Ginette Beaudoin/Anna Panszczyk
SPRING HIKING IN YOSEMITE
SUMMARY OF TRIP INFORMATION
SPRING HIKING IN YOSEMITE
Leader Ginette Beaudoin
Co-leader Anna Panszczyk
Yosemite National Park
May 31st- June 7th, 2014
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
Number of participants
(excluding leaders)
Advertised cost
Airfare range if not included
Do you wish to have your trip
listed online before it is
published in The Outdoors?
Smaller trips and leader
subsidization
Max 16
Min 14
$ 2245
Does it include airfare? Yes
No
$ $650-700
Yes
No If yes, please list the approximate month (max is one year in
advance of trip)
May 2013
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 experience
Co-leader name
Ginette Beaudoin
66 Graham Street, Biddeford, ME 04005
ginette4000@yahoo.com
Home 207-294-6302
Work 207-282-5151
WFA
AWFA
WFR
Expiration: 5/15
CPR
BLS
Expiration: 4/15
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.
Neustift, Austria; hiking 8/12; 11 participants- I was the leader on this trip
Yosemite, CA; hiking June/2012; 15 participants-I was the leader on this trip
Neustift, Austria; hiking; 7/11;8 participants- I was the leader on this trip
Have led and co-lead several 3 day trips to Acadia National Park for the Maine AMC,
as well as co leading an AMC hiking trip to Neustift Austria in 2007
Anna Panszczyk
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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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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
22 Alfred Rd, Arlington, MA 02474
annatp13@verizon.net
Home 781-648-2492
Work 781-648-2492
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 a major excursions
leader or co-leader prior to submitting this application.
new co-leader, first co lead will be AMC Yosemite trip #1302 in June 2013
Yosemite AMC AT#1312
Minnesota AMC AT#1313
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:
Leader lead this trip June 2012; and is leading two trips to this destination in June 2013
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
Dayhikes in the Yosemite valley area of Yosemite National Park with side trips to
Mariposa Grove area and Tuolomne Meadows if road and weather conditions permit.
Will fly into San Francisco and board 7 passenger vans for travel to/from the park, then
utilize courtesy shuttle service within the valley.
Double occupancy hotel rooms at Yosemite Lodge at The Falls in Yosemite Valley.
Each room will have mini refrigerator, private bath and separate entrance. Dining facility
is in a separate building on the hotel grounds.
Breakfast and dinner daily at food court at Yosemite Lodge, we may chose to have
dinner at the Curry Village buffet on one or two nights. Breakfast is included in room
rate, have budgeted $30/person/night for dinner. Lunch will be at participants own
expense and can either be purhcased at various locations throughout the park.
Yes
No
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
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
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If yes, please describe below what you will need to do to obtain them:
Permit will be obtained through Colleen Yout as on previous Yosemite trips.
If no, please describe the process you went through to find out that they were not
required:
Have contacted National Park Service personnel directly at Yosemite. Only hiking
permit required at this time is for ascent of Half Dome, and I am NOT planning on
taking the group up Half Dome!
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
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Does the trip require special
skills on the part of the
participant?
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
how you will ensure that the participant has this experience?
The participants must be able to demonstrate that they can hike at elevations above 4000
ft on exposed and rocky terrain. A guideline for hiking abilities will be supplied with the
prospectus so participants can rate themselves. Leader/co-leader 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 group player.
Yes
No
If yes, please describe below what you will do:
Handouts on history of Yosemite National Park, will try to arrange a visit to Yosemite
museum with the park, ranger and leader talks on the parks' geology, flora and fauna,
forest conservation and management. Discussion and education on "Leave No Trace" as
well as hiker etiquette, and techniques for acclimatization. The main recreation will be
hiking with the opportunity to attend ranger led evening educational programs in the
park.
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:
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. Also potential
exposure to black bears and ticks.
Response
Stay on marked trails, observe slopes and weather changes, instruct hikers on trail safety,
tick bite prevention and etiquette. Check current trail conditions with rangers. Carry rain
gear, tick repellant, bear spray, extra layers, hats, gloves, gaiters, polypro layers and first
aid kit.Instruct participants on proper food storage in bear proof lockers (provided at all
cabins/tents at Curry Village), never leave packs or food unattended, never approach a
bear, stay in groups. Will also provide participants prior to trip with YNP "Don't be Bear
Careless" brochure and will hand out additional copies once we arrive in the valley. Prior
to our initial hike we will instruct participants on bear safety using current YNP Ranger
advise and recommendations.
Political concerns, crime, language translation, terrorism
Foreign Country
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Potential hazards
Response
Transportation
Potential hazards
Response
Participants
Potential hazards
Response
Other
Potential hazards
Response
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Road conditions, drivers, insurance
Commercial airlines to Oakland, CA. Rental vans from Oakland airport to/from
Yosemite valley. Utilize Yosemite courtesy hybrid shuttles as much as possible within
the park. Potential hazards relate to throughway and mountain driving.
Will utilize van drivers who are experienced with mountain driving and throughway
conditions. Yosemite shuttle service has a proven safety record.
Level of fitness, screening concerns, experience with equipment or activity
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.
Careful screening: application response, phone calls, chapter feedback, recent excursions
(local and ME), 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
Hantavirus exposure
Handouts (generated by Yosemite Park Service and obtained through their website) sent
to participants along with original trip prospectus, medical forms, application. have
advised all participants to plan on bringing a "cookie tin" or heavy duty plastic container
to store all food items items in the bear box so that their food will be rodent proof and
prtected from contamination with infected rodent droppings and urine. Will also advise
participants to keep their packs in the bear boxes so as to not attract rodents in their tents
and to leave window and door flaps of tents open to maximize air circulation within the
tents. Yosemite personnel have also increased their cleaning protocols within each tent
since the Hantavirus outbreak of 2012.
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
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Emergency medical services are available 24 hours a day within the park by dialing 911.
Emergency communication
Phone contacts, language,
Routine medical and dental assistance is also available in the park at a full service
documentation, distance from
outpatient facility located in Yosemite valley. Prescription services, a laboratory, EKG,
emergency services
X-rays and physical therapy are also available.
Leaders will carry cell phones in order to stay in contact with each other as well as with
Emergency equipment
What sort of emergency first
Park Headquarters/Rangers. Leaders will also carry a first aid kit with SOLO book and
aid or communication
soap note.
equipment (satellite phone,
two-way radios) do you plan
to use, if any?
For backcountry location the leaders will summon help from the nearest ranger station
Evacuation
Please describe your plan for
and the leaders will carry a cell phone. AMC evacuation insurance will pay for the
evacuation from the
evacuation.
backcountry location if
applicable?
The Yosemite Medical Clinic and dental office are located on Ahwahnee Road in
Medical care
Please describe the medical
Yosemite Valley near Yosemite Village. It is a full service outpatient medical facility
care available in the area(s)
offering prescription services, EKG, X-Rays, physical therapy, laboratory and dental
where you will be traveling
services. Call 911 for emergencies, call 209-372-4637 for non emergencies. Closest full
and list names and telephone
service inpatient facility would be
numbers for these facilities.
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COST AND BUDGET DETAILS
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?
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?
Minimum numbers
Will you still run the trip if you
do not get the minimum
number?
Reference web links:
MEC Home Page:
Forms:
Deadlines:
E-Mail Addresses:
Club House:
MEC Chair:
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One nights' deposit per room when reservation is made one year and one day prior to
arrival.
Full refund if reservation is canceled 7 days prior to arrival.
$1000
Payment #2 $1245 due on January 15th, 2014
If you cancel after being accepted for the trip, $50 is non-refundable. But if you cancel
after January 15th, 2014, 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 will be sent to the participants.
Please note: The price of the major Excursion 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:
http://snebulos.mit.edu/orgs/amc/
http://snebulos.mit.edu/orgs/amc/application/
http://snebulos.mit.edu/orgs/amc/listings
cyout@outdoors.org
mecchair@amcboston.org
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