Philmont Itinerary 2025: 2025-12-18
Difficulty: Strenuous
Length: 12 days
Official Miles: 64 // Our Count: 63.5
Avg Miles per Day: 5.8 miles
Total Elevation: -332ft ↕ (12,948ft↑/13,280ft↓) // -101 meters ↕ (3,947m↑/4,048m↓)
Year: 2025
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: Webster TrailheadSleep at: Deer Lake - Trail Camp
Distance¹: 5.5 miles / 8.9 KM
Campsite Elevation: 8,281 ft // 2,524 meters
Hiking Elevation: 1,203ft ↕ (1,586ft↑/383ft↓) // 367 meters ↕ (483m↑/117m↓)
Commisary: Camping HQ
Program: Ranger Training, Trail Camp
Day 3: Trail Camp - Food Pickup
Sleep at: Minette Meadows Camp - Trail Camp
Distance¹: 8.6 miles / 13.8 KM
Campsite Elevation: 7,830 ft // 2,387 meters
Hiking Elevation: -406ft ↕ (956ft↑/1,362ft↓) // -124 meters ↕ (291m↑/415m↓)
Commisary: Ute Gulch
Program: Dry Camp
Day 4: Trail Camp
Sleep at: Mistletoe - Trail Camp
Distance¹: 6.6 miles / 10.6 KM
Campsite Elevation: 8,361 ft // 2,548 meters
Hiking Elevation: 457ft ↕ (1,521ft↑/1,064ft↓) // 139 meters ↕ (464m↑/324m↓)
Program: Archery & Fire Ecology Program, Dry Camp
Day 5: Staffed Camp
Sleep at: Head of Dean - Staffed Camp
Distance¹: 5.3 miles / 8.5 KM
Campsite Elevation: 8,770 ft // 2,673 meters
Hiking Elevation: 447ft ↕ (1,017ft↑/570ft↓) // 136 meters ↕ (310m↑/174m↓)
Program: High Ropes & COPE Events
Day 6: Staffed Camp - Food Pickup
Sleep at: Baldy Town - Staffed Camp
Distance¹: 6.6 miles / 10.6 KM
Campsite Elevation: 9,855 ft // 3,004 meters
Hiking Elevation: 1,064ft ↕ (1,514ft↑/450ft↓) // 324 meters ↕ (461m↑/137m↓)
Commisary: Baldy Town
Program: Historic Baldy Town, Baldy Mountain Hike
Day 7: Staffed Camp - Layover
Sleep at: Baldy Town - Staffed Camp
Distance¹: 5.8 miles / 9.3 KM
Campsite Elevation: 9,855 ft // 3,004 meters
Hiking Elevation: 0ft ↕ (2,592ft↑/2,592ft↓) // 0 meters ↕ (790m↑/790m↓)
Program: Baldy Mountain Hike, Historic Baldy Town
Day 8: Staffed Camp
Sleep at: Pueblano - Staffed Camp
Distance¹: 5.3 miles / 8.5 KM
Campsite Elevation: 8,072 ft // 2,460 meters
Hiking Elevation: -1,757ft ↕ (479ft↑/2,236ft↓) // -536 meters ↕ (146m↑/682m↓)
Program: Assaying & Mining History, Continental Tie & Lumber Co
Day 9: Trail Camp
Sleep at: Elkhorn - Trail Camp
Distance¹: 4.0 miles / 6.4 KM
Campsite Elevation: 8,488 ft // 2,587 meters
Hiking Elevation: 433ft ↕ (1,080ft↑/647ft↓) // 132 meters ↕ (329m↑/197m↓)
Program: Trail Building, Trail Camp
Day 10: Staffed Camp - Food Pickup
Sleep at: Ponil - Staffed Camp
Distance¹: 5.0 miles / 8 KM
Campsite Elevation: 7,150 ft // 2,179 meters
Hiking Elevation: -1,337ft ↕ (297ft↑/1,634ft↓) // -408 meters ↕ (91m↑/498m↓)
Commisary: Ponil
Program: Cantina, Chuckwagon Dinner
Day 11: Trail Camp
Sleep at: Coyote Howl - Trail Camp
Distance¹: 5.9 miles / 9.5 KM
Campsite Elevation: 7,570 ft // 2,307 meters
Hiking Elevation: 411ft ↕ (1,587ft↑/1,176ft↓) // 125 meters ↕ (484m↑/358m↓)
Program: Climb Hart Peak, Dry Camp
Day 12: Base Camp
Trailhead: Six Mile TrailheadSleep at: Camping HQ - Base Camp
Distance¹: 4.9 miles / 7.9 KM
Campsite Elevation: 6,700 ft // 2,042 meters
Hiking Elevation: -847ft ↕ (319ft↑/1,166ft↓) // -258 meters ↕ (97m↑/355m↓)
Program: Closing Campfire, T-Rex Track, Hike to Six Mile Gate Trailhead
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.