2012 Itinerary Guide - Philmont Document Archives

Itinerary Number 82012 PHILMONT ADVENTURE ITINERARYChallenging (maximum program time) - 62 milesThis trek will let your crew hike, shoot, ride, and climb your way into Base Camp via the Tooth of Time! Not long after the start atTurkey Creek turnaround, your crew will shoot the lights out of clay pigeons with shotgun shells they learned to reload at Harlan.The cool hike up Grouse and Sawmill Canyons will let you focus on the wildflowers and aspens instead of the heat! At Sawmill, ourworld class .30-06 reloading room and shooting range is guaranteed to be a highlight of your trek. At Comanche Peak Camp, asunrise unparalleled from anywhere on the ranch awaits you bright and early before tackling Mount Phillips. Once on top ofPhillips, views of the Moreno Valley, Wheeler Peak, and Baldy Mountain will make you forget all of your worries. From there, youwill be on your way to one of our most remote staff camps at Crooked Creek. The staff there will teach you how the oldhomesteaders and pioneers used to survive once they had settled in the west. Next, your crew will shoot 3-D archery targets atApache Springs before heading to beautiful Lost Cabin for the night. Tie flies and fish the banks of the Agua Fria and Rayado, justas Waite Phillips did while at Fish Camp. From there, you will be heading to Beaubien to brand boots, test your roping skills, eat achuck wagon dinner, enjoy a cowboy campfire, and ride horses down one of the most beautiful canyons the southwest has tooffer. Hike Trail Peak to see the wreckage of a B24 Liberator that crashed while flying a mission in 1942 and head to Crater Lakewhere the Continental Tie and Lumber Company will welcome you with spar poles to climb and an evening “company meeting” inthe most picturesque campfire bowl you have ever seen. Polish off your trek with rock climbing at Miners Park and scaling therugged Tooth of Time on your way into Base Camp.Day Camp Program Features Food Pickup1 CAMPINGOpening CampfireHEADQUARTERS2 VacaRanger Training Camping HQ3 Deer Lake Mesa12-Gauge Shotgun Shooting & Reloading @ Harlan,Trail Camp4 s SAWMILL.30-06 Rifle Shooting & Reloading Ute Gulch5 d Comanche PeakSide Hike Mt. Phillips.;Dry Camp—Water @ Cyphers Mine and/or Red Hills6 CROOKED CREEK Climb Big Red;Homesteading7 Lost CabinJicarilla Apache Life, Sweat Lodge, 3-D Archery,Trail Camp8 s BEAUBIENFly Tying, Fishing, Lodge Tour @ Fish Camp;Western Lore, Branding, Cowboy Campfire9 s BEAUBIENHorse Rides, Chuck Wagon Dinner10 CRATER LAKEHike Trail Peak, Continental Tie & Lumber Company,Company Meeting Campfire11 North Fork Urraca Rock Climbing & Rappelling @ Miners Park,Trail Camp12 CAMPINGHike in via Tooth of Time,HEADQUARTERS Awards CampfireDeparts from Camping Headquarters on Day 2 for Turkey Creek Turnaround to go to Vaca CampHike in to Camping HQ via Tooth of Time.Campsite Elevations: 7,360' Minimum, 11,100' MaximumConservation: BeaubienApache SpringsPhillips JunctionCamps: 4 Staffed, 5 Trail, 1 Layover, 1 Dry CampSectional Maps: SouthNOTE: (d) = Dry Camp(s) = Showers may be availableCrews passing through staff camps will have an opportunity to participate insome, 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.2012 ITINERARY GUIDE 43 PHILMONT SCOUT RANCH, BSA