Back 2025 Trek 12-24 Forward


Super Strenuous; Approximately 77 miles; Maps required:


Trek History: New as 12-24 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 Camps: Bluestem; Mistletoe; Shaefers Pass;
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DayCampProgram FeaturesCampsite Features
1Camping Headquarters Opening Campfire Commissary; Showers; Trading Post;  
2Bluestem Food Pickup @ Camping HeadquartersTrail Camp (Always dry); (Commissary; Showers; Trading Post; at CHQ Trailbound)


Bus to Ponil Trailhead


Ranger Training  
3Pueblano Continental Tie & Lumber  


Campfire  
4Placer Baldy Hike Prep Trail Camp; 
5Placer Tour Historic Baldy Town @ Baldy TownTrail Camp; (Commissary; Trading Post; Showers; at Baldy Town)


Food Pickup @ Baldy Town 


Prospecting @ French Henry


Baldy Mountain  
6Mistletoe COPE @ Head of DeanTrail Camp (Usually dry); 


Rocky Mountain Fur Company @ Miranda
7Cimarron RiverTrail Camp; 
8Sawmill Rifle Shooting/Reloading Showers (wood stoked);  


Fire Recovery Area  
9Cyphers Mine Mining History Showers (wood stoked);  


Campfire  


Conservation Project @ SawmillShowers (wood stoked);
10Cimarroncito Fire Recovery Area Showers;  


Rock Climbing & Rappelling  


Food Pickup @ Ute Gulch CommissaryCommissary; Trading Post;
11Shaefers Pass Western Lore / Branding @ Clarks ForkTrail Camp (Usually dry); (Showers; at Clarks Fork)
12Camping Headquarters Closing Campfire Commissary; Showers; Trading Post;  


Climb Shaefer's Peak  


Tooth of Time  


Hike into Base  
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
BluestemHike Dean SkylineTrail Camp (Always dry);
3Pueblanospar pole climbing
Tie making / Crosscut Saws
5Baldy TownBaldy MountainCommissary; Trading Post; Showers;
Mining History
Assaying
French HenryBlacksmithing
Mine Tour
6Head of DeanCOPE
pickup crew based challenge events
MirandaMuzzle Loading Rifles
Mountain Man Rendezvous
Baldy Mountain
Tomahawks
9Cyphers MineBlacksmithingShowers (wood stoked);
Prospecting
Stomp
Mine Tour
SawmillRifle Shooting/ReloadingShowers (wood stoked);
Ute Park Pass Hike Prep
Hike through 2018 Ute Park Fire Zone
Fire Recovery Area
10CimarroncitoHike via Hidden Valley / Window RockShowers;
Climbing Gym
Traverse Wall
11Clarks ForkCowboy CampfireShowers;
Ride out from Cattle Headquarters
Ride over Schaefers Pass
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.