Come join us on an activity designed to provide basic skills to allow you to plan and execute your own hikes. We will be using Orange County Park maps which are available for the Irvine Ranch Open Space and open access parks such as Whiting Ranch, Laguna Coast and Aliso Wood Canyon Wilderness Parks among others. We will go over basic map reading, planning your hike, following the hike plan, knowing when you are on route, and knowing when you are off route. We will teach you how to read topography from maps and use it to visualize the hike ahead of time. This is an excellent follow-up to the Hiking 101 activity though Hiking 101 is not required to attend.

Please note, advanced registration required, no walk-up registration is permitted.

Reviewing the 1-through-5 Difficulty Ratings will help you evaluate your readiness to participate in this level-3 activity on the land. Please visit our FAQ page for answers to activity specific questions you may have prior to registering. To learn more about the staging areas and activity locations, please visit our Staging Areas Playlist page.

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