Philmont Itinerary 2024: 12-24
Difficulty: Strenuous
Length: 12 days
Official Miles: 70 // Our Count: 70.4
Avg Miles per Day: 6.4 miles
Total Elevation: -24ft ↕ (14,795ft↑/14,819ft↓) // -7 meters ↕ (4,510m↑/4,517m↓)
Year: 2024
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Day 1: Base Camp
Sleep at: Camping HQ - Base Camp
Distance¹: 0.0 miles / 0 KM
Campsite Elevation: 6,700 ft // 2,042 meters
Hiking Elevation: 0ft ↕ (0ft↑/0ft↓) // 0 meters ↕ (0m↑/0m↓)
Program: Opening Campfire
Day 2: Trail Camp - Food Pickup
Trailhead: Magpie TrailheadSleep at: Magpie - Trail Camp
Distance¹: 3.6 miles / 5.8 KM
Campsite Elevation: 7,450 ft // 2,271 meters
Hiking Elevation: 637ft ↕ (666ft↑/29ft↓) // 194 meters ↕ (203m↑/9m↓)
Commisary: Camping HQ
Program: Ranger Training, Water, Trail Camp
Day 3: Staffed Camp
Sleep at: Urraca - Staffed Camp
Distance¹: 1.9 miles / 3.1 KM
Campsite Elevation: 7,966 ft // 2,428 meters
Hiking Elevation: 608ft ↕ (810ft↑/202ft↓) // 185 meters ↕ (247m↑/62m↓)
Program: Challenge Events, Campfire
Day 4: Trail Camp
Sleep at: Aguila - Trail Camp
Distance¹: 4.4 miles / 7.1 KM
Campsite Elevation: 8,281 ft // 2,524 meters
Hiking Elevation: 294ft ↕ (1,010ft↑/716ft↓) // 90 meters ↕ (308m↑/218m↓)
Program: Sunrise Hike, New Mexican Homestead, Cantina, Trail Camp
Day 5: Staffed Camp - Food Pickup
Sleep at: Miners Park - Staffed Camp
Distance¹: 4.8 miles / 7.7 KM
Campsite Elevation: 8,002 ft // 2,439 meters
Hiking Elevation: -300ft ↕ (811ft↑/1,111ft↓) // -91 meters ↕ (247m↑/339m↓)
Commisary: Miners Park
Program: Tie Making & Crosscut Saws, Rock Climbing & Rappeling
Day 6: Staffed Camp
Sleep at: Black Mountain - Staffed Camp
Distance¹: 5.1 miles / 8.2 KM
Campsite Elevation: 8,990 ft // 2,740 meters
Hiking Elevation: 1,044ft ↕ (1,475ft↑/431ft↓) // 318 meters ↕ (450m↑/131m↓)
Program: Conservation Project, Post Civil War Encampment, Blacksmithing, Muzzle Loading Rifles
Day 7: Trail Camp
Sleep at: Bear Creek - Trail Camp
Distance¹: 8.9 miles / 14.3 KM
Campsite Elevation: 9,235 ft // 2,815 meters
Hiking Elevation: 307ft ↕ (2,084ft↑/1,777ft↓) // 94 meters ↕ (635m↑/542m↓)
Program: Western Lore/Branding, Trail Camp
Day 8: Trail Camp - Food Pickup
Sleep at: Wild Horse - Trail Camp
Distance¹: 9.1 miles / 14.6 KM
Campsite Elevation: 10,458 ft // 3,188 meters
Hiking Elevation: 1,116ft ↕ (2,188ft↑/1,072ft↓) // 340 meters ↕ (667m↑/327m↓)
Commisary: Apache Springs
Program: Jicarilla Apache Life, Homesteading, Trail Camp
Day 9: Trail Camp
Sleep at: Divide - Trail Camp
Distance¹: 9.9 miles / 15.9 KM
Campsite Elevation: 10,590 ft // 3,228 meters
Hiking Elevation: 164ft ↕ (2,179ft↑/2,015ft↓) // 50 meters ↕ (664m↑/614m↓)
Program: Rocky Mountain Fur Co., Tomahawks, Climb Mt. Phillips via the new Order of the Arrow trail, Water, Trail Camp
Day 10: Staffed Camp
Sleep at: Cyphers Mine - Staffed Camp
Distance¹: 5.6 miles / 9 KM
Campsite Elevation: 9,316 ft // 2,840 meters
Hiking Elevation: -1,237ft ↕ (650ft↑/1,887ft↓) // -377 meters ↕ (198m↑/575m↓)
Program: Gold Mining & Panning, Mine Tour, Blacksmithing, Campfire
Day 11: Staffed Camp
Sleep at: Clarks Fork - Staffed Camp
Distance¹: 5.1 miles / 8.2 KM
Campsite Elevation: 7,539 ft // 2,298 meters
Hiking Elevation: -1,840ft ↕ (156ft↑/1,996ft↓) // -561 meters ↕ (48m↑/608m↓)
Program: Visiting Forester, Western Lore/Branding, Horse Rides, Chuckwagon Dinner, Campfire
Day 12: Base Camp
Trailhead: Tooth Ridge TrailheadSleep at: Camping HQ - Base Camp
Distance¹: 12.0 miles / 19.3 KM
Campsite Elevation: 6,700 ft // 2,042 meters
Hiking Elevation: -817ft ↕ (2,766ft↑/3,583ft↓) // -249 meters ↕ (843m↑/1,092m↓)
Program: Climb Shaefers Peak, Climb Tooth of Time, Hike in via Tooth Ridge, Closing Campfire
¹ This is the official distance published by Philmont. This is the shortest possible amount you could hike that day. Depending on your crew's navigational abilities, you could hike a LOT more than this.