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 2009. Currently, the Council is organizing contingent treks for the summers of 2010 and 2011.

Philmont & Trek Information:

The "General Information" button navigates you to pages of information that are applicable to any Philmont trek, contingent or otherwise.

The Contingent buttons navigate you to pages with details specific to upcoming or previous Council Contingent treks.

Upcoming Contingents:

Previous Contingents:

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.

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.

Year	Participants	Crews	Cost	Arrival Dates
2000	36	3	?	1
2001	144	12	$625	1
2002	144	12	$640	1
2003	144	12	$650	1
2004	156	13	$710	1
2005	192	16	$725	2
2006	192	16	$745	2
2007	192	16	$780	2
2008	192	16	$815	1
2009	192	16	$880	1
2010	192	16	$976	1
2011	192	16	$1,000	1
TOTAL:	1,968	164

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.

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:

	Mailing address	Capitol Area Council, BSA 7540 Ed Bluestein Blvd. Austin, TX 78723-2399
	Electronic mail	Contingent Advisor: Scout Office Contact:	Sid Covington Rick Denison (512) 617-8627

Last updated: Tuesday, February 02, 2010 10:44 PM