Navigation can be taught during a day’s hillwalking or as a separate course using the nnas scheme, you decide.

Scotpeak is registered to operate navigation courses under The National Navigation Award Scheme (NNAS), Bronze and Silver national standard certificate.

The scheme was launched in 1994 at the Royal Institute of Navigation in London, and since then over 10000 awards has been gained.

The courses are designed to enhance your enjoyment of the countryside and develop sound navigation practice including planning walking routes

Training and Assessment courses use Ordnance Survey maps of 1:25,000 or 1:50,000 scale, which we supply.

All courses include knowledge of safety and access issues when walking in the countryside, as well as an understanding of environmental issues and awareness of impacts.

Bronze NNAS Award – navigation in the countryside using paths tracks and other linear features, basic map interpretation and compass work.  Course duration 12 hours.  Distance 2-5 kilometres.

•  The cost is £100 per person. 

Silver NNAS Award – navigation in the countryside using skills acquired at bronze level and adding skills required to navigate to features and places some distance from paths and tracks, accurate compass work is required and an ability to use appropriate navigational techniques to go across country in some cases, e.g. choosing an appropriate attack point.  Course duration 16 hours.  Distance 5-8 kilometres

•  The cost is £120 per person. 

 NB: None of these awards are to be used as a leadership qualification of any kind.