Denver Trip Leaders are a varied lot with many different needs. All documents, rules, instructions, and training opportunities are outlined below.
Preparing for a Trip
We can’t tell you what trip you should plan but we can try to make it as easy as possible for you to plan it. These pages provide information that should streamline the planning process.
Website Instructions – This page provides a tutorial and general instructions for entering a trip into the CMC website.
Substitute Leader List – Has something come up and you can’t make the trip you’ve scheduled? Contact one of these fellows before you cancel, perhaps they can take it over for you.
Trip Plan Template and Trip Planning Questions are good references when planning a trip.
Understand the Denver Group Policies.
Running the Trip
These forms and rules are used during the actual trip.
Common Forms
All leaders should carry blank copies of these forms to fill out before and after a hike.
All guests (hike attendees who are not members of the CMC) must sign a Guest Liability Waiver. It is not uncommon for a CMC member to show up at a hike with an unannounced friend or relative.
Members of the Denver CMC group must fill out a Classification Change Request Form in order gain a rating higher than A. Ideally hikers show up with their own copies but they are frequently grateful if the leader has spares.
Emergency Forms
In the event of an emergency during a led CMC trip, the leader should contact the appropriate authorities immediately. The CMC should also be contacted as soon as possible.
The CMC Emergency Action Plan provides specific information on contacting the CMC and how the CMC will respond.
This CMC Emergency Contact Card can be printed out and carried by CMC leaders. It contains a condensed set of instructions to be followed during an emergency.
The CMC emergency number (269-384-1056) is printed at the top of all trip rosters.
Copies of the Emergency First Aid Report Form should be in every leader’s first aid kit. This form provides a simple way to track a patient’s status and hand off that information to medical technicians.
Leader in Training Forms
Decided to mark your trip as a LIT so a potential leader can get some experience? Good for you.
Please read the LIT Guidelines before the trip and make sure the LIT is aware of your expectations.
The Leader In Training should arrive at the hike with a copy of the LIT Evaluation Form already filled out. The leader simply needs to go down the list and check off the LIT’s accomplishments.
Additional Forms
The Trail Head Check List can be used during a hike to make sure that all important steps are accomplished on the trail.
Certain parking areas (such as St Mary’s Glacier) will give a discount to CMC members or you may be required to identify your vehicle. The CMC member vehicle tag can be printed out and placed on the vehicle’s dashboard.
After the Trip
Once you get back home don’t forget to sign back into the CMC website and mark the trip as completed.
If an incident occurred on the trip you must fill out the Incident/Injury/Illness Report Form. This is required in any situation where the consequences of the incident extend beyond the trip.
Forms and Documents
These documents are either rarely needed or have been depreciated. They should not be required during a typical hike.
Training Opportunities
