Linda Moraski/None
Hiking: Spain's Greatest Secret, Picos de Europa
SUMMARY OF TRIP INFORMATION
Hiking: Spain's Greatest Secret, Picos de Europa
Leader Linda Moraski
Co-leader None
Arenas de Cabrales
May 29 - June 5, 2016
Total # of days 8
Backpacking
Bicycling-Mountain
Bicycling-Road
Title of trip
Leadership
Location(s)
Dates
Type of trip
check all that apply
Primary type of trip
Number of participants
(excluding leaders)
Advertised cost
Airfare range if not included
When should the trip notice be
published in AMC Outdoors?
Do you wish to have your trip
listed online before it is
published in AMC Outdoors?
Smaller trips and leader
subsidization
Camping
Cultural
Family
Hiking
Paddling-Canoeing
Paddling-Sea-Kayaking
Skiing-CrossCountry (Nordic)
Trekking (e.g., hutto-hut)
Hiking
Minimum 9
Skiing-Downhill
Snorkeling
(Alpine)
Walking
Other – please describe
Select one of those checked above.
Maximum 11
$ 1930
Does it include airfare? Yes
No
$ 1150
Will leaders assist participants with flights? Yes
No
First Appearance: Month May
Year 2016
Last Appearance: Month May
Year 2016
Note: AMC Outdoors is only published in Jan., March, May, July, Sept., Nov.
Yes
No If yes, please list the approximate month and year when it should
be posted on line. April 2015
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?
If a participant fee increase of more than 15% is proposed, please explain why?
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
Form Revised February 2014
Linda Moraski
56 Glenham Street, West Roxbury, MA 02132
lmoraski@gmail.com
Home
Work 617-469-9779
WFA
AWFA
WFR
Expiration: May 2015
Cell 617-448-8895
CPR
BLS
Expiration: October 2016
If this is your first Adventure Travel trip as a Leader you must be present at the AMCATC meeting at which the trip proposal is considered.
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.
Tuscon - Hiking, March 2014
Belize - November 2013
Morrocco - Trekking
Bhutan - Trekking, Lead International Summer Programs for Northeastern University
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Hiking: Spain's Greatest Secret, Picos de Europa
experience
MBA Students to: SE Asia, France and Eastern Eurpoe
Co-leader name
Co-leader address
Co-leader email
Co-leader phone
Wilderness first aid training
CPR training*
Prior leading experience
N/A - no co-leader
Please note: Ron Janowitz is a backup leader. The role of the backup is to be able to go
on and to lead the trip if something occurs so that I am not able to go on the trip.
Home
Work
Cell
WFA
AWFA
WFR
Expiration:
CPR
BLS
Expiration:
If you are a new co-leader you must submit an application to be an Adventure Travel
leader or co-leader prior to submitting this application. Also, it is strongly
recommended that you be present at the AMC-ATC meeting at which the trip proposal
is considered.
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. Please indicate if you were
the leader or co-leader.
Trip one
Trip two
Trip three
Other related trip experience
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:
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 materials
you send out.
LOGISTICAL DETAILS OF TRIP
Summary
Please provide a description
of the trip and the activities
planned. If available, please
include or attach an itinerary.
Accommodations
Please describe your plans for
accommodation(s)
Meals: Please describe your
plans for providing meals. If
the budget includes any funds
for leader meals not shared
with the group please justify.
Local Transportation
Please describe your plans for
Form Revised February 2014
Day 1- arrive at hotel (dinner included)
Day 2- Hike to summit of Jaun Robre , 6.2 mi (B, L, D)
Day 3- Hike Pandescura Peak, 7.5 mi (B, L, D)
Day 4 - Hike Cares Corge, 14.9 mi (B, L, D)
Day 5 - Coastal cliff walk to Llanes, 2 hr (B)
Day 6 - Hike Pandebano Col, 6.8 mi (B, L, D)
Day 7 - Hike Twin summits of Mancondiu, 13 miles (B, L, D)
Day 8 - back to AP (B)
Hotel Torrecerredo, Vega de Barrio, s/n, 33554 Las Arenas de Cabrales, Spain
Phone:+34 985 84 66 40
The trip will include 7 breakfasts, 5 lunches, and 6 dinners. Day 5 is a visit to a sea side
village. Participants will need to purchase lunch and dinner that day.
Local transportation will be provided by the hotel. They will provide AP transfers and
daily rides to and from hiking locations.
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local transportation
Will leaders or participants be
drivers of motor vehicles?
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?
Linda Moraski/None
Will leaders be drivers?
Will volunteer participants be drivers?
If so, MVR checks will be needed. See Appendix S1.
Yes
No
If yes, please describe below what you will need to do to obtain them:
All permit fees are included in the price of the trip. The guide service will secure any
permits required.
If no, please describe the process you went through to find out that they were not
required:
All
Yes
No
If yes, please describe below what type of equipment and how you
will ensure that people know how to use it:
Nothing beyond standard hiking equipment.
Yes
No
If yes, please describe below what type of experience? Also describe
how you will ensure that the participant has this experience?
Participants will be need to have intermedate hiking experience which will include the
ability to hike 6-8 hours consecutive days and upto 15 miles in a day. This will be
asertained as part of the screening process through detailed review of prior hiking
experience and references.
Yes
No
If yes, please describe below what you will do:
Ideally a hiking trip in the Fall of 2015 or Spring of 2016.
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 AMC-AT trip meet the
mission of the AMC?
www.outdoors.org/about/mission.cfm
We will learn about Spanish culture, eat various local foods, and explore the
natural beauty of the Peaks of Eurpoe. Durig our hikes we will have a local
spanish guide who will answer questions about the terrain, culture, etc. We will
also explore a costal fishing town.
TOUR OPERATOR AND GUIDE SERVICE INFORMATION
This section should be completed if the trip will be using a tour operator, outfitter, guide service, travel agency or
other such company or person(s) for a significant part of the trip or for the entire trip. Any person(s) or companies
that are handling a significant portion of trip funds or arrangements need to be vetted. If there is more than one
tour operator please provide this information about each such entity.
Will this trip require a tour
Yes
No
operator or guide service
Please describe their services. If you are using a tour operator for the entire trip,
during part of or for the
please describe why you will be using them rather than doing this trip on your own:
This was origianlly going to be a 2 leader trip but after speaking with several people
entire trip?
about the trails, it was discovered that there are many trails that are not well marked and
easy to get lost. It was advised to use a local guide. Since a local guide will be used for
all hikes, the trip is now a 1-leader trip.
Name of tour operator/guide Hotel Torrecerredo has been providing accomodations and guide service for 22 years and
service 200-400 travelres per year.
service
http://hoteltorrecerredo.com
Tour operator website
Very good safety record. In 20 years they have only had 2 non-fatal heart attacks, 2
Safety record
Please provide information
broken ankles, 1 broken arm and the usual bumps and bruises associated with hiking in
about their safety record.
the mountains.
Insurance
Liability? Yes
No
Maximum amt: $ 300,000 Euro
Do they have liability
Are they willing to list AMC as an
Yes
No
insurance?
additional insured?
The local guide carries a cell phone at all times and if required, rescue is carried out via
Emergency response
Please describe the outfitters’
helicopter free of charge (at the moment, but that could change). The guide carries a
response plan in the case of an basic first aid kit. Evacuation is very fast and any injured person would be at a hosptial
emergency.
within 2 hours. There is a medical center (Centro Medical de Arena +34 985846786)
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half a mile from the hotel and a full hospital (Hospital del Oriente, Arriondas (+34
985840032) within 2 hours.
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
There are no river crossings or wildlife to be concerned about. Just standard mountain
hiking risks of twisted ankles, scrapes, bruises.
Response
Participants will be encouraged to look where they are stepping, be careful of lose rocks
on the trail, etc. If someone gets hurt on a trail, AMC leader and local guid will have
first aid equipment. If the condition is serious, professional mounatin police can assist or
helecopter rescue is an option.
Political concerns, crime, language translation, terrorism
Foreign Country
Potential hazards
There are no current political concerns or any major crime to worry about. One always
must be careful of personal belongings.
Response
Participants will be advised to keep passports and money in a safe place and be aware of
their surroundings. We will have a local guide who speaks the native language with us
most of the time.
Road conditions, drivers, insurance
Transportation
Potential hazards
All roads comply with Eurpoean Safety Standards and are generally very good.
Response
We will be driving with local professional drivers who are familiar with the roads and
conditions.
Level of fitness, screening concerns, experience with equipment or activity
Participants
Potential hazards
Skill level, health, group dynamics
Response
The leader will screen for these factors. Participants should practice good fitness and be
prepared for hiking several hours for consecutive days.
Conditions unique to this type of trip
Other
Potential hazards
Response
EMERGENCY ACTION PLAN
Please describe your plans for dealing with emergencies. Give 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 BLANK
The local guide carries a cell phone at all times and if required, rescue is carried out via
Emergency communication
Phone contacts, language,
helicopter free of charge (at the moment, but that could change). The guide carries a
documentation, distance from
basic first aid kit. Evacuation is very fast and any injured person would be at a hosptial
emergency services
within 2 hours. There is a medical center (Centro Medical de Arena +34 985846786)
half a mile from the hotel and a full hospital (Hospital del Oriente, Arriondas (+34
985840032) within 2 hours.
Local guide and AMC Leader will carry first aid kits. The local guide will carry a cell
Emergency equipment
What sort of emergency first
phone and generally receoption is good in the areas we will be hiking.
aid or communication
equipment (satellite phone,
two-way radios) do you plan
to use, if any?
The local guide carries a cell phone at all times and if required, rescue is carried out via
Evacuation
Please describe your plan for
helicopter free of charge (at the moment, but that could change).
evacuation from the
backcountry location if
applicable?
There is a medical center (Centro Medical de Arena +34 985846786) half a mile from
Medical care
Please describe the medical
the hotel and a full hospital (Hospital del Oriente, Arriondas (+34 985840032) within 2
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care available in the area(s)
where you will be traveling
and list names and telephone
numbers for these facilities.
hours.
COST AND BUDGET DETAILS
Prices have been quoted and need to be paid in Euros (E756 pp). Right
now the current exchange rate is $1.18 USD to 1 Euro. Over the past
year the exchange rate had hovered around $1.38 USD to 1 Euro. Since
this is an unusally low exchange rate and this trip is scheduled over 1.5
years out, I have used $1.35 USD to 1 Euro to cover possibility of
flucuations. If rates continue to stay favorable to the USD, refunds will
be provided to trip participants.
Hotel requires a deposit due 90 days in advance of trip
Foreign currencies
For int’l trips list each foreign currency, the
current $US dollar exchange rate and what
contingencies you have if that rate changes. If
a tour operator or agent is being used, what
currency is the agent to be paid in?
Group Trip Deposits
What deposits will be required
from you by airlines, hotels, tour
operators, etc., and when?
Group Trip Refunds
What is the latest date you can
cancel and still receive a full
refund of any deposits?
Participant deposits
What are the initial deposit and
your schedule of payments by
participants to you?
Cancellation policy
What will be your cancellation
policy for the participants?
Minimum numbers
Will you still run the trip if you
do not get the minimum number?
Reference web links:
AMC-ATC Home Page:
Forms:
Deadlines:
E-Mail Addresses:
Club House:
AMC-ATC Chair:
Form Revised February 2014
Cancellation policy is no fee up until 1 month prior to departure, after that 100%
payment.
A $500 deposit will be required with application, $900 required within 2 weeks of
acceptance in program, balance of $530 due 90 days prior to trip departure.
Cancellation should not raise trip cost to any participant; if cancellation is required, all
money will be returned less share of expenses incurred or can't be avoided; full refund
if spot is taken by a new participant.
Yes
No
If yes, please describe conditions:
The guide service requires a minimum of 6 participants.
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mikebarry657@mac.com
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