This challenging South Country itinerary will give your crew great wilderness landscapes and ample program time at staffed camps. Youll start your trek at Zastrow Trailhead and can participate in Zastrows land navigation programs before heading to Rimrock Park for the night. The next day you will experience Abreu and their homesteading program, while enjoying a cold root beer at the cantina. Be ready to report to incident command after you hike to Carson Meadows for their Search and Rescue and wilderness medicine program. You will enjoy the views throughout Rayado Canyon as you hike to Agua Fria the following day, stopping for a tour of Waite Phillips Rayado Lodge at Fish Camp along the way. Tie flies and do a little fishing while you are there! You will hike to Beaubien the following day to see what life was like for the cowboys of the Old West. Here you can experience the western lore program, eat a chuckwagon dinner, and listen to western music at the campfire program in the evening. Wake up early, as the next days hike takes you to the top of Trail Peak at over 10,000 ft., where you can visit the solemn site of the wreckage of a B-24 Liberator that crashed here in 1942. You will spend that night at Crater Lake and enjoy the program of the Continental Tie and Lumber Co. where you will spar pole climb, make railroad ties, and enjoy the company meeting campfire program with the iconic Tooth of Time in view. Hike downhill to Lovers Leap Trailhead the following day to be picked up by your bus. Next stop… Base Camp! | ||||
Per the Guidebook to Itineraries: "Due to potential emergencies, such as catastrophic fires, Crews must not deviate from their assigned itinerary. Changes are only permitted for bona fide medical emergencies and must be approved in advance by the Logistics Department." |
Dry Camps: Rimrock Park; Unique Campsite: Agua Fria; |
Day | Camp | Program Features | Campsite Features | |
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1 | CHQ Trailbound | Opening Campfire | Commissary; Showers; Trading Post;   | |
2 | Rimrock Park | Food Pickup @ CHQ Trailbound | Trail Camp (Usually dry); (Commissary; Showers; Trading Post; at CHQ Trailbound) | |
Ranger Training ![]() | Trail Camp (Usually dry);  | |||
Geocaching @ Zastrow | Trail Camp (Usually dry); (Showers; at Zastrow) | |||
Water @ Zastrow![]() | Trail Camp (Usually dry);  | |||
Bus to Zastrow Trailhead | Trail Camp (Usually dry);  | |||
3 | Carson Meadows | New Mexican Homestead @ Abreu |  (Showers; at Abreu) | |
Cantina @ Abreu |   | |||
Search & Rescue / Wilderness Medicine |   | |||
4 | Agua Fria![]() | Fishing Opportunities @ Fish Camp | Trail Camp;  | |
Rayado Lodge Tour @ Fish Camp | Trail Camp;  | |||
Fly Tying @ Fish Camp | Trail Camp;  | |||
5 | Beaubien | Western Lore / Branding | Showers (wood stoked);   | |
Chuck Wagon Dinner | Showers (wood stoked);   | |||
Campfire | Showers (wood stoked);   | |||
Conservation Project | Showers (wood stoked);   | |||
Food Pickup @ Phillips Junction | Showers (wood stoked);  (Commissary; Trading Post; Showers; at Phillips Junction) | |||
6 | Crater Lake | Climb Trail Peak ![]() | Showers;   | |
Conservation Project | Showers;   | |||
Crosscut Saws / Tie making ![]() | Showers;   | |||
Campfire | Showers;   | |||
7 | CHQ Homebound | Awards Campfire | Commissary; Showers; Trading Post;   | |
spar pole climbing @ Crater Lake | Commissary; Showers; Trading Post;  (Showers; at Crater Lake) | |||
Hike to Lovers Leap Trailhead![]() | Commissary; Showers; Trading Post;   | |||
Day | Camp | Potential Additional Program Features | Campsite Features |
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2 | CHQ Trailbound | Visit the Villa Philmonte | Commissary; Showers; Trading Post; |
National Scouting Museum | |||
Zastrow | Land Navigation / GPS Technology | Showers; | |
Dutch Oven Dessert | |||
Rededication to Scouting | |||
Woodbadge Museum | |||
ATV Rider Course | |||
3 | Abreu | Homesteading | Showers; |
5 | Beaubien | Climb Trail Peak | Showers (wood stoked); |
Climb Lookout Peak | |||
Cowboy Campfire | |||
Phillips Junction | Fishing Opportunities | Commissary; Trading Post; Showers; | |
7 | CHQ Homebound | Visit the Villa Philmonte | Commissary; Showers; Trading Post; |
National Scouting Museum | |||
Crater Lake | Continental Tie & Lumber | Showers; | |
Hike over Fowler Mesa | |||
Crosscut Saws / Tie making | |||