Philmont Scout Ranch (PSR) is a national high adventure base, owned and operated by the Boy Scouts of America.  Philmont is large, comprising 137,493 acres or about 215 square miles of rugged mountain wilderness in the Sangre de Cristo (Blood of Christ) range of the Rockies.  PSR has high mountains, which dominate rough terrain with an elevation ranging from 6,500 to 12,441 feet.  It is located in the northeastern area of New Mexico near the town of Cimarron.  It also has a unique history of ancient Indians who chiseled writings into canyon walls… Spanish conquistadors who explored the Southwest long before the first colonist arrived at the Atlantic coast… the rugged breed of mountain men like Kit Carson who blazed trails across this land… the great land barons like Lucien Maxwell who built ranchos along the Santa Fe Trail… miners… loggers… cowboys.  All these people left their mark.

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Contingent 627-H, Summer 2024 Highlights