Glacier National Park hiking
Reji James/Robert Ricchi
August 2-10, 2008
SUMMARY OF TRIP INFORMATION
Glacier National Park hiking
Leader Reji James
Co-leader Robert Ricchi
Glacier National Park, Montana
August 2-10, 2008
Total # of days 9
Hiking
Downhill skiing
Kayaking
Title of trip
Leadership
Location(s)
Dates
Type of trip
check all that apply
Backpacking
Cultural
Road biking
Nordic ski
Mountain biking
Snorkeling
Other – please describe
Max 11
$ 1,695
$ 550-700.00
Number of participants
Advertised cost
Airfare range if not included
Min 11
Does it include airfare? Yes
No
LEADER AND CO-LEADER INFORMATION
Leader name
Leader address
Leader email
Leader phone
Wilderness first aid training
CPR training
Prior leading experience
Trip one
Trip two
Trip three
Other related trip experience
Co-leader name
Co-leader address
Co-leader email
Co-leader phone
Wilderness first aid training*
CPR training*
Prior leading experience
Scouting
Reji James
587 Summer St, Arlington, MA 02474
jreji@yahoo.com
Home 617-834-0327
Work
WFA
AWFA
WFR
Expiration: 06/07 (will update WFA prior to trip)
CPR
BLS
Expiration: Expired. Will re-certify.
Please list the last three longer (5+ day) trips you have led for the AMC including
destination, type of trip, dates and number of participants. Feel free to list additional
trips you have led, particularly if they demonstrate experience related to the trip you
are proposing.
ME to Torres Del Paine NP, Patagonia, Chile, Jan 2006, 8 participants
Robert Ricchi
rlrichhi@gmail.com
Home 774-279-2361
Work
WFA
AWFA
WFR
Expiration: Will re-certify before trip
CPR
BLS
Expiration:
If you are a new co-leader you must submit an application to be a major excursions
leader or co-leader prior to submitting this application.
Yes
No
If yes, please describe below:

To lead a major excursion you must have current CPR and WFA at the time of your trip (or AWFA for all backcountry
trips). If you do not have the required level of certification at the time you submit your proposal or it will expire before
the date of your trip, you will need to make arrangements to recertify in a timely manner.
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Have either of you led this trip
before or traveled to this
area?
Languages
Does either the co-leader or
leader speak the local
language?
Couples
Do the leader and co-leader
have a significant personal
relationship?
Private trips
Do either of you lead trips that
are private - not sponsored by
the AMC?
August 2-10, 2008
Co-leader: Yes
No
Leader: Yes
No
Not applicable:
Yes
No
If yes, please list who has agreed to be your back-up in case one or
both of you need to drop out. This is required for approval!
Yes
No
If yes, please note that you cannot advertise AMC and private trips
together unless there is a clear distinction between the two in any marketing
materials you send out.
LOGISTICAL DETAILS OF TRIP
Executive summary
Please provide a brief
description of the trip and the
activities planned.
Accommodations
Please describe your plan for
accommodation(s)
Meals
Please describe your plan for
providing meals
Permits or permissions
Does the trip require special
permits or permissions?
(required on many U.S.
federal lands and national
parks)
Special equipment
Does the trip require special
equipment?
Special experience
Does the trip require special
skills on the part of the
participant?
Revised 7/15/2016
This trip will involve hiking inside Glacier National Park (GNP). Glacier Institute (GI),
www.glacierinstitute.org, offers hands-on, field based experiences in collaboration with
GNP. This trip includes 4 day-long courses in Glacier that are led by a GI instructor, and
accompanied by a GI staff member, while hiking on Glacier's trails. GI works with the
leaders to ensure a balance that allows learning while hiking. The other three 2 hiking
days will not be full "courses" but rather "naturalist days" where GI will send one
staffmember/naturalist with us who can answer general questions and will provide
necessary permits for those hikes as well as the full "course" days. Each day there will be
an intermediate and an advanced hike offered. See draft prospectus (excact hikes and
sequence are still being finalized but that doesn't affect the budget)
In West Glacier we will stay at Glacier Institute’s Glacier Park Field Camp (GPFC).
GPFC is located just inside Glacier National Park, ½ mile from West Glacier on a bluff
overlooking the Middle Fork of the Flathead River. There are 5 rustic, basic plywood
cabins; each has 5 hostel-style twin beds with nightstands and lamps. There is a separate
bathhouse with 4 individual showers and 5 individual toilets. Other buildings house the
kitchen/dining area, the classroom and library. The sleeping cabins are not heated.
Overall, one will be “roughing it” with spartan accommodations in a beautiful location.
In Many Glacier we will stay in a local motel, double occupancy.
All meals are included in the price. All meals at field camp will be provided and
prepared by Glacier Institute in conjunction with a caterer. Leader led a similar trip in
2004/2006 and meals were satisfactory and cost is very good (at $28 per person per day
for 3 meals not worth making meals ourselves for only slightly less money and a lot
more work). Breakfasts and suppers at Many Glacier (MG) will be eaten in restaurants.
Lunches at MG will be simple, prepared in a leaders room from lunch fixings brought in
a cooler. Participants will be instructed to pay cash for any alcoholic drinks at meals out.
Yes
No
If yes, please describe below:
Glacier Institute will provide them.
Yes
No
If yes, please describe below what type of equipment and how you
will ensure that people know how to use it:
Yes
No
If yes, please describe below what type of experience? Also describe
how you will ensure that the participant has this experience?
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Pre-trip activities
Do you plan to get your group
together before the trip for an
activity or social event?
Conservation, education and
recreation
How will this major excursion
meet the mission of the AMC?
www.outdoors.org/about/
mission.cfm
August 2-10, 2008
Yes
No
If yes, please describe below what you will do:
At least one or two hikes, possibly a weekend overnight at a hut or AMC lodge.
The educational component is the highlight of this trip. This trip offers field-based
programs unparalleled on most major excursions. By working with the Glacier Institute,
AMC can offer an approved trip that fits within GNP's regulations. We will have a
specific topic and educator on 4 days; the other 2 days we will have a GI naturalist along
to answer general questions. This is wonderful hiking, with the added benefit of
learning along the trail.
TOUR OPERATOR AND GUIDE SERVICE INFORMATION
Will this trip require a tour
operator or guide service
during part, or the entire
trip?
Name of tour operator/guide
service
Tour operator website
Safety record
Please provide information
about their safety record.
Insurance
Do they have liability
insurance?
Emergency response
Please describe the outfitters’
response plan in the case of an
emergency.
Yes
No
Please describe their services. If you are using a tour operator for the entire trip,
please describe why you will be using them rather than doing this trip on your own:
Glacier National Park does not allow the AMC to hike inside the park without
using their one approved outfitter or an approved educational partner. The
Glacier Institute is an approved educational partner. It's mission is similar to the
AMC's and they allow our group to stay at their facilities.
Glacier Institute
www.glacierinstitute.org
GI is an approved educational partner of GNP with an excellent safety record.
Liability? Yes
No
Maximum amt: $ $1 million/per
person/per claim, maximum $3 million
per incident.
Yes
No
Are they willing to list AMC as an
additional insured?
GI's emergency response protocols will be followed. Also, GI is a collaborator of GNP
and will notify GNP rangers of any emergencies within GNP. GI staff members are
WFA trained.
RISK ASSESSMENT
Please assess the risks and hazards of your trip. Carefully consider each area of risk and how it may affect your trip.
Devise a plan to prevent each hazard and to respond to it if it becomes necessary. Please be very specific for each section
if applicable.
Trail conditions, river crossings, weather, wildlife (bears, snakes, etc.)
Climate/terrain
Potential hazards
Wildfire, challenging trails, weather and wildlife
Response
Potential trip participants will be appropriate screened. In addition, GI staff will have
current information on weather and trail conditions. Leaders will co-ordinate with them.
Additionally, this is bear country and there is always the risk of surprising a grizzly. The
leaders/GI will carry bear spray and also will apply a "bear avoidance strategy" of
singing and making lots of noise!
Political concerns, crime, language translation, terrorism
Foreign Country
Potential hazards
N/A
Response
Road conditions, drivers, insurance
Transportation
Potential hazards
Windy mountain roads
Response
Minivans or similar size vehicles will be rented. Volunteer participant drivers will be
needed in addition to the two leaders (3 vans total); however, leader or GI staff familiar
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Participants
Potential hazards
Response
Other
Potential hazards
Response
August 2-10, 2008
with the area will always be in the front van.
Level of fitness, screening concerns, experience with equipment or activity
Insufficient hiking experience
Potential participants will be screened by phone or with a questionaire designed to ensure
they have sufficient hiking experience and gear to participate in and enjoy this trip, as
well as proper expectations for a group trip. The necessity of participating in group
activities will be emphasized. We will offer intermediate and advanced trips each day,
so participants can choose a level that is most appropriate for them. Prospectus will
indicate that leaders reserve the right to ask participants to change to a different group
due to their conditioning/speed, or to keep group sizes reasonable.
Conditions unique to this type of trip
EMERGENCY ACTION PLAN
Please describe your plans for dealing with emergencies. Use as much detail as possible, and list any special
communications equipment you may need to ensure the safety of your participants. DO NOT LEAVE THIS SECTION
BLANK
Participants will be asked to provide an emergency contact person. Leader and GI will
Emergency communication
Phone contacts, language,
have such information available. Leader will have cell phone which may not work in all
documentation, distance from
areas. Any emergencies on trail will be coordinated with the leader and with GI leader/
emergency services
staff liaison as per GI's protocols.
Leaders will carry 2-way radios on days they hike together.
Emergency equipment
What sort of emergency first
aid or communication
equipment (satellite phone,
two-way radios) do you plan
to use, if any?
Any medical or other emergency requiring an evacuation will be coordinated through GI
Evacuation
Please describe your plan for
and GNP's rangers.
evacuation from the
backcountry location if
applicable?
Car or ambulance transport to clinic or hospital in Whitefish or Kalispell. Kalispell has
Medical care
Please describe the medical
complete medical care including ability to airlift to a larger medical center if necessary.
care available in the area(s)
where you will be traveling
and list names and telephone
numbers for these facilities.
COST AND BUDGET DETAILS
Deposits
What deposits will be required
by airlines, hotels, tour
operators, etc., and when?
Refunds
What is the latest date you can
cancel and still receive a full
refund?
Participant deposit
What are the initial deposit
and your schedule of
payments?
Cancellation policy
Revised 7/15/2016
GI - 25% deposit due upon trip approval by ME committee; Airlines - when participants
sign up (but after trip minimum is met); car rental - hold with credit card. Inn requires
one nights' lodging to hold rooms; will refund all but a small service charge ($10 per
room) if you cancel within 30 days of going.
Airlines - tickets to be purchased as participants sign up - once they buy them, they own
them; GI programs - April, though they were very easy to work with and extended that in
the past
$500
Refunds will be given to the extent that it will not raise the costs to the other participants.
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What will your cancellation
policy be for the participants?
Minimum numbers
Will you still run the trip if you
do not get the minimum
number?
August 2-10, 2008
If the person's spot can be filled, that person may be entitled to up to a full refund of any
costs. Cancellation/refund of any cost of airline ticket will be determined by airline
policy and participants will be informed of such policy in the prospectus, before they
commit money. If their spot cannot be filled, a participant who cancels will receive a
refund for any cancellable portion of the trip that will not increase the costs to the other
participants or leaders
Yes
No
If yes, please describe conditions:
Reference web links:
MEC Home Page:
Forms:
Deadlines:
Club House:
http://snebulos.mit.edu/orgs/amc/
http://snebulos.mit.edu/orgs/amc/application/
http://snebulos.mit.edu/orgs/amc/listings
amcexcursions@outdoors.org
E-Mail Addresses:
Club House:
MEC Chair:
amcexcursions@outdoors.org
mecchair@amcboston.org
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