John-in-KC 311 Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 I'm getting ready to leave for PTC. One of the things I'm going to get at Tooth of Time traders is the wall topo of Philmont (IIRC it's 1:50000 quad). There's a caution on it about not using it for navigation; instead use the 1:24,000 USGS specials. Funny. When I was backpacking as a youth, all USGS provided for us in certain sections of the Sierra Nevada was 1:63,500 quads (1 inch to 1 mile), and the military standard for ground tactical hi-res maps was 1:50,000 (that's paper era, not digital era). Ironic. Link to post Share on other sites
dzierzak 10 Posted July 24, 2008 Share Posted July 24, 2008 The reason it's not recommended for navigation, IIRC, is that the sectional maps were more up to date, i.e. newer trails were shown and older trails deleted. Link to post Share on other sites
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