Alaska – Anchorage – Chugach National Forest – Kenai Fjords – Wrangell – St. Elias
Robert Knusdson/Sonya Korabelnikova
SUMMARY OF TRIP INFORMATION
Alaska – Anchorage – Chugach National Forest – Kenai Fjords – Wrangell – St. Elias
Leader Robert Knusdson
Co-leader Sonya Korabelnikova
South Central Region of Alaska
August 8 -22, 2015
Total # of days 14
Backpacking
Bicycling-Mountain
Bicycling-Road
Title of trip
Leadership
Location(s)
Dates
Type of trip
check all that apply
Camping
Cultural
Family
Hiking
Paddling-Canoeing
Paddling-Sea-Kayaking
Skiing-CrossCountry (Nordic)
Trekking (e.g., hutto-hut)
Backpacking
Minimum 8
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
Skiing-Downhill
Snorkeling
(Alpine)
Walking
Other – please describe Glacier Boat
Trip
Select one of those checked above.
Maximum 10
$ 2750
Does it include airfare? Yes
No
$ $ 570 - 650 +
Will leaders assist participants with flights? Yes
No
fees (Baggage,
etc)
First Appearance: Month July
Year 2014
Last Appearance: Month July
Year 2015
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. July 2014
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? Backpacks don't work with large groups
If a participant fee increase of more than 15% is proposed, please explain why?
20% due to backpacking trip
LEADER AND CO-LEADER INFORMATION
Leader name
Leader address
Leader email
Leader phone
Wilderness first aid
training
CPR training
Prior leading experience
Trip one
Form Revised February 2014
Robert Knudsen
12-B Lawrence Street, Woburn, MA 01801
rknudsen@rcn.com
Home 781-491-0698
Work 978-657-1078
Cell 781-424-1638
WFA
AWFA
WFR
Expiration: 05/2015 Will Renew Before trip
CPR
BLS
Expiration: May 2015 Will renew before trip
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.
Leader, Trip 1126, Canadian Rockies BP, Mt Assiniboine & Banff 8/7-8/15/2011 with 5
participants. This trip included 5 nights 6 days backpacking plus a dayhike at the start of
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the trip
Trip two
Trip three
Other related trip
experience
Co-Leader, Trip 1020, Lake Louise and The Rockwall, Canadian Rockies backpacking
trip 8/7-8/15/2010 with 8 participants. This trip was a backpack of 5 days with day hikes
on each end of the trip.
5 Day Backpack, 7/21-26/2009, AT in Maine, Rt 4-27
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
Sonya Korabelnikova
41 Avon Street, Somerville, MA 02143
s_korabel@yahoo.com
Home
Work
Cell 434-806-9967
WFA
AWFA
WFR
Expiration: May 2015
CPR
BLS
Expiration: June 2015
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.
Sedona, October 2011, 1 week, 16 participants
September 2013, Mt. St Helen, Adams and Rainier, 14 participants
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?
January - March 2009 worked as volcanoe guide in Leon, Nicargua. Took groups from
2 to 20 people to near by vocanoe for 1-2-3 days trips, on unmarked trails
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.
Fly to Anchorage, spend one day there exploring Anchorage, shuttle to the beginning of
Resurrection Pass trail and backpack 4 days, 3 nights. Shuttle to Seward, where we spend
3 days, taking boat tour to Kenai Fjord National Park and hiking. Return back to
Anchorage and rent the car to drive to Wrangell – St. Elias national park where we do
another backpack. We will have 2 evenings in the village of McCarthy where we have a
chance to mingle with local people and learn about history and culture of McCarthy.
Accommodations
Please describe your plans for
accommodation(s)
Hostel in Anchorage, mid range hotel in Seward, lodge in McCarthy, the rest is tenting.
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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)
Special equipment
Does the trip require special
equipment?
Special experience
Does the trip require special
skills on the part of the
participant?
When not on the backpack we will eat in restaurants, or in hotels (where breakfast is
included) or on the boat where lunch and dinner is included. Backpacking meals will be
provided, including lunches. Lunches also will be provided for 2 hiking days.
Anchorage – bus/bike/taxi
To and from the first backpack – shuttle by the local bus/taxi operator.
Seward - taxi, hotel shuttles
Seward to Anchorage – bus
Anchorage to McCarthy and back – car rental.
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:
If no, please describe the process you went through to find out that they were not
required:
Parks websites: http://www.nps.gov/wrst/planyourvisit/hiking-and-backpacking.htm
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?
Appropriate conditioning and backpacking experience is very important this is a remote
area. Meal planning, gear and conditioning will be discussed extensively with each
participant.
Yes
No
If yes, please describe below what you will do:
Definitely, we will gather as many people as possible for a hike prior to our trip.
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
This trip meets the mission of the AMC in that it includes physical activities
respectful of the environment. We will be experiencing a place very different
from where we live and pre-trip recommendations for reading on the history and
ecology of the area will be made. Also we will take advantage of US Park
Service information and presentations. Itinerary will include visit to several
national parks and guided boat tour and possible visit to the gold mine.
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:
entire trip?
Name of tour operator/guide
service
Tour operator website
Safety record
Please provide information
about their safety record.
Insurance
Liability? Yes
No
Maximum amt: $
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Do they have liability
insurance?
Emergency response
Please describe the outfitters’
response plan in the case of an
emergency.
Are they willing to list AMC as an
additional insured?
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
Unmarked trails (M&C), hypothermia.
Response
1)Leader was instructor (Leader or Co-Leader) for annual September Map + Compass
weekend 2009-2012 with Leader Joe Comuzzi and has experience in M&C hikes to
trailless peaks in New England. Leader also will have GPS unit and spare batteries
available on hike. GPS is intended to be left off except if needed to verify a position.
M&C will be the primary navigation method.
2) Co-Leader exprience - took M&C class before, scheduled navigation hike in April of
2014 and planning on few more hikes to practice M&C.
Education
Participants will be given an opportunity to learn some M&C skills during the early part
of the trip when we will be hiking on trails. We will exercise M&C skills for peak
identification and position verification as opportunities arise.
Foreign Country
Potential hazards
Response
Transportation
Potential hazards
Response
Participants
Potential hazards
Response
Other
Potential hazards
Response
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3) Both leader and co-leader are 4 season leaders with experience preventing and
recovering from mild hypothermia
Political concerns, crime, language translation, terrorism
n/a
Road conditions, drivers, insurance
Normal Driving Hazard
Insurance will be purchased
Level of fitness, screening concerns, experience with equipment or activity
As it is a backpack everyone must complete the route start to finish
Work with each participant on physical preparation as well as a pre trip hike.
Conditions unique to this type of trip
Very remote area with a lot of wildlife and no immediate access to hospitals/help.
Bear Safety:
1 We will be hiking in a close group and not allow participants to become separated.
(Groups of 3-4 for bio breaks)
2 While hiking, especially in heavy foliage areas, will make noise to announce our
presence.
3 We will purchase 2 bear spray canisters.
4 Will keep campsite clear of food and food odors. Cooking and food storage (including
toothpaste and other personal products) will be downwind away from campsite in bear
canisters.
5 Leader has hiked in Canadian Rockies, Banff & Kotenay NPs, and practiced above
except in the parks bear boxes were provided near each campsite and bear spray was not
taken after conferring with rangers. Our group size and route suggested little chance of
interaction with bears.
Education
Leaders will review bear country procedures with participants as part of pre-trip
preparation (Brochures) and on the first evening in Anchorage. This will include
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inportance of staying together, prohibition of any food or other fragrant items in the
tents, procedure when a bear is spotted, etc.
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
We will need satellite phones. There is no reliable service in national park. Satellite
Emergency communication
Phone contacts, language,
phone has been reserved for this trip with Nancy Holland. Phone for Kennicott Visitor
documentation, distance from
Center is (907) 554-1105. We will obtain an emergency number before starting our hike
emergency services
- none available on WRST NP Website.
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.
We will be carrying a medical kit including bandages, splints, etc.
We will file a trip plan with park rangers (WRST NP) of our plans and our expected
return date to the ranger station.
Satellite phone reserved (See Emergency Communication).
All participants will be covered by Emergency medical and evacuation insurance
provided by AMC-AT. Additionally leaders are/or will be trained in Advanced
Wilderness First Aid. If backcountry evacuation is needed Sat phone will be used to
contact NPS for assistance. We will inquire specific contact numbers at the park in
addition to below. Phone for Kennicott Visitor Center is (907) 554-1105.
Anchorage: many hospitals available
Alaska Regional Hospital: 2801 DeBarr Rd, Anchorage, AK (907) 276-1131
Seward: Providence Seward Medical & Care Center
417 1st Ave, Seward, AK 99664 907-224-5205
Resurrection Pass trail
Either Anchorage (slightly less than 2 hours from beginning of the backpack) or Seward,
about an hour from the end of the backpack.
Wrangell – St. Elias.
Cross Road Medical Center: Mile 187 Glenn Highway
Glennallen, AK 99588 907-822-3203 ~ 5 hours from McCarthy
COST AND BUDGET DETAILS
N/A
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?
Hotel deposits TBD, but generally can be cancelled within 2 weeks or less without
Group Trip Deposits
What deposits will be required
penalty. Airline reservations will probably be non-refundable but participants will
from you by airlines, hotels, tour make these after trip fills enough to go.
operators, etc., and when?
90 days before start of trip
Group Trip Refunds
What is the latest date you can
cancel and still receive a full
refund of any deposits?
$250 with application, Balance due on April 1st, 2015.
Participant deposits
What are the initial deposit and
your schedule of payments by
participants to you?
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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
The AMC cancellation policy is based on the simple precept that your cancellation
shall not raise the cost of the trip to any of the participants or the leaders. Therefore, if
you cancel, your refund will be all that you have paid, less expenses already incurred
and future expenses which can not be avoided. If you cancel and the trip still fully
books, then your fees will be refunded in full with the exception that, after airline
tickets have been purchased, you own the tickets and that part of the fee cannot be
refunded.
Yes
No
If yes, please describe conditions:
Leader and co-leader will discuss lowering minimum number when/if we see a
potential problem taking into account a min group size for safety.
http://snebulos.mit.edu/orgs/amc/
http://snebulos.mit.edu/orgs/amc/application/
http://snebulos.mit.edu/orgs/amc/committee/proposals/
nholland@outdoors.org
mikebarry657@mac.com
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