Certified Guides Federation
Mission statement:
The Certified Guides Federation is a non-profit guide’s cooperative supporting AMGA and IFMGA certified guides by providing access and insurance in the United States.
What we will do:
The Certified Guides Federation (CGF), created in 2005, is a non-profit organization dedicated to making independent mountain guiding possible in the United States. The CGF will hold a variety of permits throughout the USA, as well as the requisite liability insurance, for use by members of the organization. All certified guides (in any one discipline as well as fully certified IFMGA guides) will pay membership dues to the CGF in order to utilize these permits and insurance. The only certification not eligible is the top rope site manager. The CGF is targeting January of 2008 to start accepting members.
A second role of the CGF is to provide reciprocal access to foreign IFMGA guides. This is a responsibility of the AMGA as the IFMGA membership entity in the United States. Presently, we are in the processes of researching avenues to provide this reciprocity.
Membership levels:
Active Member
($1000 per year) receives all member benefits such as liability insurance and unlimited use of permits (realizing of course, there will be limits from the land managers). This member would have some sort of priority over the lower level members for difficult permits with limited user days.
Associate Member
($300) receives benefits for a specific number of days per year (20). This level of membership is for the guide that spends most of his time guiding for another company (maybe even their own) but needs international liability insurance or access to certain permits for a short period of time during the year. This is very similar to the visiting guide program that the Canadians use. Visiting guides become members and use permits and insurance at a reduced rate. Supporting Member — ($100) This is for the guide or layperson that will not use any of the benefits but wants to support the cause.
For up-to-date information on CGF membership, liability insurance, permits and news please Click Here.
Contact Us:
Certified Guides Federation
PO Box 724
Snoqualmie, WA 98065
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