RE: [Philmont]: Day Hikes At Philmont

Sounds like they just slipped through the cracks. According to the Philmont
Training Center Hiking Trails guide:

"Training Center participants and family members may hike to Lover's Leap,
the T-Rex print, the PTC Nature Trail or the Urraca Trail. All other
Philmont trails are closed to Training Center participants."

PTC participants also have to turn in a health form to hike (not the same
one as backcountry participants) and are supposed to sign in and out at
their tent city office. Based on those requirements, I'd be surprised if
drop-in visitors would be allowed to hike anywhere on the ranch.

If I remember correctly, the Urraca Trail was created exclusively for PTC
participants to give them an alternative to hiking to the Tooth.

Mark Ray
Resources for Boy Scouting
mark@eaglebook.com
http://www.eaglebook.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-philmont@troop47.com
> [mailto:owner-philmont@troop47.com] On Behalf Of Lou Schwing
> Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 1:32 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list philmont
> Subject: Re: [Philmont]: Day Hikes At Philmont
>
>
> When we were coming down the Tooth into basecamp last summer,
> there was a group of day hikers on their way up. Three or
> four scouts, two male leaders, a female adult and at least
> one younger girl, as I recall.
> They certainly weren't in shape - the two male leaders were
> already huffing and puffing. I talked to them a little and
> they told me they were just out for a day hike to the top. I
> don't recall that I asked them if they were at the PTC, or
> just driving through, although I think they were just on
> their way through New Mexico and stopped in at the ranch for a day.
>
> I don't know if they asked permission though, they might just
> have slipped through the cracks...
>
> Lou

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Received on Thu Mar 17 13:35:31 2005