Re: [Philmont]: Northern Tier

 
Just an observation:
 
Our 2 troop/venture crews in 2004 had no trouble getting into Northern Tier
(Atikokan) with a "late" reservation in 2003. Our impression was that
Northern Tier has tremendous carrying capacity compared to Philmont or Sea Base.
 
More significant possibly: schools in our part of the country are out mid-
to late May, but go back into session as early as the first Monday in August.
 Getting to a high adventure base in June is no problem for our Scouts.
Staying past July 30 is a huge problem. (It remains to be seen how our local
schools will treat those students who return to school "late" in August 2005
because they were at the National Jamboree.)
 
I would hazard a guess that Northern Tier is not "full" in June because a
lot of schools do not get out until the first or second week of June in many
parts of the country. There are probably a few folks who think June is still
too early for the ice to be out in Minnesota and Ontario ;-)
 
Charlie Pineo
Troop 994
_www.troop994.org_ (http://www.troop994.org)
Woodstock, GA
 
 
 
In a message dated 9/29/2004 9:51:36 AM Eastern Standard Time,
405geezer@igg-tx.net writes:

This indicates to me that Northern Tier is having trouble, especially
during the first month of their season. Probably due to competition from
the commercial outfitters which operate in Ely and provide an excellent
alternative to Northern Tier. Hopefully, the situation will improve as
"competition" tends to do that over time.

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Received on Wed Sep 29 10:31:13 2004