philmont 2011

Philmont 2011

Our Crew: Pre-Philmont

Our crew consists of 9 people: 6 youth, 3 adults

There are 5 crews going from our council, a total of about 50 people will be with us before we get split up at Philmont.

Youth: Paul, Travis, Jimmy, Brad, Anthony, IanAdults: Ayers, McCamy, Meinert

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Paul Tomosky – Crew Leader

Travis Bickmore – Assistant Crew Leader

Ian McCamy – Wilderness Pledge Guide

Anthony Meinert – Chaplains Aid

Crew Roster

Training for Philmont

Training hike 2:

Laurel Highlands

Besides Philmont, we toured Colorado for about a week.

We had to be at the airport at 6:30 for out 8:00 flight.

That flight left at around 11:30 due to bad weather.

Once we finally left, we went from Pittsburgh – Chicago – Denver.

The first Night We stayed at Peterson Air Force Base near Colorado Springs.

Trip Overview: Day 1 – 6/9/11

Day 1 of touring Colorado

We take a train up/down pikes peak Garden of the GodsAir force Academy

Day 2 – 6/10/11

14,115 ft above sea level (in PA, were about 1,000 ft ABS)

In central Colorado, 10 miles east of Colorado Springs

Zebulon Pike, who discovered Pikes peak actually failed to climb it in 1806.

Edwin James was the fist to climb it in 1820. He named it Pikes Peak because he already named a mountain after him.

Pikes Peak

Public park near Colorado Springs Unique geological formations of ancient

sedimentary beds colorful sandstone and limestone.

Garden of the Gods

Air Force AcademyIn El Paso Colorado18,000 acresForbes ranked the academy the #2 public

college in the US in 2009.

Day 3 – 6/11/11Day 2 of touring Colorado

Royal GorgeBents FortKiva / Koshare show

Royal GorgeAKA the grand canyon of the ArkansasNear Canon City, Colorado50 ft wide at the bottom and several hundred

at the top. It gets as deep as 1,250 feet in some places and it’s 10 miles long.

Bents FortAKA Fort WilliamFort was used in the 1830’s in southeastern

ColoradoThe fort was a permanent settlement along

the Santa Fe Trail. Was destroyed under “mysterious

circumstances” in 1849. Probably burned down.

Fort was reconstructed in the 1960’s

La Junta to PhilmontAprox. 200 miles southSpend the time watching “Tron” and

“Hancock”

Check-in at Philmont: 6/12/11 Unload Gear from the bus and make a pack lineCheck-in and get our trail-bound tent assignments Meet our Ranger and go through orientation Get food and gearGet Water ConditionsOpening Campfire

Tomorrow we start on the trail.

Ranger Orientation ItineraryMapsFirst AidEtc.

Crew Leader meetingCrew leader guideClew leader dutiesGuns n’ Roses (Thorns and Roses)

Orientation

Maps

Day 1 on the trailStart at base campBus to 6-mile TurnaroundHike approx. 2 miles to Anasazi Pass “Worlds only T-rex track”This is a non-staffed camp / no activity

Do first day orientation. Meet sister crewWater issues

Day 2 on the trailHike from Anasazi to Indian WritingsApprox. 2 miles

Activity: Petroglyphs, Archaeology, and Atlatls

Day 3 on the trailHike from Indian Writings to PonilApprox. 7 milesOur Ranger leaves us this morning – shortly

after, we get lost. :/

Activity: Branding, Cantina Show, Western Lore, Horse Rides, Chuck Wagon dinner

Day 4 on the trailHike from Ponil to Pueblano Approx. 8 milesFood Pick-upGet burro form Ponil to carry food

Activity: Chuck Wagon breakfast, Burro training, Continental Tie and Lumber Company, Campfire

Jimmy runs back to Ponil for root-beer

Day 5 on the trailHike from Pueblano to Miranda/Ute MeadowsApprox 7 miles w/ Burro

Activity: Turn-in burro, Mountian Man Rendezvous, Black Powder Rifle, Hatchet Throwing

Camp at Ute Meadows 1 mile away

Hike to Baldy Town, Baldy Mountain, French Henry, Baldy town, and return to Ute Meadows

Approx. 15 milesFood Pick-up at Baldy town

Activity: Hike Baldy Mtn., Gold mine, Gold panning, Blacksmithing.

Day 6 on the trail

Hike from Ute Meadows to Head of DeanDo conservation project at Miranda Approx. 6 miles

Activity: None

Since we did the conservation project late, we did Head of Deans activity the day after.

Day 7 on the trail

Hike from Head of Dean to New DeanApprox. 7 miles

Activity: Challenge events at Head of Dean

New dean is a trail camp / no activity

Day 8 on the trail

Hike from New Dean to Dean CowApprox. 6 miles

Activity: Climbing and Rappelling, Volley ball, showers!

Day 9 on the trail

Hike from Dean Cow to HarlanApprox. 10 miles

Activity: 12-gauge shotgun shooting and reloading, Burro racing.

Burro Racing: Our burro was “Favre's Shenanigans” and came in 3rd then 2nd place.

Day 10 on the trail

Hike from Harlan to Cito Turn-aroundApprox. 5 miles

Activity: Return to base camp, return gear, closing campfire, go out to St. James in Cimarron for Pizza.

Day 11 on the trail

Check out of base campBus back to DenverFly from Denver – Chicago – PittsburghDrive from Pittsburgh to home

Last day