Welcome to the crew 624D1 web site. We hope that you find it enjoyable and informative. My name is Tom and published this site so that others could share our Philmont experience with us. I have trekked Philmont twice now and look forward to a couple more in the future. I found it to offer a time that allowed me to be close to my daughters in their mid teen years. It also gave me the opportunity to share the experience with my brothers and sisters as well as other friends in scouting.

Our crew consisted of eight family members from three states Virginia, Michigan and Illinois plus four scouts from one of our Boy Scout Troops. Dan, my older brother, was the most experienced trekker. This was his fifth time to trek Philmont. He has managed to Trek Philmont at least once in every decade since the 1960's when he was a youth in Boy Scout Troop 572, Greenfield District, Detroit Area Council. Currently Dan is active in scouting as the Troop 44 Committee Chairman in Illinois Three Fire Council and assist in several district roles. I want to thank Dan for providing the content of much of this site and several of the photos.

June 24 - July 6, 1997

Representatives of Boy Scout Troop 44 and Explorer Post 2034 of Glen Ellen, Illinois; Boy Scout Troop 38 of South Lyon, Michigan and Cub Scout Pack 950 of Sterling, Virginia teamed up to trek Philmont Scout Ranch.

Crew 624D1

Located in the Rocky Mountains of Northern New Mexico, trekking Philmont is an official BSA High Adventure. This site logs some of the crews memories, experiences and photos.