Annual Ice Review 2013 - Saturday, Jan 12, 2013

PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED: Once you've reviewed the event details, and decided you'd like to join us, you MUST sign up at the bottom of this page.

You are STRONGLY encouraged to read this page in its entirety before signing up.
The Basics:
Event Type: Ice Climbing 
Event Location: Ghost Wilderness Area 
Date(s) & Time:   Saturday, Jan 12, 2013 06:45 AM (Carpool Departure: 07:00 AM @ A&W Crowfoot Mall)  
Registration Cut Off:   Friday, Jan 11, 2013 05:00 PM  
Event Duration: Weekend Event 
Difficulty Rating:   D1 - See Conversion Chart  
Trip Coordinator(s):   Mark Carlson
 

Participant Info:
Who's Invited:   Members Only  
Attendee Screening:   Registration is First-Come/First-Serve
Maximum Group Size: 80
Maximum No. Guests: 0
Minimum Group Size: 25
Maximum No. Guests Per Member: 0
Number Registered So Far:   52 (View sign-ups, waiting list)
Are Dogs Permitted:   Yes

Itinerary:
Saturday January 12, 2013
6:45 Meet at Crowfoot Mall A&W
7:00 Carpool leaves for the Ghost
9:00 Arrive in the Ghost Wilderness Area
9:00 Camp Setup
9:30 Trip Leaders Meet at Main Tent
10:00 Trip Participant Trip Signup
10:30 Trip departures
11:00 Arrival at approach (GO! GO! GO!)
climb climb climb
18:00 Supper is served (chilli & buns)
19:00 Campfire shinaniginns

Sunday January 13, 2013
7:00 RISE & SHINE
8:00 Trip Leaders Meet at Main Tent
8:30 Trip Participant Trip Signup
9:00 Trip departures
9:30 Arrival at approach (GO! GO! GO!)
climb climb climb

Be safe, watch out for one another, Your arrival times back home will be completely dependant on the trip you choose to participate in

Trip Leaders:
Please bring your GMRS radios out for this event.
The channel for this event is 16-0
radio contact to start at night-fall (17:00hrs)
Check-points every half hour.
This is relatively new practice for this event so lets try it out and see how it goes. The goal is to have every team communicate with one another so that we know if we need to start worrying about a rope teams out there. Rescues are never something that we look forward to but in the event that a rope team needs help, the faster we can get it to them the better.


For those of you who wish to bring under-aged members out for the weekend -you will need to sign a special waiver for the under-aged participant and the guardian that signs the waiver will have to be in the company of the participant for the period of time that the under-aged participant is involved in the trip. We are happy to have ACC members of ALL AGES attend these events but the nature of winter camping, ice climbing, and the remote nature of this event make it important that the under-aged participant be in the company of a parent or guardian all all times.
Required Items to Bring:
This is a 2 day winter camping event - come prepared -
-Tent, Sleeping bag (-30 bag recommended), warm clothes (spare, warm clothes)
-Climbing gear: harness, helmet, belay device, 2 locking 'biners, technical ice tools
-Cooking gear: stove, at least one dish or bowl, at least a spoon
Be sure to bring a supply of drinking water - keep a couple -sealed- bottles with you in your sleeping bag.
Be sure to bring some food for lunches and breakfast on Sunday morning. Instant Oatmeal works great!
-Camp Chair (handy for sitting around the fire)
-hiking poles (helps with creek crossings)
-bowl and cutlery (helps to eat chilly with)
-headlamp (it gets dark at night)
This year the fee for chili, beer, and the outhouse is $20

Recommended Items to Bring:
Sense of Humour!
Sense of Adventure!
-a shovel (it helps to dig your truck outta the snow -all part of the ghost experience- )

How to Get There:
Event Directions:   Just show up at the A&W and you can get a ride with a fellow member.
Anyone with an off-road capable truck or SUV is asked to come out and provide transportation to members without a ghost-mobile. :) much appreciated.



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Carpool Departure Time:   07:00 AM
Carpool Location:   A&W Crowfoot Mall
Carpool Directions:  
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Cancellation/Partial Attendance:
Please review our participant responsibility guidelines!

Please withdraw from the event if you find you are unable to attend. We will be basing our food purchase on the numbers of people signed up here.
*Cancellation Policy*: If a participant is unable to attend a paid course or trip, there will be no refund unless the participant finds a suitable replacement that is acceptable to the trip coordinator. Acceptable waiting list candidates will have priority. It will then be the participant's responsibility to recover funds from the replacement. If the coordinator cancels an event, participants get a refund (less any non-recoverable costs). Note that ACC National does not refund hut fees due to weather, delay, closures, or any other reasons. The Calgary Section of the ACC is a not for profit club and we only charge attendees what it costs us to provide courses or trips.

Trip Feedback
If you have any feedback, positive or negative, concerning this trip or any other, we want to hear from you!
Click here to be directed to our "Contact Us" page and contact the appropriate Chair person or the Section Chair. This is also a simple way to make your section executive aware of any praises, suggestions or problems you may have with any area of the Calgary Section of the ACC.
Thank you for your response.

Registration for this event closed on Friday, January 11, 2013 at 05:00 PM.