Back 2025 Trek 12-21 Forward


Super Strenuous; Approximately 70 miles; Maps required: Photos needed Virtual Tour


Trek History: New as 12-21 in 2025;


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 Camp Dry Camps: Magpie; Mt Phillips; Ponderosa Park;
Photos needed - No photo available for this campsite or this program at this location. Click icon for specific needs.

DayCampProgram FeaturesCampsite Features
1Camping Headquarters Opening Campfire Commissary; Showers; Trading Post;  
2Magpie Dry Camp Photos needed Food Pickup @ Camping HeadquartersTrail Camp (Usually dry); (Commissary; Showers; Trading Post; at CHQ Trailbound)


Bus to Lovers Leap Trailhead


High Ropes Instruction & Advanced Challenge Scenarios @ COPE CoursePhotos needed


Ranger Training Photos needed 
3AbreuShowers;  


Tour Abreu Homestead  


Abreu Family Dinner  
4Miner's Park Continental Tie & Lumber @ Crater LakeShowers;  (Showers; at Crater Lake)


Rock Climbing & Rappelling  
5Black Mountain Post Civil War Settlers  


Conservation Project @ North Fork UrracaPhotos needed
6Crooked Creek Western Lore / Branding @ Beaubien (Showers (wood stoked); at Beaubien)


Homesteading  


Food Pickup @ Phillips JunctionCommissary; Trading Post; Showers;
7Mt Phillips Dry Camp Rocky Mountain Fur Company @ Clear CreekTrail Camp (Usually dry); 
8Cyphers Mine Comanche Peak Photos neededShowers (wood stoked);  


Mining History Photos needed 


Campfire  
9Cimarroncito Rock Climbing & Rappelling Showers;  
10Cimarroncito Rock Climbing & Rappelling Showers;  
11Ponderosa Park Dry Camp Western Lore / Branding @ Clarks ForkTrail Camp (Usually dry); (Showers; at Clarks Fork)


Food Pickup @ Ute Gulch CommissaryCommissary; Trading Post;


Demonstration Forest @ Demonstration Forest
12Camping Headquarters Climb Shaefer's Peak Photos neededCommissary; Showers; Trading Post;  


Tooth of Time  


Hike into Base  


Closing Campfire  
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.

DayCampPotential Additional Program FeaturesCampsite Features
2Camping HeadquartersVisit the Villa PhilmonteCommissary; Showers; Trading Post;
National Scouting Museum
MagpieHike Out from CHQTrail Camp (Usually dry);
3AbreuCantinaShowers;
Homesteading
Ride out from Cattle Headquarters
4Crater LakeHike over Fowler MesaShowers;
spar pole climbing
Tie making / Crosscut Saws
Logging Skills
Miner's ParkTraverse WallShowers;
Crate Stacking
5Black MountainMuzzle Loading Rifles
Blacksmithing
Hike via North Fork Urraca
North Fork UrracaHike via North Fork Urraca
6BeaubienTrail PeakShowers (wood stoked);
Lookout Peak
Cowboy Campfire
Crooked CreekCabin Tour
Animal Care
Phillips JunctionFishing OpportunitiesCommissary; Trading Post; Showers;
7Clear CreekMuzzle Loading Rifles
Mount Phillips
Tomahawks
8Cyphers MineBlacksmithingShowers (wood stoked);
Prospecting
Stomp
Mine Tour
10CimarroncitoHike via Hidden Valley / Window RockShowers;
Climbing Gym
Traverse Wall
11Clarks ForkCowboy CampfireShowers;
Ride out from Cattle Headquarters
Ride over Schaefers Pass
Demonstration ForestObsolete
12Camping HeadquartersVisit the Villa PhilmonteCommissary; Showers; Trading Post;
National Scouting Museum
Ride into Cattle Headquarters
This list is not complete and is dependent on the route you take each day.