One of the negative parts of the ever-accelerating development of scientific and technological progress is the release of young people from physical exertion, the decrease of their physical activity in the conditions in which modern technology limits human participation in outdoor movement activity. If in the past centuries the consumption of muscle energy in production was higher then now it has decreased considerably. Therefore, hypodynamics has become the most common disease of the century, ie the weakening of human muscle activity, due to sedentary lifestyle and restriction of physical activity. This situation has become one of the reasons for drawing the general public's attention to active forms of recreation and, in particular, to active forms of tourism. The main forms of active tourism are the land forms. The safety and the technical-tactical level of development of these forms, to a large extent, are based on the initial training of students of different ages, including 13-14 years, for tourism, in which an important role belongs to competitions in the technique of pedestrian tourism. They contribute to the verification and improvement of students' physical training, to the testing of new types of equipment and to the exchange of experience.