Snow Tubing
When:
Wednesday, January 16, 2019 - 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Where:
Elm Creek Winter Recreation Area
Location
Who: Riders must be at least 4 years of age or 36-inches tall.
All children, including teenagers, must be accompanied by a parent or other responsible adult. While non-tubing parents and siblings may hang out inside the Chalet, if your child needs adult assistance to enjoy this event or follow the safety rules, please plan to bundle up and accompany your child to the chutes. The tubing hill is not visible from the chalet. Non-tubing adults do not need to pay the tubing fee to accompany their children to the chutes, but non-tubing siblings out by the chutes may cause confusion for the staff.
How much:
Cost for Children going snow tubing: $12.90
Cost for Adults going snow tubing: $12.90
Cost for Adult Chaperones (not tubing): $0.00
Please register by: Tuesday, January 8, 2019 - 10:00pm
Description
Check-in starts at 12:30 pm.
Tubing starts at 1:00 pm.
Speed down the tubing hill at Elm Creek then catch a ride back to the top on a moving sidewalk.
If you like sledding, you’ll love snow tubing. Ride a moving sidewalk up a hill 10 stories high and then soar back down on a specially designed inner tube. Once you get to the bottom, do it all over again.
There are steeper, faster chutes for the more daring and easier, slower chutes for those looking for a more laid-back ride.
All of the tubing lanes are designed for safety and fun. All you need are warm winter clothes — Three Rivers supplies the rest.
Dress for winter weather and wind! Winter coat, snow pants, snow boots, and waterproof mittens are necessities. A balaclava and snow goggles are recommended. Helmets are permitted but not required.
The Elm Creek Winter Recreation Area makes snow so we can tube even if it is warm!
Tubers are allowed to loop their tubes together to make trains or rafts to go down together. The number of tubes that can be looped together is determined by snow conditions, and we'll be told the limit for current conditions when we arrive. The limit may be as small as 4 or as big as “however many you guys can pull together.” There is one extra-wide chute that can accommodate the really big trains. The limit may also change over the course of the 2 hours of tubing.
Elm Creek staff request that everyone tubing (meaning all adults and all kids) watch this very short safety video before arriving. It's less than 3 minutes long, so watch it now.
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Elm Creek staff will also give a less-than-5-minute safety talk prior to allowing us to head out to tube tubing, so please plan to be early to avoid being late!
Signed waiver required.
Elm Creek staff will count all names listed on all the signed waivers and compare that number to our reported totals before we will be issued our tubing tickets, so please plan to arrive early with your waiver already correctly completed and signed.
- Print the name of every family member who is going tubing.
- Include all adults and all children going tubing.
- Do not include the names of any non-tubing adult chaperones or of any non-tubing siblings.
- All tubing adults must sign and date the waiver next to their printed names.
- Print your full address and phone number.
- Every family member listed on a single waiver must reside at the same address.
- A parent or legal guardian of the listed minors must sign and date the bottom of the form.
- A parent (or legal guardian) who is also tubing will sign the liability waiver twice — once as a participant and then again as parent/guardian.
- If you have more than four family members going tubing, please complete a separate form for the additional families members — but do not duplicate any names as it will throw off the count.
If you are bringing someone else's kid(s), do not forget to get a completed-and-signed waiver when you get the kid(s). If someone else is bringing your kid(s), do not forget to hand over a completed-and-signed waiver when you hand over the kid(s). No waiver means no tubing, no exceptions.
(There will be printed waiver on-site if you forget the waiver for your own family, but the check-in will go smoother and quicker if everyone comes prepared with a completed-and-signed waiver.)
Clarification on the rule, "Riders must be at least 4 years of age or 36-inches tall."
- A 3-year-old who is 36-inches or taller may snow tube.
- A 4-year-old who is less than 36-inches-tall may snow tube.
Additionally, …
- Elm Creek staff will measure "anyone looking small."
- All riders must be in their own tubes — young children may not ride down in a tube with an adult.
No other groups are currently scheduled for this time.
The chalet interior has a large fireplace, free wifi, and seating for 184 people.
Leave your valuables at home. The chalet has generously-sized cubbies but no lockers or other secure storage.
More information at threeriversparks.org/activity/tubing.
Payment information
Payment must be received by: Tue, Jan 8, 2019 - 10:00pm
- Please plan to send your payment the same day that you register.
The organizer will expect to receive your payment within 3 days of your date of registration — or by the payment deadline above, whichever comes first.
The organizer needs your full payment by the payment deadline so that she can pay MCBA on time.
- Immediately after you register, you will be emailed payment instructions from admin(at)homeschoolrecess(dot)com.
Make sure your email filters recognize this address as a legitimate sender. If you don't receive this email, please check your spam, junk or bulk mail folder. Contact the organizer if you are unable to find it; if you receive no response to your email, please call the organizer.
You are not officially registered until the organizer receives your payment.
- When the organizer records your payment, you will be emailed a payment receipt from admin(at)homeschoolrecess(dot)com.
If you've sent your payment and haven't received a payment confirmation, please contact the organizer by email or phone.
- If the organizer doesn't receive payment within 3 days of your date of registration or by the payment deadline, whichever comes first, the organizer may remove your family from the registration list.
You will be notified with an email from admin(at)homeschoolrecess(dot)com should this unfortunate event occur.
If you are unable to send payment immediately, please contact the organizer to make other arrangements. This protects the organizer from non-payment due to payment instructions blocked by overly aggressive spam protection.
- If you need to cancel your registration, please do so via an email request to the organizer.
Non-payment is not an acceptable way to cancel your registration. If you wish to cancel, please be respectful of the volunteer organizer's time and send an email request.
If you fail to send a cancellation request by the cancellation deadline, you will remain responsible for reimbursing the organizer for the cost of your family's participation.
- To help the organizer identify you in the registration database, please include your username and field trip number along with any requests. This information can be found in your payment instructions email message and on the registration form on this page.
Cancellation information
Cancellation deadline: Tue, Jan 8, 2019 - 10:00pm
TO CANCEL BEFORE THE f: (1) Please let the organizer know as soon as possible via email. TO CANCEL AFTER THE DEADLINE: (1) Let the organizer know as soon as possible via email. (2) No refunds can be made as the organizer has already paid for your tickets. (3) You may transfer your registration to another family by posting the availability to the HSAdventures Yahoo Group (and elsewhere as appropriate). (3a) Any reimbursements should be handled privately between you and your substitute. (3b) Please let the organizer know about the substitution. TO CANCEL ON THE DAY OF THE EVENT: (1) It is not cool to just not show up. Please let the organizer know if you are unable to attend — via email, text message or voice mail.
Additional information
Please arrive by:
Please plan to arrive at 12:30 pm to have plenty of time to park, check in with the organizer, have your waiver counted by the staff, secure your lift pass, visit the restrooms, put on all your winter weather gear, and otherwise be prepared to start tubing at 1 pm. Please plan to be early to avoid being late due to inadequate maps, confusing road signs, road construction, heavy traffic, parking difficulties, inclement weather or uncooperative children. Elm Creek staff must count all the signed waivers and compare them to our totals before we will be issued our tubing tickets and a staff member will give a less-than-5-minute safety talk prior to allowing us to head out to tube tubing, so again, please plan to be early to avoid being late!
Where to meet:
• The organizer will meet you near the fireplace inisde the chalet (unless you are directed elsewhere by the staff). • Please check in with the organizer when you arrive to turn in your waiver. Lift tickets will be issued once all waivers have been collected and then counted by Elm Creek staff. • Lift tickets must be securely attached to your outer clothing — away from your face. • If you arrive late, the organizer may have already headed out to the chutes, but she will leave your lift tickets with Elm Creek staff. You will need to turn in your signed waiver to obtain your ticket.
Food policy:
Pre-packaged snacks, bottled beverages, and coffee will be available for purchase but the Creekside Grill's kitchen will be closed. You may bring your own snacks and beverages.
Alternate plans:
Three Rivers has a policy of not cancelling events due to adverse weather. Should Three Rivers cancel our field trip for any reason, any refunds would be at the sole discretion of Three Rivers Park District.
Parking information:
Free parking in the lot at the Elm Creek chalet.
Directions:
Don't get lost! Every year, several families find themselves driving aimlessly through the lovely but sprawling Elm Creek Park Reserve! I'm breaking it down here as best I can! If you haven't been to Elm Creek Chalet before, please take a moment to read through this! • The sign at the chalet reads “Douglas F. Bryant Recreation Area.” It does not say chalet. It does not say snow tubing. It does not say Elm Creek Winter Recreation Area. • Ignore all directional signage for the "Sledding Hill" as this is not the same thing as Snow Tubing. There is no directional signage for either Snow Tubing or the chalet. • The Elm Creek Winter Recreation Area chalet is located at 12400 James Deane Pkwy in Maple Grove. - about 4 miles north of the western junction of I-94, I-694 and I-494, - about ½ mile north of the Elm Creek Blvd exit off of MN Hwy 610 west - just over ½ mile north of the intersection of Elm Creek Blvd and County Rd 81 • The entrance to the chalet parking lot is located at GPS coordinates 45.138562, -93.437058 aka 45°08'18.8"N 93°26'13.4"W. goo.gl/maps/TJxGnSqf4cE2 • From the traffic circle (roundabout) at the intersection of Elm Creek Blvd N, 99th Ave N, and James Dean Pkwy: - Take the exit onto James Dean Pkwy into Elm Creek Park Reserve. - Drive past the Pierre Bottineau house turnoff (on your left) - Drive past the map-and-information sign (on a median strip) - Drive past the Operations Center turnoff (on your right) - Immediately after the blinking stop sign, turn left into the chalet parking lot. - goo.gl/maps/cVo6GSYWF6B2
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