Troop 801 Philmont Itinerary 8/3/93 - 8/16/93
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Estimated Travel Costs
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Day of Trek Day of Week Day of Month Est. Miles Camp (altitude) & Links to Topos & Photos Program Features Food Pickup
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Philmont - Tent City
Meet at Southwest Airline Ticket Counter at Ontario Airport at 9:30 AM.
 
Ontario, Southwest Airlines 1804
Lv 11:30 AM, Ar 12:40 PM, Phoenix
 
Phoenix, Southwest Airlines 521
Lv 1:30 PM, Ar 3:35 PM, Albuquerque
 
Chartered van (Chaffee Transit) to Philmont (240 miles)
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1 Tues 3 -

Philmont Camping Headquarters
 Check-in, equipment, opening campfire HQ
2 Wed 4 2.1

Vaca, T (7400)
 Ranger Training HQ
3 Thurs 5 6.1
Dean Cow, P, SH, (7400)
 Rock Climbing, Environmental Awareness HQ
4 Fri 6 6.2
Indian Writings, P, SH, (7200)
 Archaeology, Tour Petroglyphs HQ
5 Sat 7

3.4/4.2

7.6 total
Elkhorn, T (8500)
(We stayed at Ponil)
 Burro Packing @ Ponil by 9:00 am, (P, COM, TP, SH, E at Ponil) Ponil
6 Sun 8 2.5 w/burros

Pueblano, P (8400)
 Continental Tie & Lumber Company, Philmont Story Campfire Ponil
7 Mon 9 4.2 w/burros

Miranda, P (9200)
 Return Burros, Mountain Man Rondezvous, Black Powder, Conservation Site @ Maxwell Ponil
8 Tues 10

2.1/1.3

3.4 total

Copper Park, T (10,800)
 Gold Mining & Panning, Blacksmithing @ French Henry (pass thru Baldy Camp, COM, SH) BC1
9 Wed 11 3.4 side hike

Copper Park, T (10,800)
 Side Hike Baldy Mountain (12,441) BC1
10 Thurs 12

1.3/4.6

5.9 total

Head of Dean, P (8800)Challenge Course
 Challenge Events (pass thru Baldy Camp again) BC2
11 Fri 13 4.6

New Dean, T (8000)
 Trail Camp BC2
12 Sat 14 3.4
Camping Headquarters (7100)
Tooth of Time
 Hike to Ponil Turnaround, Awards Campfire No
13 Sun 15 Total = 49.40

Albuquerque
 Chartered van (Chaffee Transit) to Plaza Inn near airport (240 miles) -
14 Mon 16 -

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Shuttle from Plaza Inn to Albuquerque airport, Southwest Airlines, 600
 
Lv 7:45 AM, Ar 9:15 AM, Ontario
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Estimated Travel and Miscellaneous Costs
Item Cost Total Cost
Airline

$113/person for 10 people

$160 for 1 person

$3/person airport tax

 1323.00
Chartered Van $425 each way 850
Overnight at Philmont Tent City $6 each includes breakfast 66.00
Motel Rooms in Albuquerque 8/15 3 rooms at $40 each (est) + tax 132
Grand Total for Crew

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 2,371.00
Transportation cost per person

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 215.55

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Cash required for Philmont Minimum Maximum
8/2 Lunch - bring snack on plane or grab snack at Phoenix 0 5
8/2 Dinner - en route from to Philmont (take snack) 0 5
8/3 Breakfast thru 8/15 breakfast - All meals provided by Philmont included included
8/15 Lunch - en route to Albuquerque 4 7
8/15 Dinner - In Albuquerque 5 10
8/16 Breakfast - In Albuquerque 4 6
Souveniers at Philmont Trading Post (75 average) 40 100
Money on the trail 10 25
Estimated spending money needed 63.00 158.00

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