ON-ON:

The basic hash trail mark is usually a blob of flour and it means that you are on a hash trail, but not necessarily True Trail. On-Ons can also be chalk, TP, shredded paper or jst about anything else.

CHECK:

The intersection of more than one hash trail, only one of which is True Trail. True Trail can go in 365 degrees, "or more," from this point. It is the pack's job to collectively find the on-ons that lead to True Trail.

FALSE TRAIL:

If you follow on-ons from a check and come across three parallel lines across a hash trail, it means that you are on a False Trail and need to return to the check. At the check, you can mark the direction you went as false and look for other pack marks to see which directions others went.

HARE ARROW:

An arrow with 3 tails means that you are on True Trail. Pack members should never mark a hare arrow as a Pack Arrow. Only the hare can make this mark.

CHECK BACK:

At a Check Back, turn around and run back the number of On-Ons in the circle. In this example, the 7th On-On then becomes a check and True Trail can be "365 degrees or more" from the On-On.

TURKEY-EAGLE SPLIT:

At this point trail splits into a segment which is easy (turkey) and a segment which is difficult (eagle). The two segments will eventually rejoin somewhere before the trail ends, or at the end itself.

WHICH WAY:

A Which Way is a decision point between two directions. One direction has on-ons and is true trail and the other direction has no marks.

BEER/BEVERAGE CHECK:

Same as a Check only better: this mark is close to beer, shots, or other beverages. At the beer check, stop, grab a beer, catch your, breath, insult your friends and make unsubstantiated remarks. Finish your beer and look in "365 degrees or more" for hash trails, only one of which is True Trail.

ON ACROSS:

This mark indicates that the pack must cross some type of obstacle. Examples may include a road, channel ditch, wash,crack alley, or stripper's walkway.

BEER NEAR:

This trail marking makes hasher's hearts swell, and provides that much needed last burst of energy! When you see this mark, you are within one-quarter mile of the end of the trail, also known as the On-In.