Marianne Page/Linda Haines Canyons of Southern Utah SUMMARY OF TRIP INFORMATION Canyons of Southern Utah Leader Marianne Page Co-leader Linda Haines Zion, maybe Bryce, Escalante Staircase/Glen Canyon, UT- Capitol Reef September 20-28, 2014 Total # of days 8 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-CrossCountry (Nordic) Trekking (e.g., hutto-hut) Hiking Minimum 12 Skiing-Downhill Snorkeling (Alpine) Walking Other – please describe Select one of those checked above. Maximum 14 $ app. 1500 Does it include airfare? Yes No $ 350 Will leaders assist participants with flights? Yes No First Appearance: Month January Year 2014 Last Appearance: Month July Year 2014 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 upon approval 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 Form Revised July 2013 Marianne Page 29 Bedard Ave, Derry, NH 03038 marianne4nh@yahoo.com Home 603-432-9249 Work Retired Cell WFA AWFA WFR Expiration: to be renewed in November 2013 CPR BLS Expiration: August 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. New Zealand- 2010 - backpack hut to hut - 14 participants Teton Crest Backpack - 2011 - with 7 participants Big Bend- 2012 - with 12 participants Morocco - 2013 High Atlas trek with 5 participants Adventure Travel Trip Proposal Form, page 1 of 5 Canyons of Southern Utah Marianne Page/Linda Haines 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? Linda Haines 9 Whitewall Way, Littleton, MA 01460 linda.haines6624@gmail.com Home 978-621-8010 Work Cell 978-621-8010 WFA AWFA WFR Expiration: 12/13 - needs to be renewed! CPR BLS Expiration: will update before trip 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. This will be my first Adventure Travel trip; CL application submitted on 9-23-13 Yes No If yes, please describe below: CL Linda visited Bryce and Grand Canyon with family in 08, and was participant on AMC Utah Cayons in May 2005; Linda is currently in Zion and Bryce 9/13. 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 Will leaders or participants be drivers of motor vehicles? Form Revised July 2013 The plan is to hike 5 days and have one day to explore cultural area, like the Escalante Petrified Forest. It is a 4 hour trip from Las Vegas to town of Escalante; in case any luggage is late in arrival, we will drive to Zion, stay 2 nights there, do 2 days of hiking and continue to Escalante and Torrey in the Glen Canyon area. We might include a visit to Bryce Canyon as well. Waiting for feedback from Linda upon her return to adjust travel and visits. We plan to stay in Springdale area, near Zion, in Escalante, and Torrey; use motel accomodations, with breakfast included. In Escalante we have to buy our breakfast at Circle D motel. Breakfast to be taken at the motel, lunch bagged, dinner out. There should not be any additional meals for leaders needed. If possible, we buy our own lunch fixings in Escalante. We will rent SUVs/4 whell drive if needed, or vans in order to accomplish riding on tough roads in the area, most likely gravel. Will get latest information from Ranger/BLM before departure. Will leaders be drivers? Will volunteer participants be drivers? If so, MVR checks will be needed. See Appendix S1. Adventure Travel Trip Proposal Form, page 2 of 5 Marianne Page/Linda Haines Canyons of Southern Utah Permits or permissions Does the trip require special permits or permissions? (required on many U.S. federal lands and national parks) Yes No If yes, please describe below what you will need to do to obtain them: If we need any permits they can be gotten from the Ranger station at the time of the hike. If no, please describe the process you went through to find out that they were not required: online research - will follow up with phone call. Yes No If yes, please describe below what type of equipment and how you will ensure that people know how to use it: I suggest poles Yes No If yes, please describe below what type of experience? Also describe how you will ensure that the participant has this experience? Hiking experience to tolerate several days in a row in hiking boots. Long days despite short trails in hot temperatures; tolerate small spaces in the canyons; do without luxury. Yes No If yes, please describe below what you will do: Maybe. I would like to plan a pre-trip excursion if sign-ups are willing. 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 The landscape itself will be an education in geology & history of Indian cilturesAnasazi and Fremont. Leave no trace. Petrified Forest visit. Guidebooks give lots of history of the area, which will be shared at the time of travel/hikes. 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. 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 Flash floods Response We will consult with the Ranger before each hike of the day as to weather and conditions. On hikes we will keep an eye out for changes in weather. Form Revised July 2013 Adventure Travel Trip Proposal Form, page 3 of 5 Marianne Page/Linda Haines Canyons of Southern Utah Foreign Country Potential hazards Response Transportation Potential hazards Response Participants Potential hazards Response Other Potential hazards Response Political concerns, crime, language translation, terrorism Road problems - again will be up to Ranger/BLM office. Rental vehicles will be 4wheel drive if suggested by Ranger prior to travel. Road conditions, drivers, insurance Mud do not go, or have 4wheel drive Level of fitness, screening concerns, experience with equipment or activity Heat, flash floods Take lots of water on hikes. Sufficient protection against sun and prickely stuff. Conditions unique to this type of trip Only what is mentioned above Awareness of weather before the hikes and during the day. 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 Ranger will have emergency response within the Park/Monument. We will be in close Emergency communication Phone contacts, language, vicinity of stations/visitor officet. Contact Telephone documentation, distance from Emergency 911 emergency services Garfield County Sheriff's Office 435-676-2678 Glen Canyon NRA (24 hr. Dispatch) 1-800-582-4351 Kane County Sheriff's Office 435-644-2349 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. Leaders will carry group First Aid, and have cell phones. We will not split our hikes. BLM/Ranger assisted if applicable. No first aid is available within the monument. The nearest hospitals are located in Page, Arizona, and Panguitch (about 60 miles northwest of Escalante) and Kanab, Utah. Limited medical services are available in Escalante. 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? No depostis will be made until the minimum of trippers sign on, although the Circle D Group Trip Deposits What deposits will be required will have to be reserved soon. There are no early depostis foreseen. from you by airlines, hotels, tour operators, etc., and when? Only if the participant can get a replacement - not to add expense to the group. Group Trip Refunds What is the latest date you can Form Revised July 2013 Adventure Travel Trip Proposal Form, page 4 of 5 Marianne Page/Linda Haines Canyons of Southern Utah cancel and still receive a full refund of any deposits? 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? 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 July 2013 $ 800 at sign-up, $700 in June. $ 100 if canceled after first payment, then only if participant is replaced; airfare is tripper's responsibility Yes No If yes, please describe conditions: We do hope to get a minimum of 10 to run the trip. 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 Adventure Travel Trip Proposal Form, page 5 of 5