Ginette Beaudoin/Anna Panszczyk
Winter in Yosemite- Skiing and Hiking!!!
SUMMARY OF TRIP INFORMATION
Winter in Yosemite- Skiing and Hiking!!!
Leader Ginette Beaudoin
Co-leader Anna Panszczyk
Yosemite National Park
Feb 20-29, 2016
Total # of days 10
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-CrossSkiing-Downhill
Snorkeling
Country (Nordic)
(Alpine)
Trekking (e.g., hutWalking
Other – please describe Snowshoeing
to-hut)
Skiing-Cross Country (Nordic)
Select one of those checked above.
Minimum 14
Maximum 16
$ 1930
Does it include airfare? Yes
No
$ 700-900
Will leaders assist participants with flights? Yes
No
First Appearance: Month Jan
Year 2015
Last Appearance: Month jan
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. 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
Ginette Beaudoin
66 Graham Street, 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
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.
Yosemite 6/2014, 15 participants, hiking
Tuscany 5/2014, 16 participants, hiking
Trip three
Claybrook Ski Lodge, 12 participants, cross country skiing
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Other related trip
experience
Ginette Beaudoin/Anna Panszczyk
Have led multiple 3 day cross country ski trips to Acadia National Park as well as multiple
Yosemite hiking trips, Austrian Alps hiking trips and Minnesota Superior Hiking Trail
hiking trip for AMC
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, Arlington, MA
annatp13@verizon.net
Home
Work
Cell 781-648-2492
WFA
AWFA
WFR
Expiration: 5/16
CPR
BLS
Expiration: 5/16
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.
Yosemite hiking trip, 6/14, 15 participants
Morrocco hiking trip, 5/14, 6 participants
Minnesota hiking trip, 10/13, 14 participants
Anna has co lead numerous hiking and cross country ski trips for AMC Boston chapter,
AMC AT, and with friends.
Yes
No
If yes, please describe below:
Have led several hiking trips to YNP in previous years
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)
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
Form Revised July 2013
Particpants would fly into Merced airport, stay overnight in Merced, and the following
morning take the YART bus directly to the Yosemite Lodge at the Falls for a 6 night stay
in Yosemite Valley. We will have daily excursions in the Valley or to Badger Pass ski
area for cross country skiing or hiking depending upon trail conditions. We will then
travel on YART bus back to Merced for a final overnight prior to flying home.
We will stay in 2-3 star hotel (double occupancy rooms) in Merced the first and last
nights of the trip due to time of flights and YART bus schedule into the park. Within the
park we will stay at the Yosemite Lodge at the Falls in double occupancy rooms.
Breakfast will be included each day at the hotels, all dinners will be included and will be
eaten either at Yosemite Lodge food court or at local restaurant when in Merced for our
first and final nights. Lunch will be eaten either on the trail or at the ski area and will be
at the participants own expense.
We will utilize the YARTS buses for transport to/from Merced and YNP. Within the
park we will utilize the free Yosemite shuttle service within the valley and to the Badger
Pass ski area.
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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)
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:
As in the past, the permit will be obtained by AMC
If no, please describe the process you went through to find out that they were not
required:
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:
Cross country skis, poles and boots; Hillshound or MicroSpikes; insulated hiking boots.
Participants will be screened for proper prior experience and references will be checked
if deemed necessary.
Yes
No
If yes, please describe below what type of experience? Also describe
how you will ensure that the participant has this experience?
Participants will need to have prior experience with winter hiking and cross country
skiing, as well as experience traveling with a group. Participants will be screend via
phone calls and references will be checked when deemed appropriate.
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?
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
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 skiing and hiking with the
opportunity to attend ranger led evening educational programs in the park.
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: $
Do they have liability
Are they willing to list AMC as an
Yes
No
insurance?
additional insured?
Emergency response
Please describe the outfitters’
response plan in the case of an
emergency.
RISK ASSESSMENT
Please assess the risks and hazards of your trip. Carefully consider each area of risk and how it may affect your trip.
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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, snow, ice, rain and cold exposure. Also
potential exposure to black bears.
Response
Stay on marked trails, observe slopes and weather changes, instruct hikers on trail safety,
and etiquette. Check current trail conditions with rangers. Carry rain gear, extra layers,
hats, gloves, gaiters, polypro layers and first aid kit.Instruct participants on proper food
storage, 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.
Political concerns, crime, language translation, terrorism
Foreign Country
Potential hazards
n/a
Response
Road conditions, drivers, insurance
Transportation
Potential hazards
Mountain roads with possible snow /and or rain
Response
Utilize public transportation with proven safety records and the appropriate and required
snowchains.
Level of fitness, screening concerns, experience with equipment or activity
Participants
Potential hazards
Intermediate to advanced intermediate hiking and cross country skiing 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 AT/ME), list of hikes/skiing 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
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
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numbers for these facilities.
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?
One night's room deposit will be required by Yosemite Lodge at the Falls
Group Trip Deposits
What deposits will be required
from you by airlines, hotels, tour
operators, etc., and when?
7 days prior to arrival at Yosemite Lodge at the Falls for full refund of deposit
Group Trip Refunds
What is the latest date you can
cancel and still receive a full
refund of any deposits?
$1000 deposit with application
Participant deposits
What are the initial deposit and
$930 balance due by October 15th, 2015
your schedule of payments by
participants to you?
If you cancel after being accepted for the trip, $50 is non-refundable. But if you cancel
Cancellation policy
What will be your cancellation
after October 15th, 2015, minimally $200 is nonrefundable; if (and only if) another
policy for the participants?
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 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
Yes
No
If yes, please describe conditions:
Will you still run the trip if you
We would consider running the trip even with only 12 participants.
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 July 2013
http://snebulos.mit.edu/orgs/amc/
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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