From: Alan R. Hamm (ahamm@alanhamm.com)
Date: Tue Jul 23 2002 - 06:14:09 CDT
Jeff wrote:
> I was on 627H1, itinerary 26, which comes in over the Tooth. In logistics
> our crew leader was informed that the Phil-maps do not reflect the newer
> trail coming down tooth ridge to base camp. The logistics guy mentioned
the
> trail was significantly longer and showed the crew leader a small map with
> the new route. It was an 8.5 x 11" sheet that probably was printed from
> some mapping software based on a GPS track. Too bad they didn't issue the
> crew a copy.
>
> With this change in mind, one of our adults turned on his GPS at Tooth
Ridge
> Camp to track the route into base camp. I have not seen this GPS track,
but
> I believe he said the length was 5.42 miles. This was measured from the
> sign post at Tooth Ridge Camp to Services Bldg. It would be interesting
to
> see where the new route goes in comparison to the old one.
We had heard from many sources that the maps here were inaccurate. I
checked 3 completely different maps and none were very close. We were not
shown the one in logistics, perhaps because coming in over the tooth was an
"option" for us based on our original itenerary.
The mileage seems about right. The route is not very close and if you
looked, you could see the old trail in several places. I am not sure why
they went to the extreme of excessive mileage and very little grade fall
coming down from tooth ridge. There sure must have been a happy medium
between where they were and where they trail now meanders without much drop
in elevation. I am not complaining though. It just extended the Philmont
experience a little longer.
Alan Hamm
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