[Philmont]: Map Differences

Dave - Not questioning your comments - just very surprised that Philmont
would leave viable trails off the sectionals that are listed on the
overall. That makes no sense at all. To be honest, I don't think I
would have even thought to pull out the overall in your situation.
Guess I know better now.... And based on several other comments I have
received on- and off-line, there are other spots where a section of
trail that's on the overall is not on the sectional. Who knew???

Dave Parmly wrote:
> Bob,
> Stunned, surprised, whatever...All I know is what our maps showed that
> day. I do not have the sectional at home, since our navi-guesser kept
> it as a souvenir. Believe me, the disparity between the maps got
> considerable attention and discussion as we stood, toes clinging to the
> side of the draw, and discussed what to do. I hoped that I was correct
> and that the trail would be there and it was. A lot of people would
> have been reminding me of my error if it had not been. If you go to the
> Terra-server website, it shows the stream in the draw on all the maps,
> but only one or two show the words "spring". IIRC, my overview map did
> NOT show the "spring", but showed the little creek starting in the same
> grid coordinate as the sectional that said "Spring". My overview showed
> the trail coming from the north and cutting through the coordinate where
> the "spring" was and hitting the southern trail right as it does the
> dogleg to come up the southeast side of Baldy. I'll check my overview
> map when I get home tonight.
>
> Apparently, a lot of differences up in the fire territory are caused by
> the fire fighters turning trails into 4WD roads to get heavy equipment
> up there. That was true at the 5-trail junction on Baldy Skyline, I
> recall specifically as well as all through that area. We used
> relatively new, un-marked side trails that are 50m to 100 meters off
> from what is marked just to stay under the shade of trees for parts of
> the trip down into Ute Meadows rather than walk in what WAS the trail
> that had been bulldozed into a highway-width gash.
>
> We also had a discrepancy at a trail juncture on the route from Baldy
> Skyline east toward HOD. Sectional showed one thing, larger scale did
> not. In that case, the sectional was correct and the trail as marked
> aligned with the terrain where we were. After our bushwhack, we got
> more deliberate about making any trail juncture decisions!
>
> Dave Parmly
> Knoxville, TN
>
> XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
>
> I must admit, I am quite surprised (stunned, really) that a trail that
> was on the full map was not on the corresponding sectional. I'm
> thinking that had to be a mistake, not an omission by design. Anyone
> else ever run into this on other parts of the Ranch?
>
> - Dr. Bob
>

-------------------------------------------------------
Scouting E-mail Discussion Lists @ usscouts.org
Subscribe/Unsubscribe at http://usscouts.org/lists/
Listserv Commands at http://usscouts.org/lists/lc.asp
-------------------------------------------------------
Send listserv commands to: listserv@troop47.com
Send postings to: philmont@troop47.com
List FAQ found at: http://usscouts.org/lists/faq.asp
List Administrator: philmont_owner@troop47.com
-------------------------------------------------------
As you gather around this virtual campfire with fellow
Scouts and Scouters, do your best to be trustworthy,
loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient,
cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean and reverent.
-------------------------------------------------------

 
Received on Thu Mar 24 01:22:02 2005