Philmont 2022 Planning

Pre-Trip Steps

1. Important information to review:

   1. Philmont Shakedown Guide -

   2. Guidebook To Adventure - Answer your gear and program questions.

2. Medical Forms. Due to Dave before our Trek. Plan to complete before the end of June. 680-001_philmont.pdf (scouting.org)
   Note this includes completing a physical.
   Also please be sure to include a copy of your insurance card as requested on the forms.

3. Signed Health Code of Conduct Form. Please sign and return to me prior to departure.
   https://20lisa1ukask2skqr737a50o-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Health-Safety-Code-of-Conduct-Fillable-updated-3-31-22.pdf

4. Proof of Covid Vaccine (including a booster shot) or Test (taken with 5 days of July 10th, photo of at home test acceptable proof).

If you need an at home test: Free At-Home COVID-19 Tests (usps.com)

Schedule

• July 9 @ 11:59 PM: Depart from St. Benedict

• July 10 @ 4:20 AM: Amtrak departs Flagstaff

• July 10 @ 4:28 PM: Amtrak arrives in Raton NM
  Shuttle pickup from Raton to Philmont Scout Ranch
  Camp at Camping HQ, Food pickup

• July 11: Day 1, 2.1 miles to Anaszi, G: 401', L: 207'

• July 12: Day 2, 3.2 miles to INDIAN WRITINGS, G: 222', L: 149'

• July 13: Day 3, 8.4 miles to Flume Canyon (food), G: 2,482', L: 1,601'

• July 14: Day 4, 7.0 miles to FRENCH HENRY, G 2,167', L: 360'

• July 15: Day 5, 4.2 miles to Touch-Me-Not Creek, G: 1,634', L: 793'

• July 16: Day 6, 1.7 miles to Maxwell TH, Camping HQ, G: 41', L: 924'

• July 17th @ 10:30 AM: Amtrak departs Raton NM

• July 17th @ 8:32 PM: Amtrak arrives Flagstaff.
  Text parents when we leave Flagstaff to estimate return time at St. Benedict

• July 17th @ 11:00 PM: Return to St. Benedict

Packing List

Tent Plans (Tentative plans based on age)

• Mr Forseth - solo tent

• Mr Phillips - solo tent

• Brandon, Carter - 2 person tent

• Chase, Max- 2 person tent

• Noah, Jason - 2 person tent

Full Trek Details:

Itinerary 7-1 Challenging (maximum program time) - 27 miles

Take a trip back in time with this itinerary that is chock full of unique programs and relics from the past! Start your journey through this timeline after getting off the bus at the Six-Mile Trailhead for a visit to the first confirmed T-Rex track in the world. Look for other fossils and footprints as you head upstream to Indian Writings where you will tour the fascinating petroglyphs left by the Ancestral Puebloan people prior to 1300 CE and work on an archaeological dig to discover more clues of their activities on Philmont property. Your climb over Hart Peak will be rewarded with fantastic views of the Ponil Complex! Make your way down to Ponil where you will be taken back to the old west! Try your hand at branding and roping, then reward yourself with a cold root beer in the Cantina. The next step of your journey in time takes you to Flume Canyon. Pass through Pueblano and into the early 1900s, where the loggers of the Continental Tie & Lumber Co. will teach you how to climb a spar pole and use a broad axe. Make your way through Pueblano Ruins and up to French Henry and into the historical Baldy Mining district. Tour the Aztec Ponil mine, do some blacksmithing, and try your luck at panning for gold. Your final destination is Touch-Me-Not Creek, but not before you stop at Miranda, where you will be transported to 1838 and a fur trapper rendezvous. Shoot muzzle loading rifles, throw tomahawks and be regaled with the many tall tales the trappers will share with you. Your journey through time is almost over as you hike down to the Maxwell Trailhead to meet your bus for your trip back to Base Camp.

Philmont Packing List

The following document is Philmont's packing list. Note this is 4 pages long. Each person is responsible for the first list "Your Personal Equipment".

Note the "Items Prohibited" list for things not to bring.

The "Equipment Issued By Philmont" includes Tents for the Scouts and Water Purifier Tablets.

The "Equipment Provided by Crew list are things we bring as a Troop. We will meet to discuss anything the adult leaders need help in bringing. Light tent stakes and ground cloth would be a couple of things we'll check to see what Scouts can provide.

Example Check List from Mr. Phillips