About Philmont
Philmont Scout Ranch, the Boy Scouts of America's premier High Adventure™ base, challenges Scouts and Venturers with more than 214 square miles of rugged northern New Mexico wilderness. Backpacking treks, horseback cavalcades, and training and service programs offer young people many ways to experience this legendary country. This is a trip of a lifetime for many boy scouts. Troop 2000 took it's first two crews to Philmont in the Summer of 2014.Philmont Scout Ranch operates 34 staffed camps and 55 trail camps. Philmont has high mountains with rough terrain and elevations that range from 6,500 to 12,441 feet.
History
Philmont has a unique history of ancient Native Americans who chipped petroglyphs into canyon walls, Spanish conquistadors, who explored the Southwest long before the first colonists arrived on the Atlantic coast, the rugged breed of mountain man such as Kit Carson, who blazed trails across this land, the great land barons like Lucien Maxwell who built ranches along the Santa Fe Trail and miners, loggers and cowboys. All left their mark on Philmont.Wildlife
Wildlife is abundant at Philmont Scout Ranch. Deer, elk, coyote, antelope, mountain lion, buffalo, beaver, wild turkey, bear and many others all live here. Philmont's hills and canyons teem with birds, and its streams abound with fish. Its cool mountains harbor a wilderness bounty of trees, shrubs, flowers and grasses.Beauty
Philmont Scout Ranch is rich in natural beauty, including the soaring Tooth of Time, the sunrises from lofty Mount Waite Phillips, the blue water of Cimarroncito Reservoir, the panoramic sweep of the plains from Urraca Mesa and the sunlight filtering through the aspens along the rippling Rayado.Program
Philmont Scout Ranch provides an unforgettable adventure in backpacking, with land along hundreds of miles of rugged, rocky trails. Philmont Scout Ranch programs feature the best of the Old West - horseback riding, burro packing, gold panning, chuckwagon dinners and interpretive history - with exciting challenges for today, such as rock climbing, burro racing, mountain biking and .30-06 rifle shooting. It's an unbeatable recipe for fast-moving fun and the outdoors.Fellowship
Philmont Scout Ranch allows Scouts to camp with their own units as well as meet and share experiences with other crews from all across the United States of America and countries. A trip to Philmont is an opportunity for fellowship that is unparalleled anywhere in the United States of America.Backpacking Gear
Personal Gear: What should I bring to Philmont? Philmont has a mandatory personal gear list. It is a reasonable list and if done right, allows you to pack light. The lighter your pack, the more energy you will have for the programs. Weigh everything that you bring. The link below has our list in a spreadsheet with comments, suggestions, and some examples of adult and scout gear. The list is for backpacking light, but not ultralight.
http://www.tinyurl.com/T2000PhilmontGear
Crew Gear: What should the troop bring to Philmont? Philmont also has mandatory crew gear. Some of which you the troop brings and some of which is supplied or can be supplied by Philmont. The link below shows our spreadsheet of of the crew gear with suggestions. This is for packing light, but not ultralight.
http://tinyurl.com/T2000PhilmontCrewGear
The gear in these lists allowed our crews to easily navigate the treks with plenty of energy to spare.
Last done: 2014, 2016, 2018
Philmont Shakedown Backpacking Campout Menu
https://tinyurl.com/T2000BackpackingMeals
