Hiking Scenic Glacier National Park
Carl Lohmann/Marianne Page
July 12-20, 2008
SUMMARY OF TRIP INFORMATION
Hiking Scenic Glacier National Park
Leader Carl Lohmann
Co-leader Marianne Page
Glacier National Park
July 12-20, 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 14
Min 11
$ $1,552
Does it include airfare? Yes
$ 550-700.00 East Coast
Number of participants
Advertised cost
Airfare range if not included
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
Carl Lohmann
8414 Crown Place Alexandria VA 22308
c-jlohmann@cox.net
Home 703-799-7996
Work WFA
AWFA
WFR
Expiration: Nov. 2008
CPR
BLS
Expiration: Nov. 2008
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.
Leader/Romania/ME hiking/June 2007/9 part.(incl. leaders)
Co-Leader/New Zealand/hiking and kayaking/Jan.-Feb. 2006/19 part.
Co-Leader/St. John's Virgin Islands/hiking and snorkeling/Mar. 2005/42 part.
New England Hiking the High Points 2002/Hawaii Hiking and Snorkeling
2003/August Camp Hiking and Canoe-Kayak Leader 2001-07
Marianne Page
29 Bedard Ave, Derry, NH 03038
mariannepage@comcast.net,marianne4nh@yahoo.com
Home 603-432-9249
Work
WFA
AWFA
WFR
Expiration: to be certified in Nov. 2007
CPR
BLS
Expiration: 09/09
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.

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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Hiking Scenic Glacier National Park
Carl Lohmann/Marianne Page
July 12-20, 2008
Scouting
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?
Yes
No
If yes, please describe below:
Marianne was on the Bloom Glacier trip 2006. Experienced Glacier Institute, hikes with
naturalist, and travel.
Executive summary
Please provide a brief
description of the trip and the
activities planned.
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 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. On one travel day we
plan to visit a museum and an art gallery.
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 fee. All meals at field camp will be provided and prepared
by Glacier Institute Breakfasts and suppers at Many Glacier (MG) will be eaten in
restaurants. Lunches at MG will be simple, and bought reasonably there; participants
will be instructed to supplement with energy bars from home. Participants will also be
instructed to pay cash for any alcoholic drinks at meals out.
Yes
No
If yes, please describe below:
Hiking permits for the national park are acquired and provided by the Glacier Institute.
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
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?
Pre-trip activities
Do you plan to get your group
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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?
Yes
No
If yes, please describe below what you will do:
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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
July 12-20, 2008
This trip is especially rich in educational content, given that the Glacier Institute's expert
guides and naturalists will accompany all hikes and provide commentary on subjects
ranging from wildflowers to geology. Also, we plan to visit a Native American museum
and art gallery.
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
strenous trails, bad weather, wildlife
Response
Participants will be screened for appropriate hiking experience so they have the ability
and equipment to travel safely on the trails. GI will have up-to-date information on trail
conditions, and the leaders will also coordinate this information. Weather will be
monitored and activities changed or cancelled if conditions are not safe. Care will be
taken to make sufficient noise on the trail to avoid surprise bear encounters.
Participants will be given information on how to travel safely in bear country
Political concerns, crime, language translation, terrorism
Foreign Country
Potential hazards
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
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with the area will always be in the front van.
Level of fitness, screening concerns, experience with equipment or activity
Insufficient hiking experience or inadequate physical conditioning
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. Prospectus will show trails chosen will be moderate, 5-9
miles in order to experience the jewels of the park.
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 first aid kits.
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
What will your cancellation
policy be for the participants?
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Glacier Institute
reservation.
est.$1,584 Feb. 2008
and Swift Curren Motel $200 upon making
Up to 30 days prior to trip, minus non-refundable $100 cancellation fee.
$300 with application and balance by 1 April 2008.
Refunds will be given to the extent that it will not raise the costs to the other participants.
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
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Minimum numbers
Will you still run the trip if you
do not get the minimum
number?
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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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