Beginner Phone-Based Navigation Course using AllTrails

The ORC is pleased to offer a smartphone GPS Navigation Course using AllTrails.

This is open to all members although leaders will get priority for the first week of registration.

The course is hands-on using the AllTrails+ App in conjunction with your smartphone. You will need to have AllTrails+ (the paid version) installed on your phone before the course, and it costs $36 a year (can be cancelled after a year).

You will need to have the following BEFORE the course:

1. A smartphone (Android or Apple).

2. AllTrails+ installed on yor phone (the paid version). Older smartphones may not work, so you may want to test the free version of AllTrails, before purchasing it.

3. Ensure your phone is 100% charged. If you don't think your phone will last for a day of use, then bring a portable battery bank charger.

4. Email on your smartphone that you can access.

5. A data plan for your phone.

6. A compass (this can be borrowed).

This is an all-day course, starting with a classroom session followed by a hike, where you will each be navigating with your phone using the AllTrails+ app.
Bring a lunch. Be suitably dressed for hiking in cold and/or rainy weather.

NEW LOCATION: 9:00 a.m., 1291 Summerville Ave, Ottawa