National Leadership Courses
The North Face - ACC Winter Leadership Training Course
Dates: Jan 10-17th, 2009*** Note date change!
Location: Vista Lodge in the Esplanade Range ~ Selkirk mountains
Application Deadline to the Calgary Section: October 1st, 2008
Amateur Leaders are the backbone of the Alpine Club – providing beginner, intermediate, and advanced trips to other members, allowing Sections to boast broad and varied trip schedules.
With the support of The North Face, each year we run a training course for amateur leaders from across the country in recognition of the tireless work these volunteers do and their need for high quality training. The main goal of the course is to help members who are already leading trips become better, stronger, and safer leaders for the Sections and for National Camps
The course will cover a broad range of hard and soft leadership skills with the focus on the following:
• planning and management of ski trips and traverses;
• snow safety and terrain evaluation;
• route planning, selection and finding;
• decision making in avalanche terrain;
• glacier travel and navigation;
• crevasse rescue systems;
• group dynamics, interaction and management; and
• emergency situation management.
Participant fees are subsidized by The North Face and the Alpine Club of Canada and a commitment for a return to the Club in volunteer energy will be sought from all members who attend. Participants are required to be endorsed by their ACC Section. As well, the Calgary Section has some funding available to assist selected participants. To receive endorsement and potential funding, your National application must be received by the Calgary Section training and leadership chairperson by October 1st.
For more information, see: http://www.alpineclubofcanada.ca/activities/winter/tnf.html or email Stacey Karalash, Training and Leadership Chair. You may also fill in the application found here:
http://www.alpineclubofcanada.ca/calgary/documents/ACCCalgarySectionTNFApplication.doc
and submit it to Stacey via the email address above.
*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.
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Registration for this event closed on Wednesday, October 01, 2008 at 01:00 AM.