

Navigation Weekend 2017
Sitting in a classroom for several hours and then tramping through the warm, damp woods isn't most people's idea of a great weekend. But this weekend, several students voluntarily did just that. Hawk Mountain Ranger School hosted Navigation Weekend, a two-day course held every fall where students can fine-tune their wilderness navigation skills. Subjects covered include compasses, map work (to include different scaling and measuring systems), off-road GPS, recognizing terrain