Re: [Philmont]: First timers & The Tooth

I have completed a trek BOTH ways, hiking in over the Tooth and taking the
BUS.

When we hiked in over the Tooth, we got up at 4 AM to get an early start.
Went to bed at 7 pm or so. It was STILL a long haul with all the
switchbacks down to the BASE. Even with starting early and planning, some
almost ran out of water. It was a really sunny morning. UPSIDE - we got to
base when WE wanted to, turned in all gear before lunch, showered, and took
the bus into Cimarron for pizza, and STILL made it back to tour Villa
Philmonte at 4 pm. (make your reservations for this BEFORE you leave on
your trek)

Coming back on the BUS was good also, because our crew was able to hit MORE
staffed camps for program. They didn't care that they rode back in, they
had program areas that they really wanted to do. You schedule what time you
want the bus to pick you up too.

BOTTOM LINE -- have your crew prioritize what THEY want to do. THat will
really help them pick. WHAT ever trek they pick (like everyone says, there
really isn't a bad trek at Philmont) Get BACK to BASE as early in the day
as possible.....allows for clean up time, showers, time in Cimarron and Vila
Philomonte.

troop681@hotmail.com
           (click here to reply to ME)

Kim Pigorsch
Membership Chairmun (sic)
and Eagle Scout Advisor

Troop 681

San Diego, CA

>From: "Jim Krempel" <ewokscout@comcast.net>
>Reply-To: philmont@troop47.com
>To: Multiple recipients of list philmont <philmont@troop47.com>
>Subject: Re: [Philmont]: First timers & The Tooth
>Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 07:44:22 -0400
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> Hiking in over the Tooth was awesome for our first-time crew. It was
>the
>very first thing they included when planning their trek almost a year in
>advance.
> It is indeed a long hike from our final campsite (Ponderosa Park) into
>Basecamp. For most crews it is also a very dry hike. We had beautiful,
>pleasantly warm weather up to the Tooth peak and all the way into Tooth
>Ridge Camp, where we had a leisurely lunch and our Chaplain held a final
>trail reflection. We then headed down the never-ending series of
>switchbacks, anticipating getting very low on water (although our Crew
>Chief
>had instituted strict water conservation when we left our final morning's
>campsite.)
> What we ended up getting was a fast forming storm with torrential rain
>of
>Bilbical proportions, with lightning strikes on the mesas flanking the
>Tooth
>Ridge. Very dramatic ending to the trek. Fortunately nothing hit the
>Ridge
>itself and we hustled off, eventually through ankle-deep water, arriving
>like eleven drowned rats to the YOU MADE IT gate. The pride on everyone's
>faces in the pictures of us passing through the gate reflected the fact
>that
>every step was worth the effort!
>
>Jim Krempel
>Advisor 710H '04
>T672/V672, Severn, MD
>IWTGBTP in '06!
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