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Wood Badge at Philmont Overview

Wood Badge at Philmont Overview. Where Will I Be?. Philmont Scout Ranch (Scouting’s Paradise) 137,000 Acres  214 Square Miles 869,099 Scouts since 1939 Philmont Training Center (PTC) Days 1-3 Only National Volunteer BSA Training Center Mixed Classroom/Outdoor Environment

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Wood Badge at Philmont Overview

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  1. Wood Badge at PhilmontOverview

  2. Where Will I Be? • Philmont Scout Ranch (Scouting’s Paradise) • 137,000 Acres  214 Square Miles • 869,099 Scouts since 1939 • Philmont Training Center (PTC) • Days 1-3 • Only National Volunteer BSA Training Center • Mixed Classroom/Outdoor Environment • Rayado Ridge Camp • Days 4-6 • Back Country Camping • Outdoor Environment

  3. Getting To Philmont • Just South of Cimarron, New Mexico • ~ 600 miles • ~ 10 Hours Driving • 6 Dallas <-> Amarillo • 4 Amarillo <-> Cimarron • Speed very strictly monitored in Cimarron! • Mountain Time Zone • Sunday Check-In at PTC 4:00 – 6:00pm

  4. Driving Overview

  5. Cimarron Detail

  6. Philmont Training Center

  7. Facilities Comparison PTC Rayado Ridge Camp Walled 2-Person Tents on Platforms Cots with Mattresses Latrines (Red Roof Inn) Hot Showers (maybe!) Cooking by Patrol Food Issued by QMs Mess Kits Needed Dining Fly Patrol Table • Walled 2-Person Tents on Platforms • Cots with Mattresses • Electricity in Tent • Bureau in Tent • Restrooms, Hot Showers • Laundromat • Dining Hall • Some Cell Coverage • Wi-Fi

  8. Special Considerations • Dehydration !!! • PTC is over 6,000’ Above Sea Level • Altitude Sickness • Sun Protection • Cool Nights, Warm Days • Afternoon Thundershowers • Bears / Mountain Lions • Mini-Bears • Dehydration !!!

  9. Things to Do • Enjoy Wood Badge!! • Enjoy Nature at it’s Finest! • Villa Philmonte Tours • Philmont Museum Adjacent to PTC • Tooth of Time Traders at Base Camp • www.toothoftimetraders.com • Cimarron Art Gallery • www.cimarronartgallery.com • Sunday Prior to Check In, Wednesday, Saturday After Course

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