Current and New Leader Development
May 16 - May 18
Calling all current ACC-GPS leaders and leaders-in-training. Join James in Medora, North Dakota to practice, train, and enhance your skills. This is YOUR trip, and we will all have an opportunity to try out new things and get mileage in the techniques you want. Anything is possible, and the crag is brilliant for training in rappelling, multipitch, trad, crack, and sport. This can count towards “vetting days” for leaders-in-training. If you want to learn more about becoming a leader, reach out to James (email below).
Cost:
- No cost for leaders
Participants:
- No limit
Climber Prerequisite:
- Must be a current ACC Leader or Leader-in-Training. Please reach out to James if you are not either, but are interested.
Equipment:
- Helmet
- Harness
- Climbing shoes
- Belay device (e.g. ATC, GriGri, Reverso)
- 35 L or larger backpack (big enough to hold extra clothes and creature comforts)
- Any gear you want to try out in the wild. We will have enough to go around
Group Gear will be organized by trip leader with the ACC Great Plains gear cache. Please let James know if you want to borrow anything.
Transport: We’ll carpool where possible. Distance is roughly 475km one way. We’ll sort out car logistics closer to the date.
Accommodation: Buffalo Gap Campground. $20usd per night, payable via an app if you have cell service in the states, or US cash.
Food: You are responsible for organizing your own food. Medora has a variety of restaurants and small grocery stores.
Weather: Big variable here, but there is something to do even if it is raining, so be prepared.
Trip Sign-up Information: If interested in the trip, please send the following sign-up information to James Lewis at james.lawrence.lewis@gmail.com.
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- First and last name
- Phone number
- ACC membership number (must be registered with the Great Plains Section)
- Emergency contact information
- A short summary of your outdoor (rock/ice climbing) experience; if you don’t have any experience, please indicate that
- Any gear you would like to borrow (helmet, harness, etc.)
- Any specific skills you want to practice or learn.
Please send any questions on the trip to James. Further trip details will be circulated once participants are confirmed.
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Trip Info & Guidelines
Guidelines For Trip Participants
All trips listed in the Great Plains Section’s trip schedule are coordinated by amateur volunteer hikers, skiers and climbers. When on a trip, participants must act in a manner that is safe and responsible and participants are expected to bring the equipment requested by the trip organizer. Participants should find out the requirements and demands of the trip well in advance by asking the organizer and researching the trip in guidebooks and other literature. You must be a member of the Great Plains Section of the Alpine Club of Canada to join a trip.
Further guidelines for participants
- Be prepared to complete a Release of Liability (Waiver). Waiver Form
- You must be a member of the Great Plains Section of the Alpine Club of Canada to join a trip.
- Sign up for trips that will challenge you, but are not beyond your abilities. If unsure, ask the trip organizer and tell them your experience and fitness level. People inexperienced in the mountains should start with easier trips.
- Learn about the trip before you attend (which route, number of kilometers, amount of vertical gain/loss, type of terrain, length of day, etc.).
- Give as much notice as possible to the trip organizer if you are unable to go on the trip. There are often waiting lists of other members who would like to go. If you do not provide enough notice of cancellation for your spot to be filled, your trip deposit will not be refunded.
- Ensure that you have the right equipment and that it is in good repair.
- For winter trips, ensure that you are using a digital avalanche transceiver and that it is in good working order. Single antenna/analog transceivers are not acceptable.
- Bring your helmet on all moderate and difficult scrambles and all climbing trips. Leaders may ask you to bring your helmet on certain ski trips as well.
- Be prepared to contribute to the trip and carry part of the group gear (ropes, etc.).
Personal Insurance
As a broker for TuGo, the ACC offers Emergency Medical Insurance, Trip Cancellation Insurance, Baggage Insurance and more. These policies are available to all Canadians travelling outside their home province within Canada as well as internationally.
If you require medical attention while you’re traveling outside of your home province, or outside of Canada, your provincial health care plan may not cover you. The ACC’s trip insurance covers air ambulance, emergency medical and many other medical expenses. Climbing, skiing and other backcountry accidents are not exempted (as they are with many insurers).
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