How can one tell which Philmont meals will be picked up at each commissary stop during a trek?
The Philmont Trail Menu has different meals for ten (10) days, which correspond to the ten days in the backcountry during a Philmont trek. In June and July the meals are issued based on the last digit of the date Meals #9 for the 9th, 19th, and 29th, Meals #10 on the 10th, 20th, and 30th, etc. (in August, the meal numbers are one greater than the date to avoid having Meals #1 twice in a row on July 31 and August 1). A pickup is for that day’s supper and the following day’s breakfast and lunch, since a crew may not arrive at a commissary until after lunch. So, for instance, at a pickup on July 22 a crew would get Supper #2 for that evening, and Breakfast #3 and Lunch #3 for the following day.
