RE: [Philmont]: Trail down the tooth

From: Doug Kemp
> >That trail down from the tooth is long, those switchbacks go forwever.
>> I would be tempted to take one of the trails down the west side next
>> time and walk around. Anybody done that? On the map, it doesn't look
too bad

> If by west you're talking about the trail that leads off to the right
just below
> tooth ridge camp (near Stockade) we had to hike up that trail to tooth
ridge
> camp after the fire re-route in 2002.

That is one of them. That is the trail nearest the Tooth. There is a second
one
on the map that goes down to a gravel pit, and a dirt road is shown on the
map
that does go by the "you've made it" gate.

The one to the stockade looked really steep on the map, and it also looked
like that would be a rather long way round. The second, though, was pretty
tempting.

> It's steep, rocky and overgrown with shrubs that catch on your clothing
and
> pack and leave you pretty well scratched up. Then you would have to
either
> catch one of the buses (probably not allowed)

Hey, now there's the ticket, catch a bus from the YLT camp.

> or hike back around the tooth through the field that some have reported
as
> well occupied by rattlesnakes or hike to the highway and take the long
way
> back. And you don't come back through the "you've made it" entrance.

That would be a disadvantage. Thanks for your comments.
  Don Roberts

  Philtrek 05 808-K

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Received on Tue Dec 6 12:38:32 2005