GRG LIT Mentor Leaders

Mentor Leaders are current and experienced CMC Trip Leaders who volunteer to help prospective Trip Leaders (Leaders In Training - LIT) plan and conduct a LIT Trip as a requirement of the Trip Leader Certification.

The Leader Mentor 

  • Serves as the CMC Trip Leader (TL) for the trip as planned by the LIT
  • Reviews the trip plan with the LIT to ensure it meets CMC LM standards
  • Posts the trip online for the LIT (with or without the LIT present as coordinated)
  • Serves as the actual Trip Leader for the trip - but lets the LIT complete all the normal TL tasks  (with suggestions from the TL as needed - and in the event of any safety shortfalls)
  • Debriefs the LIT after the trip is complete - and participants gone - with helpful feedback on what went well, what may need improvement, and what may require revisiting in the Leader Manual
  • Closes the trip online with appropriate trip notes
  • Completes the LIT feedback form and provides it to the LIT

GRG Leader Mentors             Types of Trips

Candace Winkle                      Hiking, backpacking, snow trips, bicycling, scrambling
Jan Dudley                               Hiking, backpacking, non-avalanche terrain snow trips,  bicycling
Jim Borgel                                Hiking, backpacking, non-avalanche terrain snow trips