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SUMMARY OF TRIP INFORMATION
Alaska – Anchorage – Chugach National Forest – Kenai Fjords – Wrangell – St. Elias
Leader Robert Knudsen
Co-leader Sonya Korabelnikova
South Central Region of Alaska
Total # of days 14
Title of trip
Leadership
Location(s)
Dates: August 8 – 22, 2015
Type of trip
check all that apply
Backpacking
Bicycling-Mountain
Bicycling-Road
Camping
Cultural
Family
Hiking
Paddling-Canoeing
Paddling-Sea-Kayaking
Skiing-CrossCountry (Nordic)
Walks
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
Minimum 8
Skiing-Downhill
Snorkeling
(Alpine)
Other – Glacier Boat Tour
Maximum 10
$2486
Does it include airfare? Yes
No
$ 570 - 650 + fees (Baggage, etc)
First Appearance: Month September
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. September, 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 well for 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
Robert Knudsen
12-B Lawrence Street, Woburn, MA 01801
rknudsen@rcn.com
Home 781-491-0698
Work 978-657-1078
WFA
AWFA
WFR
Expiration: 5/2015
CPR
BLS
Expiration: Aug 2015
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.

To lead an Adventure Travel trip you must have current CPR and WFA certifications 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 and you
should describe your plans to do so in a note.
Form December 2012
Adventure Travel Trip Proposal Form, page 1 of 5
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Trip one
Trip two
Trip three
Other related trip experience
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?
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 the trip
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
Sonya Korabelnikova
41 Avon Street, Somerville, MA 02143
s_korabel@yahoo.com
Home 434-806-9967
Work
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
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)
Form December 2012
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.
Hostel in Anchorage, mid range hotel in Seward, lodge in McCarthy, the rest is tenting.
Adventure Travel Trip Proposal Form, page 2 of 5
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Meals
Please describe your plans for
providing meals
Local Transportation
Please describe your plans for
local transportation
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?
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
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.
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.
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
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.
Form December 2012
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
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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 trail, hypothermia
Response
Maps, GPS coordinates, required gear, discussion with rangers on current conditions of
streams/rivers/springs. Require bear canisters.
Political concerns, crime, language translation, terrorism
Foreign Country
Potential hazards
N/A
Response
Road conditions, drivers, insurance
Transportation
Potential hazards
Normal driving hazards
Response
Rental insurance will be purchased
Level of fitness, screening concerns, experience with equipment or activity
Participants
Potential hazards
As it is a backpack everyone must complete the route start to finish
Response
Work with each participant on physical preparation as well as a pre trip hike.
Conditions unique to this type of trip
Other
Potential hazards
Very remote area with a lot of wildlife and no immediate access to hospitals/help.
Response
Would like to rent Sat Phone or beacon.
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.
Emergency communication
Phone contacts, language,
documentation, distance from
emergency services
We will be carrying a medical kit including bandages, splints, etc.
Emergency equipment
What sort of emergency first
We will notify park rangers of our plans and our expected return date to the ranger
aid or communication
station when getting the permit.
equipment (satellite phone,
two-way radios) do you plan
We will need satellite phone.
to use, if any?
All participants will be covered by Emergency medical and evacuation insurance
Evacuation
Please describe your plan for
provided by AMC-AT. Additionally leaders are/or will be trained in Advanced
evacuation from the
Wilderness First Aid. If backcountry evacuation is needed Sat phone will be used to
backcountry location if
contact NPS for assistance. We will inquire specific contact numbers at the park in
applicable?
addition to below.
Anchorage: many hospitals available
Medical care
Please describe the medical
Alaska Regional Hospital: 2801 DeBarr Rd, Anchorage, AK (907) 276-1131
care available in the area(s)
Seward: Providence Seward Medical & Care Center
where you will be traveling
417 1st Ave, Seward, AK 99664 907-224-5205
and list names and telephone
Resurrection Pass trail
numbers for these facilities.
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
Foreign currencies
Form December 2012
All costs will be in US Dollars
Adventure Travel Trip Proposal Form, page 4 of 5
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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
Deposits
What deposits will be required
penalty. Airline reservations will probably be non-refundable but participants will
by airlines, hotels, tour
make these after trip fills enough to go.
operators, etc., and when?
90 days before start of 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 deposit
What are the initial deposit and
your schedule of payments by
participants to you?
The AMC cancellation policy is based on the simple precept that your cancellation
Cancellation policy
What will your cancellation
shall not raise the cost of the trip to any of the participants or the leaders. Therefore, if
policy be for the participants?
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.
Minimum numbers
Yes
No
If yes, please describe conditions:
Will you still run the trip if you
Leader and co-leader will discuss lowering minimum number when/if we see a
do not get the minimum number? potential problem taking into account a min group size for safety.
Reference web links:
AMC-ATC Home Page:
Forms:
Deadlines:
E-Mail Addresses:
Club House:
AMC-ATC Chair:
Form December 2012
http://snebulos.mit.edu/orgs/amc/
http://snebulos.mit.edu/orgs/amc/application/
http://snebulos.mit.edu/orgs/amc/committee/proposals/
cyout@outdoors.org
amcatchair@comcast.net
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