Team Building Program

September 1 to June 30

Our Experience:

Canmore Caverns offers a range of caving activities to corporations from an informal sport's day to a more formal leadership and teamwork development program. At all levels, the activity of caving offers a natural "teamwork" process as participants are required to assist each other in unfamiliar situations. Generally, a high degree of bonding results from this. This activity may challenge one's comfort zone so good group chemistry is very effective in overcoming fears. While the guide's main role is to ensure safe passage through the cave and observe cave conservation protocol (the cave is a Provincial Historic Site), they are also on hand to interpret the cave's natural history should anyone be interested (e.g. cave biology, archaeology and geology).

Formal Team Building:

Formal team building groups self-navigate through the cave complex using maps to reach a certain destination, e.g. the Grotto - 55m below the entrance. Within a group of 4-8 persons, each member is assigned a role. Team leaders are required to coordinate responsibilities for: navigation, reconnaissance, communication and group well-being. A debriefing session is provided to discuss communication skills, how strategies can be improved, etc., as participants often gain insights and awareness that can be integrated into their work environment.

Details:

We take a maximum of 32 persons (4 groups of 8 spaced 10 minutes apart).
We can enter the cave in the morning or afternoon but 6 hours should be allowed for large groups, and 4.5 hours for smaller ones. We prefer to run our corporate activities outside of the peak season of July and August. Spring, autumn and winter are very good seasons as the cave stays a constant 5°C year-round.
We use the Explorer Tour for team building but can accommodate a rappel (Adventure Tour) for small groups. Six hours is required for the latter activity.
Snacks and lunches can be provided at an additional cost of $15 per person.
Transportation and transfers are available from local providers at an additional cost.
All guides and equipment are provided.
All persons entering the cave must sign a waiver, our liability insurance is $10 million per occurrence; your corporation can be named on our insurance. We have risk management and emergency evacuation plans in place; these details can be sent to you on request.
Final numbers of participants are required 2 weeks prior to the activity. No changes to final numbers may be made after this date. Tours are confirmed with a credit card - Visa or MasterCard. Cancellation penalty is 50% non-refundable 8 - 14 days prior and 100% non-refundable for 7 days or less.

All participants are required to sign a waiver prior to the tour.

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