Begin your adventure by hiking out of Base Camp and make your way uphill to Magpie Camp. Learn valuable camping
procedures from your Ranger The next day you're headed up to Urraca Mesa. The staff at Urraca is trained in teambuilding
skills and is ready to turn your crew into a high performing machine! Get up early the next morning for a quick trip to
Inspiration Point for sunrise and then take the short jaunt over to Crater Lake and the Continental Tie & Lumber Co. for spar
pole climbing and logging activities. Finish the evening with the most scenic campfire youve ever experienced! The next
morning, lace up your boots and head up to Fowler Pass, down to Bonito Creek, up to Webster Pass, and down again to Fish
Camp; Waite Phillips favorite backcountry retreat. After a quick fly-tying lesson, use your fly to try and catch a trout. Press on
towards Lost Cabins trail camp for the night. Stop in the next morning at Apache Springs for resupply and Jicarilla Apache
Lore and 3D Archery. Philmonts rugged western boundary awaits you, so enjoy the beautiful views as you hike to Wild Horse
Camp for the night. On the way, though, be sure to visit the homestead at Crooked Creek and tour their rustic homestead and
help with chopping wood or tending to the chickens. Rest up for the night so you can be ready to tackle Philmont's second
highest peak, Mount Phillips. Along the way youll meet the fur trappers of the Rocky Mountain Fur Co. at Clear Creek and
throw tomahawks with them before making your way up the mountain. After a memorable hike youll camp near the summit
and prepare for the next days summit of Comanche Peak and on to Sawmill for a unique experience in reloading 30.06
ammunition and firing it on the range. Make your way down the valley the next morning to visit the gold prospectors and
miners near Cyphers Mine! Try your hand at panning for gold and blacksmithing and then get a tour of the Contention Mine.
Wake up early and head to Cimarroncito for resupply, and to enjoy their Rock Climbing program. On your way to Clarks Fork,
youll pass right by Waite Phillips Hunting Lodge and the Demonstration Forest. Get to Clarks Fork in time for some Western
Lore program, a delicious Chuckwagon dinner, and their traditional cowboy campfire. Ride horses the next morning before
heading up to your last trail camp, Shaefers Pass. With the end in sight, your crew will be tired, but motivated as you hike the
scenic traverse past Shaefers Peak towards the Tooth. Enjoy the view atop the iconic Tooth of Time, then traverse Tooth
Ridge Trail as you make your way back to Base Camp. |