2017 description: 'This program packed trek will enable your crew to see gorgeous sunsets, climb Baldy Mountain, and spend two days at Miranda! You will also have the opportunity to let pack burros carry a portion of your gear! Start your trek on the Santa Fe Trail with a tour of pioneer Kit Carson’s home at Rayado. Be rewarded for your hike up the south side of Urraca Mesa by watching the sun sink into Rayado Canyon from Backache Springs! Help the Conservation Department build a new trail at Crater Lake. Test your rock climbing skills at Miners Park and camp at Shaefers Pass. If you're up for the challenge, side hike the Tooth of Time and bag Shaefers Peak. Tour Mr. Phillips' Hunting Lodge and pass by Window Rock on your way to Visto Grande. Hike up Bear Canyon and work together to overcome all obstacles on the challenge course at Head of Dean. A two day stay at Miranda will give you an opportunity to shoot booming .50 caliber muzzle loading rifles, throw tomahawks, hike Baldy Mountain, and visit historic Baldy Town. Pick up burros and hike to Flume Canyon, with a stop at Pueblano for spar pole climbing. Cowboy action shooting, chuckwagon dinner, and the Cantina Show await you on your final night at Ponil. Next stop… Base Camp!' |
2016 description: 'This program packed trek will enable your crew to see gorgeous sunsets, climb Baldy Mountain, and spend two days at
Miranda! You will also have the opportunity to let pack burros carry a portion of your gear! Start your trek on the Santa Fe
Trail with a tour of pioneer Kit Carson’s home at Rayado. Be rewarded for your hike up the south side of Urraca Mesa by
watching the sun sink into Rayado Canyon from Backache Springs! Climb spar poles and enjoy music and stories with the
Continental Tie & Lumber Company at Crater Lake. Test your rock climbing skills at Miners Park and camp at Shaefers
Pass. If you're up for the challenge, side hike the Tooth of Time and bag Shaefers Peak. Tour Waite Phillips Hunting Lodge
and pass by Window Rock on your way to Visto Grande. Hike up Bear Canyon and work together to overcome all obstacles
on the challenge course at Head of Dean. A two day stay at Miranda will give you an opportunity to shoot booming .50
caliber black powder rifles, throw tomahawks, hike Baldy Mountain, and visit historic Baldy Town. Pick up burros and hike
to Ponil where a chuckwagon dinner and cantina show will be a great cap to the night. Eat a cowboy breakfast and
conquer your final mountain challenge, Hart Peak. Work with the Conservation Department on a project at Indian Writings
and tour the fascinating petroglyphs left by the Ancestral Puebloan people prior to 1300 CE. Finish your trek by seeing the
world’s only confirmed T-Rex track… it’s right here in the North Ponil Valley! Next stop… Base Camp!' |
Day | 2017 Trek 25 Campsite | 2016 Trek 28 Campsite | Program Differences |
1 | Trailbound Tent City |   |   |
2 | Backache Springs |   |   |
3 | Crater Lake |   | Conservation Project included in 2017 trek 25 Continental Tie & Lumber not included in 2017 trek 25 Company Meeting not included in 2017 trek 25   |
4 | Shaefers Pass |   |   |
5 | Hunting Lodge |   |   |
6 | Visto Grande |   | Water included in 2017 trek 25   |
7 | Upper Dean Cow | Head of Dean | Challenge Events not included in 2017 trek 25   |
8 | Miranda |   | Challenge Events included in 2017 trek 25 Tomahawks not included in 2017 trek 25   |
9 | Miranda |   | Mining History included in 2017 trek 25 Assaying included in 2017 trek 25 Tour Historic Baldy Town not included in 2017 trek 25   |
10 | Flume Canyon | Ponil | Continental Tie & Lumber included in 2017 trek 25 Cantina not included in 2017 trek 25 Chuck Wagon Dinner not included in 2017 trek 25 Cantina Show not included in 2017 trek 25 Return Burros not included in 2017 trek 25   |
11 | Ponil | Indian Writings | Chuck Wagon Dinner included in 2017 trek 25 Cantina Show included in 2017 trek 25 Return Burros included in 2017 trek 25 Cowboy Action Shooting included in 2017 trek 25 Climb Hart Peak not included in 2017 trek 25 Archaeology not included in 2017 trek 25 Petroglyphs Tour not included in 2017 trek 25 Conservation Project not included in 2017 trek 25 Atl Atl Darts not included in 2017 trek 25   |
12 | Homebound Tent City |   | Horse Rides included in 2017 trek 25 Tyrannosaurus Rex Track not included in 2017 trek 25   |