For hikers & backpackers
Miles from the trailhead,
distance becomes the emergency.
Day hikes, long trails and backcountry nights. GME ACTION members get access to coordinated medical transportation and travel-related benefits when walking out isn't an option.
Medical transportation membership. Not health insurance.
Serious member benefits. Surprisingly affordable.
Preparation
Your pack is already thought through.
- Ten essentials.
- Water filter.
- Layers.
- Map and compass.
- Headlamp.
- First aid kit.
- Satellite messenger.
- A trip plan with someone at home.
The first aid kit has limits.
It handles blisters and cuts. It doesn't handle a broken ankle nine miles in with no way out.
See Membership OptionsThe scenario
Nine miles in. One ankle.
Day two of three.A wet rock crossing.Nobody is carrying you out.
Hiking injuries are rarely dramatic. They're ordinary injuries in extraordinary places — which is exactly what makes the transport complicated.
- Reaching you in the backcountry
- Ground extraction or a helicopter
- Getting to an appropriate facility
- A hospital hours from home
- Getting home afterward
- Your vehicle at the trailhead
- Your hiking partners
GME ACTION is designed to provide eligible members with medical transportation and related assistance benefits when situations like this occur, subject to the Member Agreement.
A twisted ankle at home is nothing.
Nine miles in, it's a rescue.
Member benefits
What membership gives hikers
A 24/7 line and coordination of eligible transportation once you're out of the backcountry.
Emergency air transportation
For eligible situations requiring medically appropriate air transportation.
Helicopter transportation
Applicable emergency helicopter transportation benefits, subject to program terms and circumstances.
Ground ambulance transportation
Eligible ground medical transportation when applicable.
Medical repatriation
Assistance with eligible medical transportation when hospitalized away from home and transportation is medically appropriate.
Return transportation
Applicable assistance with getting the member back home following an eligible medical situation.
Visitor / escort transportation
Applicable travel-related benefits for an eligible visitor or escort where program conditions are satisfied.
Vehicle return
Applicable assistance related to returning a member's vehicle following an eligible event.
Pet return
Applicable assistance related to a member's pet when program requirements are met.
Benefits are subject to eligibility, terms, conditions, limitations, geographic requirements, and the GME ACTION Member Agreement. Eligible event and competition participation is subject to membership terms; professional, paid, sponsored or specially sanctioned participation may require additional disclosure or approval.
Built for hiking
How you actually get outside
Day hikes through multi-week trails are all part of the lifestyle the program was designed around.
Participation in an activity is not automatically disqualifying solely because the activity involves inherent risk.
Eligibility and benefits remain subject to the GME ACTION Member Agreement and any applicable participation requirements. Eligible event and competition participation is subject to membership terms, and professional, paid, sponsored or specially sanctioned participation may require additional approval, conditions or disclosure — contact us before joining so we can confirm what applies to you.
The difference
This is not health insurance.
It does something different.
Health insurance
Generally helps address:
- Doctors
- Hospitals
- Treatment
- Medical procedures
- Healthcare expenses
GME ACTION
Focuses on eligible:
- Medical transportation
- Emergency transportation
- Transportation assistance
- Repatriation
- Return transportation
- Travel-related assistance benefits
GME ACTION is designed to complement your existing preparation — not replace health insurance.
Transportation risk
Backcountry rescue and transport are separate things
Search and rescue may reach you. What happens after — the ambulance, the transfer, the trip home — is where membership benefits apply.
Average air-ambulance charges vary widely by distance, aircraft and region; figures cited are based on publicly reported U.S. billing data and are illustrative only.
Get GME ACTIONMembership
Serious member benefits.
Surprisingly affordable.
A pack, boots, a permit lottery and one big trip already cost more than a year of membership.
Solo riders & racers
Monthly
Billed monthly
~$1.63/day for protection
- Emergency transport coverage
- 24/7/365 service
- Nationwide + global
Annual
Billed yearly
~$1.23/day for protection
- Emergency transport coverage
- 24/7/365 service
- Nationwide + global
Membership
Individual — Annual
Charged today
$450
Payments
One payment
Total
$450/year
This GME ACTION membership payment costs 1.3% of one average $36,000 air-ambulance bill.
Full refund within 14 days of purchase if no transport benefit has been used. Membership is not insurance. International travel requirements may apply.
Family membership
Hiking with the family
One family membership covers up to six household members, from the kids on short loops to the adults on long ones.
See Family MembershipWho it's for
Who joins
Weekend hikers
For people out on local trails most weekends.
Backpackers
For hikers spending nights far from a road.
Thru-hikers
For people walking long trails over weeks or months.
Peak baggers
For hikers on exposed summits and scrambles.
Hiking families
For households that get outside together.
International trekkers
For hikers on routes far from Western medical care.
How it works
Simple by design.
Join
Choose the GME ACTION membership that fits you or your family.
We coordinate transport once you're reachable
Our team arranges eligible transportation to an appropriate facility and home when medically appropriate.
Use your member benefits when eligible
If an eligible event occurs, follow the assistance procedures provided with your membership.
In a life-threatening emergency, always contact 911 or the appropriate local emergency services first. Member assistance is coordinated through the 24/7 dispatch line at 1-833-GET-MVAC.
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Trip Plan
For day hikes, backpacking trips and remote trail miles.
The distance problem
Wilderness rescue is measured in hours and teams, not minutes and ambulances.
Worth knowing
- A backcountry carry-out can take a full day and multiple teams before a helicopter is even an option.
- Weather is the most common reason a hike turns into a rescue.
Not just when you're riding.
Benefits apply to a qualifying serious illness or injury, not only to injuries that happen during your sport.
FAQ
Hiking & Backpacking questions.
Straight answers.
Go deep into it.
Have a way back.
Get GME ACTION.
Set it up before the next trailhead.
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GME ACTION is a membership program and is not health insurance. Member benefits are subject to applicable eligibility requirements, terms, conditions, limitations, geographic requirements, and the GME ACTION Member Agreement.