Hiking & Trail Skills
What navigation tool works without WiFi, service, or batteries?
Compass
What outdoor sport involves drifting across snow on two boards attached to your feet?
Skiing
What emergency signaling method uses three signals to indicate distress?
SOS
What outdoor challenge involves finding items or completing tasks from a list in a set area?
Scavenger hunt
What do hikers wear on their feet to protect them and give traction on trails?
Hiking boots
What is the name of the red, blue, or yellow marks painted on trees or rocks to help you follow a route?
Trail blazes
In which outdoor sport do athletes use harnesses, chalk, and a belayer for safety?
Rock climbing
When stranded outdoors with limited resources, what is one way to make water safe to drink?
Boil
A sport where you navigate with a map and compass through a course.
Orienteering
A portable shelter that is lightweight, often single-person, and used by backpackers.
Tent / Backpacking tent
What do hikers use for balance, stability, and reducing impact on their knees?
Trekking poles
What sport requires balancing on a board while being pulled by a boat?
Wakeboarding
What type of improvised shelter, made from branches and leaves, is especially good for keeping warm in cold weather?
Debris shelter
What is the outdoor challenge where you use clues to find hidden boxes in parks?
Geocaching
This tool uses a small pump or straw to make water safe to drink while hiking or camping.
Water filter / Purifier
This group of hikers has the right of way on a trail because it’s harder for them to stop and start again.
Uphill hikers
What sport uses a long paddle and requires standing on a board on water?
Stand up paddleboarding (SUP)
When stranded outdoors, what technique can you use to signal rescuers using reflections from the sun?
Mirror signaling
Using ropes and teamwork to complete obstacle courses in the air or on the ground.
Ropes course or challenge course
Climbers use this flexible strap to connect themselves to ropes or anchors safely.
Harness
What do hikers call the technique of using map features like rivers, ridges, and peaks to figure out their location without a GPS?
Terrain association or terrain-to-map association
What extreme outdoor sport involves jumping off cliffs or airplanes using a parachute-like wing suit?
Wingsuit flying
What survival skill involves observing the environment, such as animal tracks, plant signs, or natural landmarks, to navigate or find resources?
Tracking
What outdoor navigation technique uses your starting point, compass, and steps or distance to figure out your current location without electronics?
Dead reckoning
A compact tool that combines blades, screwdrivers, can openers, and other functions for survival.
Multi-tool / Swiss Army knife