2018 Philmont Plan B2018 Philmont Plan B
| To do's: - Determine refundability of individual SWA tickets (Trejo) YES
- Can we stay at Philmont base camp and do other things there. Can we buy food packages. Can we buy/borrow crew gear. (Trejo) REQUESTED
- Reservations for lodging and activities at NRA Whittington (Trejo/Williams) DONE
- Look at Philmont Crew Gear list and determine what we need to get, assuming we get nothing at Philmont. (Trejo to ask Nagles) PENDING
- Order Colorado Trail Guide Book and large maps, 2 of each (Autieri) DONE
- Ask for advice on trails and activities: REI, college outdoor clubs, local outfitters (Neil + Chris McCool asks his cousins for same) PENDING
- Contact military facilities in and around Colorado Springs and Denver (or on west side of mountain range) to determine if we can stay there on Break/Exits (likely dates on calendar): Peterson Air Force, Fort Carson Army, Air National Guard, USAFA or USAFA Boy Scout Troop (Marcinkowski) PENDING
- Investigate other locations we can stay at reasonable cost: campgrounds, parks, churches, hostels, YMCA, Scout troops (Foor) PENDING
- Look into 1/2 day Cave of the Winds or other spelunking within 100 miles of Colorado Springs (Foor) PENDING
- Look into 1/2 day outdoor rock climbing AND high ropes/challenge courses within 100 miles of COS (McCool) PENDING
- Look into 1/2 day rafting opportunities in/near COS (McCool) PENDING
- Look into 1/2 day fishing opportunities within 100 miles of COS (Pieroni) DONE
- Options to equip our crews with comms/emergency beacons/GPS (Lykens) DONE
- Evaluate circuit trips that reasonably conform to proposed schedule on Colorado Trail (Lykens, Trejo, Pieroni) WORKING
- Evaluate other trail systems that could conform, like Flat Top Wilderness (Trejo) WORKING
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