Plus make sure that you have some bright coloured clothing or safety equipement, whether its your rain cover on your rucksack or a storm shelter, so if you can't make it off the hill you are easy to spot.ĥ.

If the fog looks set to stay and you urgently have to get off the hill, set a clearly identifiable ‘base’ and then mark each trail that you explore so that you can always at least return to this base. Wandering aimlessly around the hills will only get you more and more lost. Wait for it!If you’re truly lost and the terrain is particularly treacherous, then stop and wait for a break in the fog or cloud. But don’t overrely on a GPS in good visibility – batteries fail, screens crack, devices get lost.

Use a GPSLow visibility is where a GPS will come into its own, with many, such as Garmin and SatMap devices, as well as smartphone navigation apps like Viewranger and MemoryMap, including topographical Ordnance Survey mapping. If you get to a fork in fog, leave a stone or twig showing the way you came, before carefully exploring each option.ģ. Again, get in the habit of looking up and down the trail when the visibility is good and cross-referencing with a map. Stick to the pathIn poor visibility the trail is your lifeline, so don’t leave it. This includes pre-trip route planning and listing feature and distance waypoints,then constantly looking around and crossreferencing features with compass and mapĢ. ObservationConditions change quickly in the hills, so the more information on your surroundings you can glean, the safer you’ll be in fog. Fog or low cloud can close in quickly in the hills, reducing visibility and turning a wonderful walk into a potentially treacherous trek.

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