Trip Agreement - Via Alpina Adventures 2025

1. Your Full Name *This question is required.

2. Your email address *This question is required.

4. Preparedness: I understand that this trip requires good aerobic conditioning, balance, and the skills and gear to hike appropriately and with confidence for up to 10-12 miles per day and elevation gains of up to 4700’ for multiple days in a row. I certify that I will be prepared with the experience, skills, conditioning, and gear to meet the requirements of the trip.
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5. Route: I understand that hikes on this trip will involve some steep, rocky, muddy, root-covered, uneven terrain, and some sections with moderate exposure (e.g. narrow ridgeline with steep dropoffs, traverses across steep crumbly scree slopes). I understand that i may have to use my hands on some of the terrain. I certify that I am capable of moving at a steady 2-2.5 mph pace across this kind of terrain and will be ready to provide references who can attest to my confidence on this kind of terrain.

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6. Accommodations: I understand that this trip will require sharing of hotel and dormitory rooms with 1-10 other people in our party who I may not initially know, as well as bunk rooms shared with as many as 20 others including people of different genders including people outside our party.

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7. Food: I understand that the variety of food available and the ability to meet special dietary preferences will be limited.
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8. Travel Documents: I understand that I will be required to hold up-to-date travel documents, international medical insurance, and emergency evacuation insurance for the trip, at my own expense. The evacuation insurance should be sufficient to get me back to the hospital of my choice in the United States.
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9. Teamwork: I understand that this is a group trip and that participants will look out for and support each other on the trail. Pace, daily start-end times, route and side trips will be driven by the needs of the group and conditions on the ground.
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10. Leadership: I understand that safety and well-being of participants comes first and the itinerary and route may change without prior notice based on conditions. While participant input will be valued, the Mountaineers trip leader will be the ultimate decision maker.
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11. Responsibility: I understand that the Mountaineers trip leaders are not guides and that I am responsible for knowing the route and where I am along the way at all times.
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12. Fitness and Medical Conditions: I commit to providing a doctor’s certification of medical fitness if requested, and to disclose to the leader and outfitter in advance of the trip about any recent injuries, surgeries, allergies, medications or medical conditions that could impact me on the trip.
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13. Behavior: I commit to behave during the trip in a careful and safe manner, to communicate to the leader promptly about any illness or injury, and to put my health and safety and that of my fellow group members first even if this means having to turn around or exit the trip early.
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14.

I commit to follow the Mountaineers Global Adventures covid-19/respiratory illness policy to support everyone in the group staying healthy and not passing illness on to other group members during the trip!

I commit to being fully vaccinated to participate in the trip, including the most recent boosters that I am eligible for.
I commit to wearing a high quality mask and wash my hands regularly during transit to the trip including at airports and in planes .
I commit to carrying at least 4 covid-19 self tests with me on the trek and self-testing proactively as soon as I detect any symptoms that could indicate covid-19.
I commit to communicating any respiratory illness symptoms to my trip leader as soon as they arise

I understand that a positive covid test or other significant contagious respiratory virus symptoms means that I will need to arrange, and transport myself to, alternative lodging in which to isolate myself from other group embers until I no longer have a fever and my symptoms have significantly declined. I also understand that I'll be expected to wear a high quality mask and wash my hands regularly for 5 days after returning to the group. *This question is required.

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I understand that I am subject to a cancellation fee based on the nonrefundable amount that we have incurred up to the point that you cancel, and no refund will be available after 60 days before our departure. An exception may be made if we are able to get a qualified replacement, in which case you will be refunded your payment up to that date less a $100 admin fee.

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Trip Agreement - Via Alpina Adventures 2025

Participant Trip Agreement for the Swiss Via Alpina Adventures