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Mountain bike skills courses
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Guided mountain bike rides
Backcountry Mountain Bike Leader Skills: Mountain Bike Navigation
Course Description
So you're a competent mountain biker and can be tempted onto even the most gnarly terrain. Perhaps you've tried trail centres and have been spoiled by their tempting waypointed trails. Now you'd like to try something a bit more off the beaten track, but don't have the wilderness MTB navigation skills to go with confidence.
Our Mountain Bike Navigation coaching course will give you skills to take your mountain bike into the wildest wilderness and mountain terrain in search of the perfect singletrack and make it out alive.
Course outline
The skills taught and practiced on the Mountain Bike Navigation will include:
- Planning a route
- Navigational tools and aids
- Map and compass skills
- Navigating out on the trail
- Recovering when lost
Typical programme
Although the course is flexible it will usually keep to the following programme:
- 09:15-09:30 Arrival at course venue
- 09:30-10:00 Course commences, introductions and equipment check
- 10:30-12:30 Classroom session
- 12:30-13:30 Lunch
- 13:30-16:30 Easy paced ride with stops for navigation sessions and practice
- 16:30-17:00 Review and next steps
- 17:00 Course ends
Any questions?
If you wish to discuss our backcountry mountain bike leadership skills courses or have specific requirements, please call our team of experts to discuss your needs on 0800 756 6999.
Course information
Pricing
£90.00 per person
Course dates & locations
- The Surrey Hills
- SH106 - 19 Sep 2010
- SH106 - 17 Oct 2010
- SH106 - 28 Nov 2010
- SH106 - 12 Dec 2010
- SH106 - 23 Jan 2010
- SH106 - 27 Feb 2010
- SH106 - 27 Feb 2010
- Yorkshire Moors
- DF106 - 12 Sep 2010
Bike Rental
£25.00 per day
Duration
One day course (7½ hours)
Teaching ratio
3-6 students per coach
Previous experience
No previous mountain bike experience is required, but you must be able to ride a bike with gears.
Preparation and fitness
The good news is that you don't have to be ultra-fit to get the most out of this course.
We will be riding our bikes for about four hours, though not constantly and at an easy pace.
We'll also be stopping regularly to coach skills.
Consolidation and practice
We recommend that you take what you've learned straight out on the trail and practice navigating in a forest or moorland environment.
Deliberately get lost occasionally and amaze your friends with your new homing instincts.
Equipment required
Please refer to our equipment page for a complete list.
You won't need to carry tools, a trailside repair kit or a first aid kit as your coach will have all of these.
