A crew of teenage scouts and their leaders hiked 90 miles over 12 days through the Sangre de Cristo Mountains at Philmont Scout Ranch in Cimarron, NM.
Philmont covers 214 square miles of vast wilderness with trails that climb from 6,500 feet to as high as 12,441 feet.
They carried everything they needed to survive in backpacks from camp to camp. They also participated in backcountry programs from horseback riding to gold prospecting.
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The trek included a conservation project where the Scouts learned and participated in the upkeep of Philmont’s ecosystem. Philmont Scout Ranch is the Boy Scouts of America’s premier high adventure camp and the largest youth camp in the world, serving nearly one million participants since 1938.
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