[Philmont] Trek 14 info please

We did 14 last year, and it was a great trip.

First day to Lovers leap is pretty easy walk.
There are at two ways to Uracca, we went around the "Back" there, and over
the top on the way out to Bear Caves.
Bear caves we arrved late, and missed spar pole climbing. Boys learned a
lessoon that day.
The next day was over to Beaubien, and we chose to go up and over Trail Peak
with our packs. This was a pretty tough hump, but I am glad we did it, as
there didn't appear to be a lot of time to go back in the off days, as we
had a commisary run, cons project, horseback riding, chuckwagon and branding
at Beaubien, with a layover.
Next day was a steady walk up to crooked creek. Walking through the
pastures in the sun was hot, but once we got into the woods, the walk was
better.

Crooked Creek was a lot of fun for the crew. Next day, we had a steady hike
up to clear creek, our highest camping spot for the trek. I felt a tad
dizzy whne setting up my tent here. Blackpowder and Hawks are always a big
hit, and we had some of the best tasting coffee on the trek here.

Tough hump up Mt. Phillips, but the view was incredible. We ate lunch down
on commanche peak, but should have gone a little farther where the view was
excellent passed the camp. Made it to Cypher's and the boys had to choose
between Mine tour and blacksmithing, they went for the blacksmithing.

the next day, we took the wrong trail out of Cypher's (It is easy to do, the
map isn't very accurate here) And this added about 1 1/2 miles to ur long
day. The hike through the canyon was spectacular. We stooped for lunch at
the hunting lodge. Then a hot hike up to Webster Park. Everyone was bushed,
so three of us went on the 3 mile hike (Each way!) hike to the commissary
for food pickup. We got back to camp around 6:00 PM, pretty tired.

The next day was a looooong one. Webster to Tooth Ridge. Starts off pretty
eaasy, back down the hill to Hunting Lodge, then passed the reservoir, from
there on, it's a tough walk. We cooked a supper for lunch at Sheffers pass,
and then went up to the ridge trail. This trail is really difficult to
walk. Lot's of rocks, and big boulders and the path seems to disappear
every now and again. You end up on the back side of the Tooth, befre coming
into camp. You will see bear bags right near the tooth, but these are for
folks that want to hike up the Tooth. Continue on to the campsites.

Sunrise was beautiful the next morning. Didn;t climb the tooth, but found
some interesting rock formations to watch from.

The hike into base camp isn;t far, but it seems to take forever. We were in
base camp by 10:00 AM. Showered, did laundry, and took the bus to St James
for lunch, the boys went to the Pizza place.

On 7/21/08, Jim Zeszutek <jwzeszutek@zeszutek.com> wrote:
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