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PLEASE READ THE REQUIREMENTS AND ALL DETAILS BELOW PRIOR TO REGISTRATION

DEADLINE TO REGISTER: BY MIDNIGHT, TWO DAYS BEFORE THE EVENT (May 27)

Registration opens on May 15, two weeks before this event!

Event Leaders: Joanne Keeping - click for more information.

Join Backcountry Women for a practical clinic to help build your navigation confidence. Knowing some basic orienteering skills will empower you to be more self-sufficient when exploring the great outdoors!

Format: 1 hour clinic + practical practice session afterwards, where we'll join the Manitoba Orienteering Association for their event (1 hour maximum).

In this workshop we will learn:

• basic skills to get you started with navigation
• identifying map features and terrain to help to know where you are
• implementing use of paper maps 
• orienteering skills and practice. We'll use a map / compass to find our way to various markers.
• practicing skills at navigating

What's included:

- We will provide printed maps.

- Compasses will be available if you would like to borrow one.

- An individual Orienteering Manitoba membership ($5) is included in your registration fee, plus a $10 Orienteering Manitoba adult event fee.

Location: Kildonan Park. Specific details, important information, and the meeting location will be sent out in reminder email(s) prior to the event. 

Time: Please arrive at 5:45pm (or sooner!) so we can begin promptly.

Participants are asked to bring: 

• Notebook + pen

• Appropriate layers for the weather and changing conditions
• Water

In the spirit of reconciliation, we acknowledge that we live, work, and play on the ancestral lands of the Ininiw, Anishinaabe, and Dakota Nations, and the homeland of the Metis Nation.  Our organization, Backcountry Women, is based on Treaty No. 1 Territory, and we appreciate that this event takes place on Treaty No 1. Territory.

Further details will be provided to registered participants. Participants are responsible for having a valid e-mail address, communicating with the event organizer regarding any changes in attendance, and for checking e-mails prior to an event.

This event allows cancellation no less than 5 before start of event. If you are no longer able to attend, please see our Cancellation Policy.