Reservation and Cancellation Policy

Reservation Policy

  • Email or call the specified trip contact with your questions about trips.
  • To apply, contact the specified leader with a statement of condition, experience, and altitude tolerance. Include your address, phone, and email. You should receive an acknowledgement from the leader – if not, please retry or contact the section chair.
  • You may apply at any time, but note that all applications received through February 27, 2026 are treated equally -- the date of receipt is not relevant. Acceptances to pool applicants will be sent on March 4, 2026.
  • Applications that are received after February 27, 2026 will be considered after the initial acceptances are issued.
  • Do not send a check prior to acceptance. After being accepted, send a check, payable to the Mule Pack Section, for a reservation deposit of $50 to the MPS Section Treasurer at the bottom of the page: The deposit must be received no later than March 22 to assure holding of your spot on the trip.
  • The balance of the trip cost must be received no later than 3 months before the trip. You will receive a reminder a few weeks before the due date.
  • Positions will be offered to people on the wait list if final payment has not been received by the due date.
     

Cancellation Policy

  • For cancellations earlier than 3 months before the trip. Any payments other than the $50 deposit will be refunded. The reservation deposit is generally non-refundable. However if you have to cancel due to documented injury or illness , the reservation deposit will be refunded if and only if there is a suitable replacement available.
  • For cancellations later than 3 months before the trip. If there is a suitable replacement available, there will be a $100 cancellation penalty and the balance of your payments will be refunded. If no suitable replacement is available, no refund will be given.
  • All payments are non-transferable.  Applicants referred by persons who cancel will receive no special consideration.
  • If there has been more than one cancellation, and a replacement is chosen by the leaders, the refund will go to the first person who cancelled.

Wait List

If a trip is full, you will be offered the option of being put on a wait list. Trips often have cancellations. You should also check whether other trips have vacancies.

Submitting Payments

  • Send no money until after you are accepted on the trip by the leader.
  • Make all checks  payable to the Mule Pack Section.
  • Include the name of the trip on the memo line of your check.

Send payment checks to

Sandy Burnside
Treasurer, MPS
256 S Craig Drive
Orange, CA 92869