I have heard there is an email group for Nothern Tier. Does anyone know what the address is???
My troop is on its way to Bissett next summer.
Kim Pigorsch
Outdoor Chairmun (sic)
Troop 681
>From: "Diane Mikulis"
>Reply-To: philmont@troop47.com
>To: Multiple recipients of list philmont
>Subject: RE: [Philmont]: Hiking in the Valle Vidal
>Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2003 22:08:15 -0400
>
>Donnie,
>
>We did Trek 9 with a mere 3 days in the Valle. We loved it. I wish we
>had done more gone all the way to Whiteman Vega. We stayed at Rich
>Cabins which is not all that remote, but very enjoyable. We all got into
>homesteading watering and weeding the garden, feeding the livestock,
>catching the chickens. We had bushwhacked through a burned out area to
>get there from Dan Beard short hike, but really depressing with no
>greenery or birds. The next day we went into Greenwood Canyon and it got
>greener and greener full of quaking aspens and Colorado spruce. We
>followed a road most of the way. There are several areas suitable for
>camping along the road. We stopped at the second one and I think there
>were several more further up. Ours was fairly level for tents, had a
>stream running through it with a nice log bridge to get back and forth
>and some good trees for bear bag hanging. Our afternoon activity was
>relaxing and panning for gold with a Frisbee later we learned that all
>our gold was mica. The next day we hiked further up the road and found
>an old abandoned mine. We left the road and headed through the woods for
>Copper Park. Lots of downed, dead trees with sharp branches made for
>lots of scraped legs. We ended up on an old mining road with 3 ft.
>spruces growing in the middle of it obviously not driven on for some
>time. Those three days were the best hiking we did not too easy
>either. We had to get all our water out of streams. I highly recommend
>the Valle. Tell Ted Turner we said hello.
>
>Diane Mikulis
>Troop 757, Glenwood, MD
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-philmont@troop47.com [mailto:owner-philmont@troop47.com]On
>Behalf Of Donnie Scoggin
>Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 4:11 PM
>To: Multiple recipients of list philmont
>Subject: [Philmont]: Hiking in the Valle Vidal
>
>Does anyone have any experence hiking in the Valle Vidal. For our
>Autumn Adventure we were considering this area. We have even considered
>going off Philmont on a 22 mile trip to Beattys Lake just north of the
>Phlmont boundry.
>
>Donnie Scoggin
>Headed west in 17 days
Get 10MB of e-mail storage! Sign up for Hotmail Extra Storage.
-------------------------------------------------------
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 Sep 4 10:19:08 2003