http://www.backpacker.com/october_2001_destinations_best_backpacking_new_mexico/destinations/2583

I love this place.

Philmont Scout Ranch




A favorite of Backpacker's Boy Scout readers, Philmont is a "high-adventure base" owned by the Boy Scouts of America. This 137,000-acre area hosts more than 19,000 Scouts each summer on weeklong backpacking trips, the rewards of which are high-mountain splendor, new backcountry skills, and the ever-important Philmont badge. Non-Scouts can get a taste of Philmont-style New Mexico high country by hiking trails in the surrounding Carson National Forest.