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How to Sign Up for Trips:

1) Read guidelines for trip participants. You must be an ACC member; RMS members will have priority. You will need to sign the ACC Waiver.
2) Know your own skill and fitness level (be honest!). Be realistic about which trips you sign up for.
3) Understand the times involved:

• Short: 3-5 hours
• Medium: 4-8 hours
• Long: multi-day or single day trips that are expected to take more than 8 hours
  None of the above time estimates include driving time.

4) Understand the difficulty of the trip:

• Easy: Ski or hiking trips with this rating will likely involve backcountry travel on a trail or close to the road. Ice or rock climbing trips with this rating will have short approaches. In winter, avalanche terrain could be encountered in either case.
• Moderate: Ski, scrambling or mountaineering trips with this rating could involve travelling in avalanche terrain, glacier travel, route-finding challenges, challenging vertical gain and/ or horizontal distance. Ice or rock climbing trips with this rating will likely be multi-pitch and involve at least a one hour approach, or it will be a longer day of "cragging".
• Difficult: Ski or mountaineering trips with this rating will likely involve travel in avalanche terrain, glacier travel, route-finding challenges, significant vertical gain and/ or horizontal distance. Ice or rock climbing trips with this rating will likely be multi-pitch and involve at least a two hour approach.

5) ATES ratings: "ATES" stands for "Avalanche Terrain Exposure Scale". Click on the ates for the trip you are interested in to see the Parks Canada definitions for the different ATES ratings.
6) Contact the trip leader once the trip sign up opens (the delay is from Today’s date). Expect to be asked questions regarding your skill level, fitness and experience.

Guidelines for trip participants:

1) Be prepared to complete an insurance waiver form (click to download)
2) Sign up for trips that will challenge you, but are not beyond your abilities. If unsure, ask the trip leader and tell them your experience and fitness level. People inexperienced in the mountains should start with easier trips.
3) You must be a member of the Alpine Club of Canada to join a trip (become a member)
4) Learn about the trip before you attend (which route, number of kilometres, amount of vertical gain / loss, type of terrain, length of day, etc.)."
5) Ensure that you have the correct equipment and that it is in good repair.
6) Some trips will have a delay for the sign up. The delay states the number of days from TODAY until the sign up opens.
7) For Vsion and Sally B trips: you may only sign up for yourself no more than a week ahead of time.
8) Give as much notice as possible to the Trip Leader if you are unable to go on the trip. There are often waiting lists of other members who would like to go.
9) Bring your helmet on all summer scrambles and alpine trips, as well as all ice climbing trips. Leaders may ask you to bring your helmet on certain ski trips as well.
10) Share expenses and be prepared to help carry a part of the “group gear” (ropes, etc.).
11) It should be understood that the trip leader has full control over the make-up of the group and can reject any potential participant at his/her discretion on any grounds that are reasonable (including skill level, safety considerations, potential personality conflicts, previously demonstrated inappropriate behaviour, or other aspects impacting on good group dynamics).

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