Day Hiking in the Julian Alps of Slovenia Ginette Beaudoin DVM / Anna Panszczyk
Title of trip
Leadership
Location(s)
Dates
Type of trip check all that apply
Day Hiking in the Julian Alps of Slovenia
Leader Ginette Beaudoin DVM
Slovenia
July 9-23, 2016
Backpacking
Co-leader Anna Panszczyk
Total # of days 15
Bicycling-Mountain Bicycling-Road
Camping
Hiking
Cultural
Paddling-Canoeing
Family
Paddling-Sea-Kayaking
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-Cross-
Country (Nordic)
Trekking (e.g., hutto-hut)
Hiking
Minimum 14
$ 3235
$ 1750-1800
(Alpine)
Skiing-Downhill
Walking
Maximum
Does it include airfare? Yes
18
No
Snorkeling
Other – please describe
Select one of those checked above.
Will leaders assist participants with flights? Yes No
First Appearance: Month 05 Year 2015
Last Appearance: Month 05 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. 05/2014
Is this proposal for a small group trip – i.e., less than 14 participants and 2 leaders or 7 participants and 1 leader?
Yes
If yes, why is a small group proposed?
No
If a participant fee increase of more than 15% is proposed, please explain why?
Leader name
Leader address
Leader email
Leader phone
Wilderness first aid training
CPR training

Prior leading experience
Ginette Beaudoin DVM
66 Graham St, BIddeford, ME 04005 ginette4000@yahoo.com
Home 207-294-6302 Work n/a
WFA AWFA WFR Expiration: 5/15
Cell 207-590-4431
Trip one
Trip two
Trip three
CPR BLS Expiration: 5/15
If this is your first Adventure Travel trip as a Leader you must 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. Feel free to list additional trips you have led, particularly if they demonstrate experience related to the trip you are
proposing.
Hiking Superior Hiking Trail in Minnesota; 9/13; 14 participants
Hiking in Yosemite National Park; 2 trips in 6/13, 1 in 6/12all with over 14 participants each
Hiking in the Stubai Valley of Austria; 9/12; 8 participants
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Other related trip experience
Have lead weekend trips to Acadia National Park 2-3x/year for past 3 years. Weeklong trip cross country ski trip To Highland Plantation, ME; 2/14; 11 participants
Co-leader name
Co-leader address
Co-leader email
Co-leader phone
Anna Panszczyk
22 Alfred Rd, Arlington, MA 02474 annatp13@verizon/net
Home 781-648-2492 Work n/a
Wilderness first aid training WFA AWFA WFR Expiration: 5/15
Cell 617-429-2175
CPR training*
Prior leading experience
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
Trip one
Trip two
Trip three the leader or co-leader.
Hiking Superior Hiking Trail in Minnesota; 9/13; 14 participants
Hiking in Yosemite National Park; 2 trips in 6/13, both with over 14 participants each
Trekking in Atlas Mountains of Morrocco in 5/13 with 6 participants
Other related trip experience Leads weekend trips for Maasachusetts chapter
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
Yes
No
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.
If yes, please describe below:
Co-leader: Yes
Not applicable:
No
Leader: Yes No
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!
Summary
Please provide a description of the trip and the activities planned. If available, please include or attach an itinerary.
Group will fly by commercial airline from their home airport to the capital of Slovenia,
Ljubljana. We will spend the three nights in the capital, then transfer to the Lake Bohinj area for 3 nights. Then we will transfer to Kranjska Gora for four nights, from there we will transfer to Bovec for three nights. On the last day we will then transfer to Ljubljana for the departure. We will do day hikes while in the alpine villages, wherever possible we will offer different intensity of hikes as well as having scheduled non hiking days.
Two to three star small hotels in Alpine villages and in Ljubljana, in double occupancy rooms or small apartments with ensuite bath.
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.
Breakfast at hotel, lunch will be on the trail, and dinner either in local restaurants or at hotel. Six dinners and all breakfast are included in cost of trip.
Local Transportation
Please describe your plans for local transportation
Local buses to transport group from locale to locale and to trailheads. We will also utilize ski lifts where available to help the group access higher trailheads.
Will leaders or participants be Will leaders be drivers? Will volunteer participants be drivers?
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drivers of motor vehicles? If so, MVR checks will be needed. See Appendix S1.
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?
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:
Guide books as well as internet enquiries with local Slovenia Tourist Information offices
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?
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.
Pre-trip activities
Do you plan to get your group together before the trip for an activity or social event?
Conservation, education and
Yes No If yes, please describe below what you will do: recreation
How will this AMC-AT trip meet the mission of the AMC?
www.outdoors.org/about/mission.cfm
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 visit local World War I historical exhibits and learn of the areas importance during the war.
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 operator or guide service during part of or for the entire trip?
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:
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
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.
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Climate/terrain
Potential hazards
Response
Foreign Country
Potential hazards
Response
Transportation
Potential hazards
Response
Participants
Potential hazards
Response
Trail conditions, river crossings, weather, wildlife (bears, snakes, etc.)
Slipping off trail, rock fall, exposure on cliffs, rain and cold exposure. Also potential exposure to ticks.
Stay on marked trails, observe slopes and weather changes, instruct hikers on trail safety, tick bite prevention and etiquette. Check current trail conditions with local guides. Carry rain gear, tick 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
Petty thievery
Will caution participants about danger of pickpockets and importance of keeping valuables safe.
Road conditions, drivers, insurance
Potential hazards relate to throughway and mountain driving.
Utilize local public transportation with 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/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
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
Emergency communication
Phone contacts, language, documentation, distance from emergency services
Emergency medical services are available 24 hours a day within Slovenia by dialing 112.
Routine medical and dental assistance is also available in each of the alpine villages, while larger cities such as Ljubljana have a hospital with a full range of specialiests.
Emergency equipment
What sort of emergency first aid or communication
English is widely spoken, as well as some French (leader is fluent) and Polish (co leader is fluent).
Leaders will carry a first aid kit with SOLO book and soap note as well as a cell phone equipped for usage over seas. 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.
Emergency AWFA assistance will be implemented immediately, if medical evacuation is needed we will call the 112 emergency number. Unusually for the Alps, mountain rescue is free in Slovenia. Mountain rescue teams are extremely well organized with a network of 17 bases around the country. A helicopter is on duty at Brnik airport during the summer months and its reponse time is an everage of 1.5 hours.
Medical clinics are available in the alpine areas as well as a major hospital in both
Ljuabljana and Jesenice
University Medical center Ljubljana, Center 2, Ljubljana 386-1-522-5050
General Hospital Jesenice, Cesta Marsala Tita 112, 4270 386-4-586-80-00
Zdravstveni dom Kranjska Gora, Koroska ulica 2, 4280 Kranjska Gora 386-4-588-46-00
Zdravstveni dom Bovec, Kot 48 386-5-388-60-57
Medical Center in Bohinjska Bistrica, Triglavska cesta 15, 4264 Boh. Bistrica 386-4-
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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
Slovenia utilizes the Euro, exchange rate as of 2/26/2013 is $1=
1.375euro.
We will utilize a contingency rate of 6% and calculate the budget based 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 on $1 = 1.55 euro
Hotels will require 10 to 30% deposit at time of reservation, roughly 6 months prior to start of trip. operators, etc., and when?
Group Trip Refunds
What is the latest date you can cancel and still receive a full refund of any deposits?
30 days prior to start of trip
$1000 deposit due at time of application
$2235 balance by March 1 st , 2016
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?
If you cancel after being accepted for the trip, $100 is non-refundable. But if you cancel after April 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 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.
Minimum numbers
Will you still run the trip if you do not get the minimum number?
Yes No If yes, please describe conditions:
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Reference web links:
AMC-ATC Home Page: http://snebulos.mit.edu/orgs/amc/
Forms:
Deadlines:
E-Mail Addresses:
Club House:
AMC-ATC Chair: http://snebulos.mit.edu/orgs/amc/application/ http://snebulos.mit.edu/orgs/amc/committee/proposals/ nholland@outdoors.org
amcatchair@comcast.net
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