Philmont hopes the backpacking treks resume after July 14 “with altered itineraries, assuming the backcountry is safe and infrastructure is restored.” Programs scheduled at the Philmont ...

In addition to backpacking, the crew participated in many ... service project for the Scouts to learn how to sustain the Philmont wilderness and to give back to Philmont Ranch, so that it can ...

The Philmont Scout Ranch ... called the closure of its vast backpacking area a “difficult but prudent decision” on its website. Previously the ranch, southwest of the village of Cimarron ...

The troop is hiking over 75 miles in 10 days through rugged mountain back country at elevations from 6,000 to 12,000 feet, carrying 50-pound backpacks ... month long Watchu Philmont Training ...

The ranch said that around 20,000 Scouts a year visit Philmont for backpacking treks, training and other programs. "At Philmont we strive to provide a safe and inspiring setting for Scouts to ...

Philmont Scout Ranch is well-known as the backpacking trip of a lifetime, but did you know that Philmont has tons of cattle, bison and burros?In 1941, when the scouts acquired the ranch from Waite ...

STAMFORD — Members of Troop 15 Stamford traveled to Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico for a 61-mile backpacking trek that turned into a 75-mile hike instead. The boys and adult leaders on the ...

Boy Scouts and their advisers from Angelina County troops 136, 140 and 128 went on a summer trek through the Sangre de Cristo Mountains at Philmont Scout Ranch in Cimarron, New Mexico, at the end of ...

Philmont hopes the backpacking treks resume after July 14 “with altered itineraries, assuming the backcountry is safe and infrastructure is restored.” Programs scheduled at the Philmont ...