2025 Trek 9-3

Challenging; Approximately 41 miles; Maps required:

Trek History: New as 9-10 in 2020; 9-10 in 2021-22; 9-1 in 2023; 9-3 in 2024-25

Per the Guidebook to Itineraries: "Due to potential emergencies, such as catastrophic fires, Crews must not deviate from their assigned itinerary. Changes are only permitted for bona fide medical emergencies and must be approved in advance by the Logistics Department."

Dry Camps: Shaefers Pass; Unique Campsite: Lover's Leap; Clarks Fork; Thunder Ridge; Minnette Meadows;
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Day	Camp	Program Features	Campsite Features
1	Camping Headquarters	Opening Campfire	Commissary; Showers; Trading Post;
2	Lover's Leap	Food Pickup @ Camping Headquarters	Trail Camp; (Commissary; Showers; Trading Post; at CHQ Trailbound)
		Ranger Training
		Lover's :Leap overlook
3	Shaefers Pass	Rock Climbing & Rappelling @ Miner's Park	Trail Camp (Usually dry); (Showers; at Miner's Park)
		Food Pickup @ Miner's Park
4	Clarks Fork	Campfire	Showers;
		Climb Shaefer's Peak
		Western Lore / Branding
		Chuck Wagon Dinner
5	Hunting Lodge	Horse Ride @ Clarks Fork	(Showers; at Clarks Fork)
		Demonstration Forest @ Demonstration Forest
6	Thunder Ridge	Mining History @ Cyphers Mine	(Showers (wood stoked); at Cyphers Mine)
7	Sawmill	Rifle Shooting/Reloading	Showers (wood stoked);
8	Minnette Meadows	Conservation Project @ Sawmill	Trail Camp; (Showers (wood stoked); at Sawmill)
		Fire Recovery Area @ Sawmill
		Food Pickup @ Ute Gulch Commissary	Commissary; Trading Post;
9	Camping Headquarters	Closing Campfire	Commissary; Showers; Trading Post;
		Hike to Ute Park Trailhead
		Archery @ Cimarroncita
		Fire Ecology @ Cimarroncita
Warning: Itinerary details provided by PhilSearch are for planning purposes only. Only the current year's "Treks" book and the addendums to it, if any, should be used for final trek selection.

Crews passing through staff camps are not scheduled for program. If time and space allow, some crews may be able to participate in some of the programs offered.

Day	Camp	Potential Additional Program Features	Campsite Features
2	Camping Headquarters	Visit the Villa Philmonte	Commissary; Showers; Trading Post;
		National Scouting Museum
3	Miner's Park	Traverse Wall	Showers;
		Crate Stacking
5	Clarks Fork	Western Lore / Branding	Showers;
		Cowboy Campfire
		Ride out from Cattle Headquarters
		Ride over Schaefers Pass
	Demonstration Forest	Obsolete
6	Cyphers Mine	Blacksmithing	Showers (wood stoked);
		Prospecting
		Stomp
		Mine Tour
8	Sawmill	Rifle Shooting/Reloading	Showers (wood stoked);
		Ute Park Pass Hike Prep
		Hike through 2018 Ute Park Fire Zone
9	Camping Headquarters	Visit the Villa Philmonte	Commissary; Showers; Trading Post;
		National Scouting Museum
		Ride into Cattle Headquarters
	Cimarroncita	Laser Shooting Range
		Ute Park Pass Hike Prep
		Hike through 2018 Ute Park Fire Zone
This list is not complete and is dependent on the route you take each day.