Becoming a Hike Leader

OCV encourages experienced members to consider leading hikes for the club and has developed Guidelines for Hike Leaders to assist leaders. Please familiarize yourself with these guidelines before leading a hike and contact the Hike Leader Representative (Shirley M.) if you have any questions.

Safety

To promote safety and well-being of club members, financial aid is available to hike leaders who are interested in first aid training and/or supplies. For more information, refer to the Policy for Supporting Hike Leaders: First Aid and Safety Fund and/or contact the Hike Leader Representative.

However, leaders are not responsible for the safety of the group they are leading.

Resources

After any hike that you lead, send a short report indicating the names of the participants, and the actual elevation, length and time taken for the hike to the Membership Chair.
The Hike trip report (printable) or Trip report.doc (editable in Microsoft Word) may be useful, but any format is fine.

If you are hiking on private property, be sure to obtain permission. The most common area we use is Camp Thunderbird at the end of Glinz Lake Road. Permission will not be given if there any camps in progress. This normally means mid-June until Labour Day is not available.
Use the form below to contact the Thunderbird caretaker for permission:
Camp Thunderbird hike request form