Start Dates & Prices
2010 Semesters
May 7 – August 14 (100 Days)
Price: $12,700 ($5,650 food and accommodation, $6,750 tuition)
August 23 – November 23 (93 Days)
Price: $11,700 ($4,650 food and accommodation, $6,750 tuition)
2011 Semesters
Summer: May to August
Fall: August to November
Prices and exact dates To Be Announced. Tax Receipt issued for tuition costs.
Price includes:
- All accommodation.
- All meals
- All transport during course
- Instruction.
- Use of all technical gear.
- All group camping gear (tents, stoves etc).
- Park fees.
Price does not include:
- Most personal gear (toiletries, batteries, personal clothing and equipment (see equipment list))
- Showers in Squamish
- Transportation to and from the program
- Personal trips to town and any dinners out
- Alcohol
Cancellation refund
Naturally, we regret the receipt of any cancellations, but in most cases a portion of the course cost have already been allocated. Your food and accommodation payments are not refundable. Your tuition payment is refundable, according to the following schedule: withdrawal or dismissal within the first 10 days of the course: $4,550.00 will be refunded Withdrawal or dismissal within the first 30 days of the course: $3,250.00 will be refunded. After 30 days of the course: no money will be refunded. See Cancellation Insurance below.
Insurance
Medical
All students should have adequate coverage for the possibility of a medical emergency. Canadian students should ensure premiums are paid before attending COLT. Foreign students should purchase insurance through an insurance broker before they leave.
Cancellation
Although injuries and illnesses are rare, students in the past have had to drop out of the program in the past. We have also had two students get hurt before they even arrived and had to withdraw before the course even started. We reserve the right to keep all deposits, so trip insurance is a way to safeguard your investment. Keep in mind that should you withdraw from our course for any reason, we have a refund policy that does provide a partial refund, but it is not a full refund and after Day 30, we provide no refund.
If you are interested in insurance to protect all your course fees in case of injury or illness, we suggest you contact your insurance agent. Make sure you stipulate that you are interested in protecting your course fees – your two deposits and balance of fees due on Day 1 – as most travel insurance just covers potential loss of hotel fees, airline tickets, etc. We have worked with Travel Underwriters Insurance in the past and they can help you get trip cancellation/trip interruption insurance from them. The costs range from $300 and up to protect your full $12,000 investment.
Keep in mind that if we cancel a course, we would always refund any payments made to us, so you are protecting your tuition and food/accommodation fees from a possible injury or illness that would prevent you from continuing with the course or attending it at all should you get hurt or ill before the start.
