Snowshoe Adventure in Glacier NP & Mission Valley, MT
Betsy Fowler/backup TBD
Feb. 14-21, 2009
SUMMARY OF TRIP INFORMATION
Snowshoe Adventure in Glacier NP & Mission Valley, MT
Leader Betsy Fowler
Co-leader backup TBD
Glacier National Park and the Mission Valley
Feb. 14-21, 2009
Total # of days 8
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
snowshoeing
Max 13
Min 7
$ 1400
Does it include airfare? Yes
No
$ 500-8000
Is this proposal for a small group trip – i.e., less than 14 participants and 2
leaders or 7 participants and 1 leader? Yes
No
If yes, why is a small group proposed? See proposal email.
If a participant fee increase of more than 15% is proposed, please explain
why?
Number of participants
Advertised cost
Airfare range if not included
Smaller trips and leader
subsidization
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
Betsy Fowler
PO Box 1829
Conway, NH 03818
betsyfowler@roadrunner.com
Home 603-447-5077
Work NA
WFA
AWFA
WFR
Expiration: Nov. '09
CPR
BLS
Expiration: July '08 I will renew this before the trip before it
expires
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.
Hiking Scenic Glacier, hiking, Aug. 4-11, 2007, 10 particpants
Cordillera Blanca Trek in Peru, hiking, Sept. 2006 for 1 week when leader had to
leave, 16 participants
Co-led Canadian Rockies BC Skiing, 2006, 2007 with Phil Mecagni, 10 participants
backup TBD

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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Snowshoe Adventure in Glacier NP & Mission Valley, MT
Betsy Fowler/backup TBD
Feb. 14-21, 2009
Co-leader phone
Wilderness first aid training*
CPR training*
Prior leading experience
Home
Work
WFA
AWFA
WFR
Expiration:
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.
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:
I led the hiking trip to this area last summer and hiked there with my family in July 2005.
Executive summary
Please provide a brief
description of the trip and the
activities planned.
This trip will involve snowshoeing inside Glacier National Park (GNP) and a van-based
raptor viewing safari in Mission Valley with the Glacier Institute (GI) providing the field
course instructors and the transportation. The GI, www.glacierinstitute.org, offers handson, field based experiences in collaboration with GNP. This trip includes day-long
courses in Glacier that are led by a GI instructor, and accompanied by a GI staff member,
while snowshoeing on Glacier's trails, or by the roadside in Mission Valley. GI works
with the leaders to ensure a balance that allows learning while snowshoeing.
Glacier Park Motel for Feb. 17-20, 7 twin-bedded rooms with shared bath
Ninepipes Lodge for Feb. 14-16 with private bath
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?
Revised 7/15/2016
All lunches, dinners and 4 breakfasts are included in the price; 3 breakfasts are not. In
Columbia Falls the Glacier Park Motel will provide a bagel breakfast including hot
oatmeal, sack lunches will be provided daily by a local deli, and dinners with a meal
allotment will be at each of a variety of local restaurants. In Mission Valley we will eat
at the Ninepipes Lodge for breakfast and dinner (again with a dinner meal allotment) and
get sack lunches from a local deli.
Yes
No
If yes, please describe below what you will need to do to obtain them:
GI will provide.
If no, please describe the process you went through to find out that they were not
required:
Yes
No
If yes, please describe below what type of equipment and how you
will ensure that people know how to use it:
Snowshoes are required and experience using them before the trip will be required to be
accepted on the trip.
Yes
No
If yes, please describe below what type of experience? Also describe
how you will ensure that the participant has this experience?
Experience wearing snowshoes. It will be asked on the participants'application.
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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
Feb. 14-21, 2009
Yes
No
If yes, please describe below what you will do:
I will schedule an optional snowshoe trip for participants in January of '09 at an 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 GI
naturalist along as well as the field course experts to answer questions. This is
wonderful snowshoeing, with the added benefit of learning along the trail and by the
roadside with the raptor viewing safari segment.
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
strenuous trails, bad weather
Response
Participants will be screened for appropriate winter snowshoeing 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.
Political concerns, crime, language translation, terrorism
Foreign Country
Potential hazards
NA
Response
Road conditions, drivers, insurance
Transportation
Potential hazards
windy mountain roads
Response
GI staff will be driving the vans.
Level of fitness, screening concerns, experience with equipment or activity
Participants
Potential hazards
insufficient snowshoeing and/or winter heat management experience
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Snowshoe Adventure in Glacier NP & Mission Valley, MT
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Response
Other
Potential hazards
Response
Feb. 14-21, 2009
Potential participants will be screened by phone or with a questionaire designed to ensure
they have sufficient snowshoeing experience and gear in a variety of winter conditions 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.
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.
cell phone, 2-way radios
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 Kalispell or Whitefish. 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?
Revised 7/15/2016
$2503 or 25% of total GI deposit due Sept. 1, 2008; Airlines - when participants sign up
(but after trip minimum is met)
Airlines - tickets to be purchased as participants sign up - once they buy them, they own
them; GI programs - September, 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.
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
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Snowshoe Adventure in Glacier NP & Mission Valley, MT
Betsy Fowler/backup TBD
Minimum numbers
Will you still run the trip if you
do not get the minimum
number?
Yes
No
Feb. 14-21, 2009
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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