[philmont] Itinerary modifications

Shaefer's Pass is usually a zoo, and it is highly unlikely that
Logistics would approve your staying there as a switch.

In year's past, it was routine to get a minor switch in one or two
campsites. Roughly 8 years ago, they basically all but stopped allowing
this, as the requests were getting out of hand and it was becoming
pretty complicated to keep track of all the switches. That combined
with many Crews illegally wildcatting wherever they felt like, and you
had a genuine H&S issue. Something that was really brought home during
the Ponil Complex and other fires.

- Dr. Bob

Kevin Mineart wrote:
> I am looking at Itinerary 11 (the one our crew selected and received)
> and trying to figure out some of the routing options. The one thing I
> have been looking at is the note at the bottom of the itinerary that
> talks about hiking Black Mountain and making this itinerary a rugged as
> opposed the regular challenging rating. Looking at the map, hiking the
> Black Mountain peak trail takes you into Shaefer's Pass camp where you
> turn South and hike to the night 11 campsite, North Fork Urraca Camp.
> The next day you would head back up to Shaefer's Pass and then into Base
> via Lower Tooth Ridge trail. I am curious if there are ever cases in
> logistics where a crew files a request to modify the itinerary, as in
> this case, to stay at Shaefer's Pass instead of going back down to NFU
> and back through Shaefer's the next day? Is this something that would be
> considered? or is this not even something that should be considered? I
> realize that there is a huge amount of planning done to make the
> itineraries all work together and fit and the number of crews in each
> campsite etc etc, I just wasn't sure if changes like this are even a
> remote possibility given the complexity of what goes on at Philmont on a
> 'normal' day. This was just a thought that crossed my mind while I was
> looking at the map and I thought I'd throw it out, I'm sure it's been
> talked about before but I don't remember anything specific.
>
> Thanks!!
>
> Kevin Mineart
> 618-E2
>

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Received on Thu Apr 5 16:37:21 2007