After this course you will be able to: 

• Plan a route on your laptop/phone.

• Execute that route in the field using your phone or gps

• Track your day in the field and transfer that track to your laptop (Caltopo/Google Earth)

• Perform efficient and accurate pre-trip time estimating

• Print a hardcopy map from Caltopo

• Identify skiable vs. non skiable terrain on a map/laptop

• Confidently make time based decisions in the field

• Have a tool box for mountain navigation and landmarking ski runs in the field without phone/gps

• Understand the strengths and weaknesses of different navigational tools & when to use what tool. 

• Being confident onsighting new terrain.