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Philmont Council Contingents |
TentsTents must be carried and used while at Philmont. Sudden downpours and gusty winds require appropriate shelter. Every member of your crew should know how to pitch, strike, and fold a backpacking tent. Philmont issues the BSA Backpacker tent (approximate weight 5.6 pounds not including ground cloth or stakes). If you bring your own tent, it must be a 2-person tent. Philmont will allow a single person tent in the event of an odd numbered crew (no bivy sacks). A 5'6" x 7'6" nylon or plastic ground cloth must be used under your tent. Tent mates share the ground cloth. It is required that everyone sleep in a tent. The use of tents provides protection from weather and also is part of Philmont's Bear and Wildlife safety practice. No food or smellables should ever be allowed inside a tent.
Use the Philmont tent and share tents whenever Youth Protection rules permit. It saves wear and tear on your personal tent! The Philmont tents are perfectly adequate. You won't spend much time (and very little of that awake) in the tent. Using the Philmont tent is one less thing to have to deal with between Austin and Philmont and back (this is particularly important if it rains on the last day you are on the trail). The only reason for taking an individual tent is if Youth Protection policies require a person to not share a tent. Crews should make tent sharing assignments and stick to them throughout the trek. When duty roster assignments are made, try to avoid having tentmates have duties at the same time. In that way, one tentmate can work on the assigned duty while the other one sets up/strikes the tent. The BSA Backpacker tent requires 14 stakes. The two front tent stakes MAY be omitted if absolutely necessary. Bring a second stuff sack so the tent can be more conveniently divided between the people sharing the tent.
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