Orienteering is a high energy competitive sport that combines racing with navigation.  It is a timed race in which individual participants use a specially created highly detailed map to select routes and navigate through the wilderness. 

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• Learn the basics of enhanced, two or three-color topographic maps; reading and understanding the orienteering course that consists of a start, control flags and finish. 

• Learn the basics of a base plate thumb compass for orienteering and navigation using hands-on activities.

• Review how to interpret map symbols, colors, land features, trails and how to orient an orienteering map.  Continue to review how to navigate using a base plate thumb compass and orienting a compass to a map.  Learn what to do when lost on the course and how to use a safety bearing. 

• Discover the difference in orienteering course levels and the purpose of control descriptions that assist you in finding control flags in the wild.

• Navigate the entire orienteering course and document your time in a high energy fun challenge, testing your skills to reach new times and skill levels.