[Philmont] 30 & Burros

Unless there was a fire after July 4, 2006, Sioux is still standing. There
were burnt trees across the river from Sioux up to the bluff. Mountain lion
tracks were found around the tents the next morning at Sioux. Burros taken
up the road along the creek to Pueblano, so unless you can talk your way out
of taking the burros, you will be missing the hike along the bluff to
Pueblano. Conservation projects after walking with burros to Pueblano kept
some from participating in pole climb, at least earlier this summer. Burros
next make the last segment to Miranda. You must then make it back to
Ewell¹s Park and then start out bright and early the next morning for the
walk to Baldy Town to stay on schedule. Most folks were trying to achieve
Baldy Town before 8 AM in order to get an early start on the summit. This
was pretty important at least early on this summer with all the rain, hail,
snow, lightning above 10K. Each year is different. This year in the third
week in June, Ewell¹s park spring was completely dry and the bog in the
middle of the camp was dry, too. Caught in a tremendous hail, rain and
lightning storms both days in Ewell, we were able to collect rain water from
the tents and dining fly to fulfill our needs rather than carrying extra
water back from Miranda and Baldy Town or up from the Pueblano streams.
This was a great trek. I would do it again in a heart beat, sans burros.

Gregg Nuessly
VC2125
Wellington, FL

On 28/9/06 8:24 PM, "Jerry Lewis" <jc.lewis@comcast.net> wrote:

> This is for anyone who did 30 in 2005 or 2006:
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> Since the fire burned Sioux pretty badly (I hear), do you still stage up there
> on the hillside for Ranger Training or stay somewhere else down in the canyon,
> like Bent?
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> We always used to enjoy so much the detour out of Ponil going off property up
> and over Wilson Mesa. We'd do lunch at the beautiful lake looking up at
> Baldy, pay our respects to Rex's grave site, and cobble down into Pueblano in
> time to do climbing that afternoon. 'Twas a great beginning! Now that the
> burros have been forced on fast-moving crews like 30, I presume you just have
> to take the normal (boring) trail from Ponil to Pueblano. True or no? Once
> you dragged the burros up that trail to Continental Tie & Lumber Hqs, did you
> have time to pole climb THAT afternoon?
>
> After Pueblano, I presume you take the burros to Baldy Skyline, but then what?
> Did you then drop down to Miranda to feed them and Mountain Man, or did you
> stay high on the ridge and head on up to Ewells to overnight them on open
> pasture? Did you drop them at Miranda or Baldy Town? If Baldy Town, how did
> you get it done in time to begin Baldy by 9 (which is, I understand, the
> current deadline departure time)?
>
> Jerry Lewis
> 611-I2 2007
> Troop 303, McKinney TX
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