Patagonia Day Hikes Torres del Paine and Parque Des Glaciers
Ginette Beaudoin/Anna Panszczyk
SUMMARY OF TRIP INFORMATION
Patagonia Day Hikes Torres del Paine and Parque Des Glaciers
Leader Ginette Beaudoin
Co-leader Anna Panszczyk
National Parks Torre del Paine(Chile) and Glaciers(Argentina)
March 4- 18
Total # of days 15
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 14
Skiing-Downhill
Snorkeling
(Alpine)
Walking
Other – please describe
Select one of those checked above.
Maximum 18
$ 3765
Does it include airfare? Yes
No
$ 1300-1650
Will leaders assist participants with flights? Yes
No
First Appearance: Month Nov
Year 2015
Last Appearance: Month Jan
Year 2017
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. ASAP
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
Ginette Beaudoin DVM
66 Graham Street, Biddeford, Maine 04005
ginette4000@yahoo.com
Home 207-294-6302
Work n/a
WFA
AWFA
WFR
Expiration: 5/15
Cell 207-590-4431
CPR
BLS
Expiration: 5/15
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.
Azores Archipelago, hiking, Oct/Nov 2014, 19 participants
Azores Archipelago, hiking, Sept/Oct 2014, 18 participants
Austrian Alps, hiking, Aug 2014, 15 participants
Other AT trips to Minnesota, Yosemite National Park, Tuscany, Stubai Alps
Adventure Travel Trip Proposal Form, page 1 of 6
Patagonia Day Hikes Torres del Paine and Parque Des Glaciers
Ginette Beaudoin/Anna Panszczyk
experience
Maine chapter trips to Acadia National Park and Bigelow Range area of Maine
Co-leader name
Co-leader address
Co-leader email
Co-leader phone
Wilderness first aid training
CPR training*
Prior leading experience
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?
Anna Panszczyk
22 Alfred Rd, Arllington, MA 02474
annatp13@verizon.net
Home 781-648-2492
Work n/a
Cell 617-429-2175
WFA
AWFA
WFR
Expiration: 5/15
CPR
BLS
Expiration: 5/15
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.
Azores Archipelago, hiking, Oct/Nov 2014, 19 participants
Azores Archipelago, hiking, Sept/Oct 2014, 18 participants
Austrian Alps, hiking, Aug 2014, 15 participants
Anna also leads numerous trips yearly for the Massachusetts chapter of 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.
Form Revised February 2014
Our goal for this trip is to open Patagonia as a destination for those AMC members who
enjoy adventure and hiking but who prefer to not carry a backpack or share
accommodations with multiple persons (ie dorm/hostel/hut setting). This trip also allows
persons to take a day off from hiking if they so desire since it is not a "hut to hut"; which
is also an appealing aspect to some travelers.
Participants will fly from USA to El Calafate. From there we will go on daily hikes in
the area and after a few days proceed to El Chalten where we will go on daily guided
hikes, including a guided glacier walk. We will then transfer to Puerto Natales and then
on to Torres del Paine national park by private transfer. At the end of our stay in the park
we will tansfer back to Puerto Natales and the next day transfer to Punta Arenas airport
for our flights home to the USA. 4-Mar-17 Leave USA for Argentina
4-Mar-17 Leave USA for Argentina
5-Mar-17 Arrive Argentina
6-Mar-17 walk and explore El Calafate and visit Laguna Nimes
7-Mar-17 Private tour to Perito Moreno. Come back to Calafate. Overnight in Calafate
8-Mar-17 Private transportation from Calafate to Chalten. Overnight at Patagonia
Alberque
9-Mar-17 Hike in Chalten. Overnight at Patagonia Alberque
10-Mar-17 Hike in Chalten. Overnight at Patagonia Alberque
11-Mar-17 Ice Hike Viedma Glacier. Overnight at Patagonia Alberque
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Patagonia Day Hikes Torres del Paine and Parque Des Glaciers
Ginette Beaudoin/Anna Panszczyk
12-Mar-17 private transportation from Chalten to Puerto Natales
13-Mar-17 Full day tour of Milodon, Cascada Paine, Laguna Azul, Laguna Amarga,
Nordenskjols, Ssalto Grande pudeto, Catamaran Pudeto to Paine Grande. Overnight at
Lodge Paine Grande
14-Mar-17 Hike Valle del Frances. Overnight at Paine Grande
15-Mar-17 Hike to Grey Glacier. Overnight at Hotel Torres
16-Mar-17 Hike to Basses Torres, private transfer to Puenta Natales. Overnight there
17-Mar-17 Transfer by local bus to Punta Arenas airport for flights home
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
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)
We will be in hostels in El Calafate and El Chalten in double occupancy rooms. In
Torres del Paine National Park will be staying in double occupancy hotel room one night
and two nights in bunk rooms in a Lodge with shared bathroom facilities
All breakfasts, two lunches and four dinners will be provided . Other meals will be at
participants own expense and trip leaders will assist in finding local restaurants where
participants can have dinner as well as finding groceries where lunch and snack supplies
can be purchased.
Special equipment
Does the trip require special
equipment?
Yes
No
If yes, please describe below what type of equipment and how you
will ensure that people know how to use it:
Crampons for glacier walk will be provided by local guides for those who wish to
participate in this activity.
Yes
No
If yes, please describe below what type of experience? Also describe
how you will ensure that the participant has this experience?
The participants must be able to demonstrate that they can hike in a mountain setting on
exposed trails. A guideline for hiking abilities will be supplied with the prospectus so
participants can rate themselves. Leader/coleader will follow up with AMC local chapter
contacts to see if participants will be a good fit for this trip. Phone calls will be used if
uncertain about abilities and being a good group player.
Yes
No
If yes, please describe below what you will do:
Special experience
Does the trip require special
skills on the part of the
participant?
Buses, taxi cars/vans to be aranged by Mitsana Travels Chile.
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 park permits aranged by Mitsana Travels Chile. There is a one time entry fee for
visitors to enter Argentina, which individuals must pay in advance (about $160 US).
If no, please describe the process you went through to find out that they were not
required:
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
Talks on Patagonian conservation methods while hiking, ie:timber conservation
and management, avalanche control, glacier ecology. Education on Patagonian
flowers, animals, trees, on altitude and acclimatization procedures, hiking safety
in the mountians/glaciers. The main recreation will be hiking,
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
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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:
We will have a naturalist/guide on the Perito Moreno tour, one we have used three times
entire trip?
before, a local college professor.
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.
Liability? Yes
No
Are they willing to list AMC as an
additional insured?
Maximum amt: $
Yes
No
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
Slipping off trail, rock fall, exposure on cliffs,rain and cold exposure.
Response
Stay on marked trails, observe slopes and weather changes, instruct hikers on trail safety,
and etiquette. Check current trail conditions with local guides. Carry rain gear, bug
repellant, extra layers, hats, gloves, gaiters, polypro layers and first aid kit.Instruct
participants on proper food storage, never leave packs or food unattended, stay in
groups.
Political concerns, crime, language translation, terrorism
Foreign Country
Potential hazards
Petty thievery in airports.
Response
Caution participants against pickpockets
Road conditions, drivers, insurance
Transportation
Potential hazards
Potential hazards relate to throughway and mountain driving.
Response
Utilize only transport as arranged by Mitsana Travel
Level of fitness, screening concerns, experience with equipment or activity
Participants
Potential hazards
Intermediate to advanced intermediate hiking skills required of all participants. Health
conditions will dictate what level participant will be allowed to hike. Must be a group
player and not an individualist.
Response
Careful screening: application response, phone calls, chapter feedback, recent excursions
(local and ME/AT), list of hikes done in past 2 years. Participants will need to be up
front and accurate with all health conditions and medications. Participants must be a
group player, if not they will put the groups' safety in jeopardy and this would not be
acceptable.
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
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Emergency communication
Phone contacts, language,
documentation, distance from
emergency services
Emergency equipment
What sort of emergency first
aid or communication
equipment (satellite phone,
two-way radios) do you plan
to use, if any?
Evacuation
Please describe your plan for
evacuation from the
backcountry location if
applicable?
Medical care
Please describe the medical
care available in the area(s)
where you will be traveling
and list names and telephone
numbers for these facilities.
CONAF: Chilean Park Service (56-61) 247845
Police - dial 133 from any phone in Chile; medical emergency numbers in Argentina are
4923-1051, 1052 nd 1053; US Embassy in Argentina, 5777-4533/4; in Chile, (56-2) 3303000.
All hotels have communication with local medical and rescue services. AMC Trip
Leaders will carry First Aid kit and have WFA training.
Local Guides are equipped with sat phones in backcountry locations to facilitate
emergency evacuation
Good coverage of local medical clinics and hospitals in Punta Arenas, El Calafate and El
Chalten. Medical staff present at EcoCamp
Hospital Municipal, Dr Jose Formenti, Av Roca 1487, El Calafate, Argentina Tel: 54-2902-491001
PuestoSsanitario, Av de Agostini 70, El Chalten, Argentina Tel: 02962-493033
Hospital Clinico Magellanes, Dr Lautaro Navarro Avaria, Los Flamencos 01364, Punta
Arenas, Chili Tel: 56-61-293000
COST AND BUDGET DETAILS
As of April 3, 2015
Foreign currencies
For int’l trips list each foreign currency, the
Chilean peso: $1 USD = 615 CLP Argentine peso: $1 USD = 8.70 ARS
current $US dollar exchange rate and what
http://www.finane.yahoo.com/currency-converter Will pay for as much
contingencies you have if that rate changes. If
as possible in USD to avoid paying the IVA (like the VAT in Europe)
a tour operator or agent is being used, what
currency is the agent to be paid in?
Will use Mitsana Travels Chile to book accommodations. Payment in full will be due
Group Trip Deposits
What deposits will be required
in December
from you by airlines, hotels, tour
operators, etc., and when?
December 2016
Group Trip Refunds
What is the latest date you can
cancel and still receive a full
refund of any deposits?
$1000 due at time of application
Participant deposits
What are the initial deposit and
$1000 due by June 1, 2016
your schedule of payments by
$1765 due by Oct 1, 2016
participants to you?
Cancellation policy
What will be your cancellation
If you cancel after being accepted for the trip, $100 is non-refundable. But if you
policy for the participants?
cancel after Oct 1st, 2016, minimally $200 is nonrefundable; if (and only if) another
person takes your place. We will establish a waiting list. Should another person
replace you, you will be charged only the $200 cancellation fee. However, your
cancellation shall not raise the cost of the trip to any of the participants or trip leaders.
Thus if you cancel and are not replaced, you will forfeit the $200 plus the per capita
expenses already incurred and any other unpaid expenses for which the trip cannot
obtain a refund. You may forfeit the entire trip fee. Flight tickets once purchased
become your property and are generally non-refundable. We strongly recommend that
you purchase travel insurance. Information on a company recommended by the AMC
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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:
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will be sent to the participants. Please note: The price of this Adventure travel trip is
given in good faith based on current tariffs and rates and is subject to change. Any
tariff/rate increases will be passed on to participants.
Yes
No
If yes, please describe conditions:
Would consider running this trip even with only 12 participants
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mikebarry657@mac.com
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