Philmont Council Contingents

This is the home page for the Capitol Area Council's Contingent treks to Philmont Scout Ranch.  The Council has sponsored extremely successful Philmont contingents from 2000 to 2010.  Currently, the Council is organizing contingent treks for the summers of 2011 and 2012.	Philmont & Trek Information:			The "General Information" button navigates you to pages of information that are applicable to any Philmont trek, contingent or otherwise.
	Upcoming Contingents:			The Contingent buttons navigate you to pages with details specific to upcoming or previous Council Contingent treks.
	Previous Contingents:

Our Objective:

The Council desires to make the Philmont experience available to units and Scouts that would not normally have the opportunity.  With the difficulty in obtaining unit-based crew slots, we feel that the use of the Council Contingent is beneficial to all.  The Council provides this as a service to units to help them enjoy the Philmont experience.

Contingent Trek:

Philmont permits Council's to apply for a block of slots for a "contingent" trek to Philmont.  When the contingent is approved and the number of slots are known, the Capitol Area Council solicits crews from Council units (Troops, Teams, & Venturing Crews) to fill the contingent.  When the number of crew slots are known, they are allocated to Capitol Area Council units that sign up for the contingent two years in advance of the trek.

The transportation, reservation, and check-in processes for the Contingent are arranged and handled by the Council staff with a volunteer Contingent Advisor.  In general, for everything else, crews will function exactly as they would if they had reserved the trek directly.  Each crew is independent from the other contingent crews on the trail at Philmont.

Contingent Shoulder Strips & Pocket Patches

Council Shoulder Strips and Pocket Patches are available for purchase.  Click the button at the right for pricing and information. 

Contact Information:

There are two points of contact for the Council Contingents to Philmont, the volunteer Contingent Advisor and the Scout Office contact.   They may be contacted through the following:

Note that this website is not an "official" BSA or Philmont website and the Contingent Advisor is solely responsible for the information presented and opinions expressed herein. 

Last updated:  Monday, September 26, 2011 12:55 PM