• You must be a club member and have signed the Club Waiver that is part of the Club’s Registration Form.
• To ensure a rewarding tour, your X-C skiing experience, equipment and skill, as well as personal fitness should be sufficient to meet the trip requirement.
• Bookings preferably in the form of a cheque are accepted by the tour leader. Please book early as trips fill up quickly.
• Hostel fees must be paid at least 16 days prior to the trip. There will be NO REFUND of hostel fees for cancellations made after the 14 days cutoff date before a given trip. However, Tour Leaders will make appropriate refunds for float and/or beacon rental.
• You must own or rent from the Club an approved avalanche beacon and shovel for all tours that are not on track-set trails.
• You must attend a trip meeting, usually held at the tour leader’s home a week prior to the tour, to learn the details of the trip. The tour leader will advise tourers of the trip meeting date and location.
• In the interest of group safety the Tour Leader retains the right to deny participation of any member deemed unsuitable for a given mountain tour.
  

• BEGINNER/FAMILY: Members who have little or no mountain touring experience.
• STRONG BEGINNER: Little or no mountain tour experience, but physically fit enough to tackle a 3 - 4 hour trip.
• INTERMEDIATE: Members who have been on several day tours of 3 - 4 hours duration on moderately rolling terrain with a day pack.
• ADVANCED: Members who have done extensive day touring in steep terrain with a heavy pack.
• EXPERT: Members who have participated in overnight mountain tours of several days duration, in steep mountainous terrain, and have snow caving experience. A full complement of equipment is necessary.
• OPEN: Trips designed to accomodate all levels of experience and skill by breaking off into two or more groups of tourers, each under the leadership of a qualified tour leader. The Tour Leader will advise potential participants at the trip meeting if an Open tour has to be re-classified due to the lack of Tour Leaders.

As in the past years, the cost for each tour will consist of the cost of accommodation as noted on the tour schedule below plus $9/weekend for safety equipment. Children under 18 do NOT pay for safety equipment including avalanche beacons. For tours longer than a weekend, the additional fee for the satellite phone is $5/day.. There is also a charge of $2.50/day for an approved avalanche beacon, and $1/day for an approved snow shovel should you need to rent these items. Car passengers share car-pooling costs. The driver’s share consists of the use of his/her car and the driving. There is an additional cost for staying in the National Parks backcountry whether in huts or camping of $9.80 per night unless you have already purchased an annual Wilderness Pass. Such passes can be purchased at Park information centres or the Alpine Club in Canmore. It is recommended that you purchase such passes for $62.00 at the ACC as 40% of the cost is allocated for ACC hut maintenance and improvements..

2009/2010 Mountain Tour Schedule as of November 16, 2009
Questions??? Contact Mountain Tour Chair Steve Irwin

Date

Steve Davies
Steve Irwin

Ribbon Creek
Elk L. Hut

Don Wales
Marie Willett

Steve Irwin
Claude Sam

Marilyn Strilchuk
Frank Weber

Mike Spencer
Pat Gleason

Mike Spencer
Don Wales

Canmore
Skoki Lodge

Marilyn Strilchuk
Greg Olson

Brian Davies
Carol Lindner

TBA

Family Fun Tour

TBA