Sources: Philmaniac: A trekker's Guide to the Philmont Backcountry, Rock Rohrbacher; Beyond the Hills: The Journey of Waite Phillips, Michael Wallis; Philmont maps; The PhilNews, Issue 6, July 11, ...

Six scouts and two leaders from the local troop No. 538 recently completed a 60-mile, 12-day hike through the Sangre de Christo Mountains at Philmont Scout Ranch in Cimarron, New Mexico.