Canyoning-Québec Sanitation Plan for COVID-19
2021, January 8th update
The opening of Ice-Canyoning is delayed to February 9th. Canyoning-Québec will take (and eventually update) safety measures to limit the virus transmission following the recommendations of the Quebec tourism industry and Adventure Tourism sector COVID-19 Sanitation Plan, approved by the Direction nationale de la santé publique (Public Health), November 25th version.
Canyoning-Québec engage to :
- Get payments in advance through online or telephone reservation ;
- Provide clear instructions to participants as they arrive to the rendez-vous point ;
- Make sure no one, participant or guide, present COVID-19 symptoms ;
- Provide a safe location to sign up forms ;
- Explain the personal gear preparation before the outing (suits, harnesses, personal belongings storage) ;
- Respect a 2 meter distance between guides and participants ;
- Promote a safe close contact between guides and participants : the guide wears a mask and safety goggles when helping to adjust personal gear or assisting participants passing a vertical relay or obstacle in the canyon ;
- Disinfect the premices and canyoning gear.
The participant engage to :
- Declare any symptom related to COVID-19 ;
- Collaborate with Canyoning-Québec into implementing the COVID-19 Sanitation Plan ;
- Bring a mask for the inside preparation ;
- Respect a 2 meter distance with other participants that are not from his bubble-group and guides not wearing protection equipment (during hiking for example) ;
- Circulate and wait in the designated areas ;
- Use the canyoning gear that was assigned by the guide ;
- Be alert to the guide’s demonstrations to self-install the harness and rig the descender on rope ;
- Help his relatives to adjust gear ;
- By the end of the outing, return the canyoning gear into the designated bins for disinfection.
