Slope aspect: demonstration and explanation

Slope Aspect is used to locate yourself on a map, even when you can’t see any terrain features or landmarks. This is very useful when walking at night or in fog, blizzard, heavy rain or any other type of reduced visibility. In this video we take an in depth look at the use of Slope Aspect. There is also a full demonstration and explanation of each step. The ability to use Slope Aspect to find your position is a very important skill which anyone heading out in to the hills should have. There are a number of other videos referred to in this video. Find the angle of a slope with your compass https://youtu.be/4LR14ue0Gz8 A simple way to adjust a compass for declination https://youtu.be/Tf9rrmq5Vf8 Military DDCRAPPS method https://youtu.be/kRFcz_xMbwk Find you location use a resection – two methods https://youtu.be/VSbyY4jMGfY https://youtu.be/pTNJOpLcT4k Calculate distance travelled by Pacing https://youtu.be/Fls-y7qeEtk Calculate distance travelled by Timing https://youtu.be/TJf4xHNrAJ8