[Philmont] Trek News??

We leave July 7 for Philmont and will be on Trek 8. Do you have any other info you can share with us about that trek?
   
   
   
  Thanks,
   
  John

Jim Williams <jim.williams2@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
  We just returned from a great 2 weeks at Philmont. I'll add more in the
next day or two, but here are a few items...

We did trek #8 in the South country. Lots of camps are reporting bear
sightings, but we did not see one ourselves (except from the train window),
and did not hear of any problems from said sightings.

Fire danger was low when we started, and was at medium when we returned to
base, but all camps are encouraging making small fires in the fire rings.
All ashes must be packed out at least a 1/2 mile from camp to be dispursed
in the woods. We made a fire almost every night.

The weather was beautiful with afternoon storms just now starting to show
up. We were rain free for the first 8 days.

Mosquitos were only a minor problem at the higher elevations. Put on your
bug spray before hiking Mt. Phillips, because they would attack every time
you stopped to rest (which was a lot in our case, lol).

Trails were in great shape, except those around Mt. Phillips (which were
horribly rocky).

Philstaff was energetic and fun.

We did our cons project at Apache Creek. They are clearing campsites of
dead wood and trees to lower the fire risk.

That's it for now.

Thanks,

Jim

-----Original Message-----
From: Philmont@troop47.com [mailto:Philmont@troop47.com]On Behalf Of
Michael_J_Conkey@nbc.gov
Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 7:19 AM
To: Philmont List Member
Subject: [Philmont] Trek News??

OK, I'm dying here . Some crews have already come off the
trail, any news about conditions? Location of Cons Projects? Etc.? My
Philstaff-provided info is pretty scarce.....

YIS.

Mike Conkey ('76, '02, '04, and '07 in six wake-ups)

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