6-week;Â Becoming a BackpackHer
Backpacking BootcampÂ
The only course you'll need to gain the knowledge, learn the tools for success, and be ready for your next backpacking or day hiking adventure. Your guide Pamela brings 25+ years of backcountry experience, and 10+ year of teaching and guiding.
- Learn how to start with trip planning, gear prepping, and the right nutrition for backpacking or day hiking success.
- Overcome the overwhelm of the fear of the unknown. Bears, men, and any other unexpected trail surprise!
- Be ready for any backpacking adventure and gain the confidence on and off the trails!
Navigation: Map & Compass
A map & compass are apart of the 10 essentials, but do you know how to use them? Or do you rely on technology? Learn the basics of using a map & compass to understand where you are in relation to the land around you. How to stay found.
- Learn about your compass, the different types. Understand setting declination.
- Understanding your map features.Orienting your map in the field. Identifying terrain around you and referencing that same terrain on your map.
- Learn how to stay found by taking a bearing: Map to field and field to map.Â
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Enroll now Navigation: Map & compassMulti day learning retreat
Join our 3 day BackpackHER leaning workshop. Discover gear, Nutrition, leaning navigation, and everything needed for your trail success.
This 3 day class is held within the Angeles National Forest.Â
Lean more about our in-person retreat
"Thank you for such a wonderful class. You are a gifted teacher, engaging and fun and you know your stuff!" ~J.H.
Pamela! Look what you made possible! Spent 5 nights backpacking. It was incredible. You converted a girl into a mountain capable woman. ~Sonia
"I took a class with you in on how to read a map & compass. I've been using the skills and it has been a blast!" ~Annie
