Alpine Club of Canada, Calgary Section

Comprehensive Trip Leader Workshop - Friday, Jun 12, 2015

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:		Course
Event Location:		West Hillhurst Comm. Centre & ACC Clubhouse
Date(s) & Time:		Friday, Jun 12, 2015 06:00 PM
Registration Cut Off:		Saturday, Jun 06, 2015 12:00 AM
Event Duration:		2 1/2 days
Difficulty Rating:		D2 - See Conversion Chart
Trip Coordinator(s):		Geoff Michalak Chuck Young Andy Strangemann Keith Sanford David Roe

Participant Info:
Who's Invited:		Members Only
Attendee Screening:		Attendees are Pre-Screened
Maximum Group Size:		18
Maximum No. Guests:		0
Minimum Group Size:		12
Maximum No. Guests Per Member:		0
Number Registered So Far:		19 (View sign-ups, waiting list)
Are Dogs Permitted:		No

Itinerary:
To all current and aspiring trip leaders: Mark down the weekend of June 12th to 14th on your calendars! This is your chance to ramp up your trip leading and outdoor adventure skills in time for the coming summer season. The T&L Committee, along with a group of our veteran section leaders, are hosting a 2 1/2 day Comprehensive Trip Leading Workshop, which incorporates many of the aspects of the TNF course in a condensed format. During the weekend you will have the opportunity to learn not only the ins and outs of trip leading and the many soft skills associated with leading people into the outdoors, but in addition we will be covering essential topics such as: choosing your mountain objective gear selection & keeping your weight down group management skills dealing with common injuries working with communication devices mountain meteorology navigation & route finding emergency shelters and bivy's Other topics covered will include: Trip planning and communicating with participants legal aspects, liability and trip waivers post accident/incident work and reporting risk management case studies of past accidents and where things went wrong The weekend workshop will start at 6:00pm on Friday, June 12th at the West Hillhurst Community Centre located at the corner of 19th Street and 5th Avenue NW. On Saturday morning, we will continue at the ACC Clubhouse in Canmore at 8:15 with sessions both in a classroom setting as well as venturing out into the field. We have booked the entire Clubhouse for our group, including accommodations, so we will all enjoy a joint dinner and sleepover at the Clubhouse. On Sunday we continue with the workshop at 8:00 to wrap up at around 3:30pm. This will be a very interactive weekend where the various sessions are not meant to be presentation only, however, we will engage you and foster an atmosphere of joint learning in the sharing of information among the group. The outside session in particular will allow every participant to take turns in leading and problem solving on the go. This course is offered at a cost of $100.- per person and includes the Saturday night accommodation at the Clubhouse and Pizza dinner on Saturday night, as well as course materials, and some key items for your first aid kits. This course is also subject to the sections subsidy policy, under which you are eligible for a refund of the $100 if you run a trip for our section within 12 months of taking the course and submit the trip waiver to the section treasurer. So the workshop could be free for you active leaders. Once you have signed up and are on the wait list, we will be sending you a short application form to fill out. We will also be providing you with list of items to bring along to the workshop once selected. Don't miss out on this opportunity to spend an educational weekend with your fellow section trip leaders!
Required Items to Bring:
We will provide a list of items to bring along to you later, but essentially overnight gear for staying at the clubhouse, pen and paper as well as all the gear you would take on a one day outing in the field on your favourite full day climb/scramble.

How to Get There:
Event Directions:		The WHCC is located at 19th Streets and 5th Avenue NW

Notes:
Once you have filled out the application and have received positive feedback, in order for you to be moved from the wait list to list of confirmed participants you will need to send us the course fee of $100.00. As space is limited we request that you send us these funds soon to ensure that you will have a spot on the course. The preferred payment option is by sending an INTERAC e-transfer to the ACC Treasurer using the Treasurer@ACCCalgary.ca email address. Please ensure to also send the password for accepting the e-transfer to our Treasurer by separate email immediately following the transfer email. The other option is to send a cheque payable to "Alpine Club of Canada - Calgary Section” to our Treasurer at: ACC Calgary Section P.O. Box 1995 Calgary, AB T2P 2M2 Please understand that we will not accept payment via Paypal. When making the e-transfer or writing the cheque, please ensure that your name and the name of the course for which you are making the payment is clearly visible. We also ask you to please send an email copy of the e-transfer to the course coordinator, or in the case of using the cheque option, notify the coordinator that you have sent the cheque to our Treasurer.

Cancellation/Partial Attendance: Please review our participant responsibility guidelines! No refunds on cancellations unless we can fill you place. *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 Saturday, June 06, 2015 at 12:00 AM.