WORKSHOP CONTENT & LEARNING OUTCOMES

This workshop offers a valuable opportunity to receive targeted feedback, refine your strategies, and strengthen your skills on smaller scale maps. You'll explore your confidence levels, challenge your assumptions, and align your understanding with the realities of working with these maps - empowering you to approach assessments with greater clarity and success.

9:00am - 5:00pm

Open to ML trainees consolidating towards assessment.

Also open to qualifed folk looking to check in and avoid skills fade. 

1 Day Workshop

Outline

-Understanding the Map

-Colour Shadings and Height Gains

-Contour Intervals

-Understanding & Comparing the Scale

-Comparing Map Scales

-Symbols and Map Information

-Build Solid Strategies

-Map Assumptions and Realities

-Relocation Techniques and Processes

Key Skills Covered

• Contour interpretation 

• Understanding the maps and their differences

• Distances and timings 

• Colour shadings and height gains 

• Contour intervals and colouring 

• Understanding the scale 

• Comparing map scales 

• Symbols and map information 

• Building solid strategies 

• Map assumptions and realities 

• Blind legs if necessary to the day 

• Relocation techniques and processes 

EQUIPMENT/KIT REQUIRED 

Harvey BMC Map - Lake District 

Silva Expedition Type 4 compass (recommended) 

Hill kit for a full day in the mountain day; 

• Waterproofs 
• Warm layers
• Hat and gloves 
• Walking boots
• Headtorch
• Stopwatch

CATERING/FOOD

You will need to bring lunch, snacks and water for the day

WORKSHOP PROVIDER CREDENTIALS

Workshop provider: Sam Marsland (WMCI & ML course director) 

CANCELLATION PROCEDURE

Lake District Mountaineering: Cancellation policy 

WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE EVENT

Your CPD record - If you attend this event and it counts as CPD, your CPD point/s will automatically be added to your record in due course - you will not need to add it yourself.

Please allow up to 2 weeks for the workshop provider to complete the event in the system and assign you your CPD, thank you.

Start

02/04/2026 09:00

End

02/04/2026 16:00

Total Days

1

Maximum Bookings

6

Bookings

1

Venue

YHA Borrowdale

Town

Keswick

County

Cumbria

Postcode

CA13 0HY

Country

United Kingdom

Location

54.66251,-3.38564

Name

Mountain Training Association

Phone

07458353048

Website

Booking/Details

Email