Is altitude sickness a problemat Philmont?
While no one can say who will or will not have altitude sickness, also called “Acute Mountain Sickness” (AMS), very few people attending Philmont in the past few years have reported problems. All treks since 2000 have been designed to be below 10,000′ for the first two nights on the trail. With gradual acclimation through programs like Patriots’ Path Council’s Colorado tour and Philmont’s policy of lower elevation camps at the beginning of the trek, there has been a reduction in reported cases of AMS.
