NSW Nordic Ski Club
Navigating in Bad Weather
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If you see or expect bad weather, take bearings where possible:
If you are coming back the same way on your return trip, take and record the back bearing of major changes in direction or landmarks. See if you can learn to recognise rocks, trees, landforms, etc., at such places, to allow you to double check your navigation.
Look back as well as forward as you travel, especially from vantage points such as saddles and ridge tops, and take bearings, check landforms, landmarks, distances and relative heights of the terrain.
If you see the clouds rolling in, take a bearing (and memorise the terrain and estimate distance) on your intended route. Also examine and determine escape routes in case the weather changes to the worse so much, that it makes you change your trip plan.
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