Humpday Hike

This is a great opportunity to learn and/or practice basic map and compass skills. Really good stuff to know, even if you mostly navigate with your phone! We will spend a couple of hours at Shevlin Park with some group instruction and a lot of hands-on practice in small teams.

This is suitable for beginners. Or if you're experienced, please come and help others learn!

We'll cover:

• Orienting a map by dead reckoning
• Navigating by dead reckoning
• Understanding Declination and its importance
• Orienting a map with your compass
• Walking a bearing
• Estimating distance with pace counting

Bring a faceplate compass if you have one. Maps and some extra compasses will be provided.

1st Hike of the season. Note: This hike is on a Tuesday.
DESCRIPTION: 7.5 miles, 1400 vertical ft, medium pace. This will be a lollipop loop from the main parking lot down across the bridge, up Burma Road (as steep as Misery Ridge and 50% higher), down the Summit Trail, around on the River Trail, then back across the bridge and up to the parking lot.

There will also be an option for part of the group to return up the back side of Misery Ridge, instead of doing the River Trail. It cuts 1 mile of distance but adds 650 ft of vertical.

Please note: Smith Rock requires dogs to be on a 6' leash at all times in the park.