Itinerary 33 Strenuous 81 miles Camping & Hiking Highlights Baldy Mountain - 12,441 ft. Valle Vidal Greenwood Canyon Program Highlights Chase Cow - NEW Camp Search and Rescue Continental Tie & Lumber Co. Cimarron & Northwestern Ry. Conservation Day 6 - Ring Place Stream Restoration Distance Traveled (miles) Philmont Scout Ranch 80 2019 Itinerary Guidebook 2019 PHILMONT ADVENTURE ITINERARY Itinerary 33 Strenuous (hiking with some program time) - 81 miles This strenuous north country itinerary will take your crew through some of the most challenging terrain on Philmont while getting great program opportunities along the way. You will start off your trek at the Chase Ranch Trailhead where you can see what living on a ranch in the 1800’s was like at the Chase Ranch Museum. After your first night at Hells Fire Canyon, you will rock climb on some unique rock formations at one of Philmont’s newest staffed camps: Chase Cow. After a scenic hike to Cottonwood trail camp the following day, your crew will help build a new railroad for the Cimarron and Northwestern Railway at Metcalf Station. Your crew will then venture onward to beautiful Beatty Lakes in the Valle Vidal unit of the Carson National Forest. Be ready to be engulfed by the scenic meadows of the Valle as you make your way to the incident command post at Seally Canyon. Try your hand at some search and rescue exercises before hiking on to Ring Place where you will get to work on your conservation project, but also participate in folk weather forecasting and astronomy at night. After spending the following night practicing your low impact camping skills at Greenwood Canyon, your crew will make the climb towards the historic Baldy Mining District, where you will stop at Lucien Maxwell’s best gold producing Aztec Mine at French Henry. Complete the loop to Baldy Town, where you will have a two-day layover to make the triumphant summit to the peak of Baldy Mountain. Drop down off the mountain and head towards the Mountain Man Rendezvous at Miranda and try your hand at tomahawks and Muzzle Loading Rifles. You will have earned a much-needed shower and night of rest after this day, but you get to look forward to your time with the loggers at Pueblano to participate in the Continental Tie and Lumber Company’s spar pole climbing, tie making, and company meeting campfire. The next day’s hike will take you through Head of Dean where you can participate in a sampling of the challenge course program, but leave time for Santa Claus, where you can enjoy the new 12-guage shotgun range before heading to New Dean for your last night in the backcountry. The next day you will hike to the Ponil Trailhead to be picked up by the bus. Next stop… Base Camp! Day Camp Program Features Food Pickup Note 1 Camping Headquarters Opening Campfire 2 Hells Fire Canyon Main House Tour @ Chase Ranch; Ranger Training; Trail Camping Headquarters Camp 3 CHASE COW Rock Climbing and Rappelling 4 Cottonwood Trail Camp 5 Beatty Lakes Railroading @ Metcalf Station; Trail Camp 6 RING PLACE Search & Rescue, Wilderness Medicine @ Seally Canyon; Ring Place Folk Weather Forecasting, Astronomy; Conservation 7 Greenwood Canyon Low Impact Camping; Trail Camp 8 s BALDY TOWN Gold Mining & Panning, Blacksmithing @ French Henry Baldy Town 9 s BALDY TOWN Climb Mt. Baldy; Mountain Man Rendezvous, Muzzle Loading Rifles @ Miranda 10 PUEBLANO Continental Tie & Lumber Co., Spar Pole Climbing, Campfire 11 New Dean Challenge Events @ Head of Dean; 12 ga. Shotgun Shooting & Reloading @ Santa Claus; Trail Camp 12 Camping Headquarters Hike to Ponil Trailhead; Awards Campfire Departs from Camping Headquarters on Day 2 for Chase Trailhead to go to Hells Fire Canyon Camp Returns to Camping Headquarters on Day 12 from Ponil Trailhead Campsite Elevations: 6,838' Minimum, 9,777' Maximum Camps: 4 Staffed, 5 Trail, 1 Layover Conservation: Ring Place Sectional Maps: North NOTE: (d) = Dry Camp, (s) = Showers may be available Crews passing through staff camps may 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. Philmont Scout Ranch 81 2019 Itinerary Guidebook.