullshit, straight goods – Practicality was quintessential!." — CWNC Graduate
The Complete Wilderness Navigation Course sessions are progressive, allowing participants to experience hands on route finding during the day and night. Whether using Map and Compass or GPS in the Wilderness this one-of-a-kind course will give you the skills, confidence, and practical experience needed to travel in rough terrain. Expect to learn constantly and become confident in wilderness navigation from this innovative world class navigation course. Participants will earn BWI's Navigation Certificate on successful completion of this course.
"Everything was great." — CWNC Graduate
Cost includes instruction, pace-beads, extensive course materials, use of a compass, GPS receiver, and topographical maps during the course. Click to look at our suggested Equipment List for attending the course. Accommodation and food are not included during the course. Transportation is not included. All participants are responsible for there own accommodation, food, transportation, basic outdoor gear, and outdoor clothing. In Nordegg the instructional staff will be camping and you are encouraged to join us. We encourage car pooling and will help to facilitate it on the first day of the course.