<strong>Itinerary</strong> 18 Rugged 77 miles Camping & Hiking Highlights Window Rock Webster Parks Baldy Mountain - 12,441 ft. Wilson Mesa Program Highlights .50 Caliber Black Powder Rifles Mining & Blacksmithing Pueblano Campfire Cowboy Action Shooting Conservation Project Day 10 - Old Camp New Trail Construction Elevation (feet) 13000 12000 11000 10000 9000 8000 7000 6000 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 Distance Traveled (miles) 70 80 90 100 2013 ITINERARY GUIDE Page 64 PHILMONT SCOUT RANCH, BSA
<strong>Itinerary</strong> Number 18 2013 PHILMONT ADVENTURE ITINERARY Rugged (good mix of program & hiking) - 77 miles This trek is full of wonderful program opportunities, such as Cowboy Action Shooting and black powder rifles, and will give your crew a chance to bag rugged Baldy Mountain! Start by camping at Cathedral Rock and hiking past the picturesque Cimarroncito Reservoir. Check out the Demonstration Forest, side hike Window Rock, and tour Waite Phillips Hunting Lodge before camping at beautiful Webster Parks for the night. On the following day, your crew will love the gorgeous downhill hikes through the lush Sawmill and Grouse Canyons! From there, your crew's pilgrimage to the North Country will pass through Upper Bench and Upper Dean Cow before spending two days at Miranda, where the mountain men will let you shoot their booming .50 caliber black powder rifles! Next, create your own mountaintop experience by summiting Baldy Mountain, checking out Lucien Maxwell’s Aztec Mine, and visiting historic Baldy Town. Hike over to Pueblano where you'll climb spar poles with the men of the Continental Tie and Lumber Company and enjoy an evening of entertainment at their Company Meeting Campfire. You will then have the chance to hike over gorgeous Wilson Mesa and on to Dan Beard for initiative games and challenge events that will solidify your crew’s cohesiveness! Work on a trail project with our Conservation Department at Old Camp and enjoy camping at Cottonwood for the night. Check out the fascinating Ancestral Puebloan petroglyphs at Indian Writings before heading to Ponil for Cowboy Action Shooting, horse rides, branding, a chuckwagon dinner, cantina show, and a cowboy breakfast. What a way to cap off a trek! Next stop… Base Camp! Day Camp Program Features Food Pickup 1 BASE Opening Campfire 2 Cathedral Rock Ranger Training Camping HQ 3 d Webster Parks Demonstration Forest, Side Hike Window Rock, Tour Waite Phillips Hunting Lodge; Dry Camp - Water @ Hunting Lodge 4 Upper Bench Trail Camp Ute Gulch 5 Upper Dean Cow Trail Camp 6 MIRANDA Mountain Man Rendezvous, Black Powder Rifles, Tomahawks 7 MIRANDA Side Hike Baldy Mountain; Gold Mining & Panning, Blacksmithing @ French Henry 8 PUEBLANO Continental Tie & Lumber Company, Company Meeting Campfire 9 DAN BEARD Hike over Wilson Mesa; Challenge Events 10 Cottonwood Trail Camp, Conservation 11 s PONIL Archaeology, Petroglyphs Tour @ Indian Writings; Cowboy Action Shooting, Chuckwagon Dinner, Western Lore, Cantina Show 12 BASE Cowyboy Breakfast, Branding, Horse Rides, Hike to Ponil Turnaround; Awards Campfire Departs from Camping Headquarters on Day 2 for Cito Turnaround to go to Cathedral Rock Camp Returns to Camping HQ on Day 12 from Ponil Turnaround. Baldy Town Campsite Elevations: 7,128' Minimum, 8,920' Maximum Conservation: Old Camp Camps: 4 Staffed, 5 Trail, 1 Layover, 1 Dry Camp Sectional Maps: South, North NOTE: (d) = Dry Camp (s) = Showers may be available Crews passing through staff camps will have an opportunity to participate in some, but not all, program opportunities in the camp, based on availability. NO CHANGES ARE POSSIBLE FOR CAMPS, FOOD PICKUPS, OR BUS TRANSPORTATION AFTER ITINERARY SELECTION. 2013 ITINERARY GUIDE Page 65 PHILMONT SCOUT RANCH, BSA