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
   • Slope angle with or without a clinometer  

A simple way to adjust a compass for declination
   • WAvES declination method  

Military DDCRAPPS method
   • Military DDCRAPPS navigation  

Find you location use a resection – two methods
   • Resection vs Intersection navigation,...  
   • Find your location on a map & identif...  

Calculate distance travelled by Pacing
   • Pacing, how and when to use it and wh...  

Calculate distance travelled by Timing
   • Timing in navigation, how and when to...