Philmont Itinerary 2025: 2025-12-21
Difficulty: Super Strenuous
Length: 12 days
Official Miles: 70 // Our Count: 69.1
Avg Miles per Day: 6.4 miles
Total Elevation: -409ft ↕ (13,686ft↑/14,095ft↓) // -125 meters ↕ (4,171m↑/4,296m↓)
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: Lovers Leap TrailheadSleep at: Magpie - Trail Camp
Distance¹: 1.1 miles / 1.8 KM
Campsite Elevation: 7,450 ft // 2,271 meters
Hiking Elevation: 341ft ↕ (493ft↑/152ft↓) // 104 meters ↕ (150m↑/46m↓)
Commisary: Camping HQ
Program: Ranger Training, High Ropes & COPE Events, Dry Camp
Day 3: Staffed Camp
Sleep at: Abreu - Staffed Camp
Distance¹: 5.8 miles / 9.3 KM
Campsite Elevation: 7,219 ft // 2,200 meters
Hiking Elevation: -209ft ↕ (1,374ft↑/1,583ft↓) // -64 meters ↕ (419m↑/482m↓)
Program: Stonewall Pass
Day 4: Staffed Camp
Sleep at: Miners Park - Staffed Camp
Distance¹: 9.4 miles / 15.1 KM
Campsite Elevation: 8,002 ft // 2,439 meters
Hiking Elevation: 746ft ↕ (1,558ft↑/812ft↓) // 227 meters ↕ (475m↑/247m↓)
Program: Continental Tie & Lumber Co, Rock Climbing & Rappeling
Day 5: 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: Trail Building, Side Hike Black Mountain Camp
Day 6: Staffed Camp - Food Pickup
Sleep at: Crooked Creek - Staffed Camp
Distance¹: 6.6 miles / 10.6 KM
Campsite Elevation: 9,347 ft // 2,849 meters
Hiking Elevation: 304ft ↕ (1,644ft↑/1,340ft↓) // 93 meters ↕ (501m↑/408m↓)
Commisary: Phillips Junction
Program: Pioneer Homestead Program
Day 7: Trail Camp
Sleep at: Mount Phillips - Trail Camp
Distance¹: 9.5 miles / 15.3 KM
Campsite Elevation: 11,704 ft // 3,567 meters
Hiking Elevation: 2,339ft ↕ (2,989ft↑/650ft↓) // 713 meters ↕ (911m↑/198m↓)
Program: Rocky Mountain Fur Co., Dry Camp
Day 8: Staffed Camp
Sleep at: Cyphers Mine - Staffed Camp
Distance¹: 5.8 miles / 9.3 KM
Campsite Elevation: 9,316 ft // 2,840 meters
Hiking Elevation: -2,320ft ↕ (191ft↑/2,511ft↓) // -707 meters ↕ (58m↑/765m↓)
Program: Climb Comanche Peak, Assaying & Mining History
Day 9: Staffed Camp
Sleep at: Cimarroncito - Staffed Camp
Distance¹: 4.8 miles / 7.7 KM
Campsite Elevation: 8,145 ft // 2,483 meters
Hiking Elevation: -1,203ft ↕ (408ft↑/1,611ft↓) // -367 meters ↕ (124m↑/491m↓)
Program: Advanced Rock Climbing & Rappelling
Day 10: Staffed Camp - Food Pickup & Layover
Sleep at: Cimarroncito - Staffed Camp
Distance¹: 4.9 miles / 7.9 KM
Campsite Elevation: 8,145 ft // 2,483 meters
Hiking Elevation: -5ft ↕ (650ft↑/655ft↓) // -2 meters ↕ (198m↑/200m↓)
Commisary: Ute Gulch
Program: Advanced Rock Climbing & Rappelling
Day 11: Trail Camp
Sleep at: Ponderosa Park - Trail Camp
Distance¹: 4.9 miles / 7.9 KM
Campsite Elevation: 8,042 ft // 2,451 meters
Hiking Elevation: -97ft ↕ (793ft↑/890ft↓) // -30 meters ↕ (242m↑/271m↓)
Program: Demonstration Forest, Dry Camp
Day 12: Base Camp
Trailhead: Tooth Ridge TrailheadSleep at: Camping HQ - Base Camp
Distance¹: 11.2 miles / 18 KM
Campsite Elevation: 6,700 ft // 2,042 meters
Hiking Elevation: -1,349ft ↕ (2,111ft↑/3,460ft↓) // -411 meters ↕ (643m↑/1,055m↓)
Program: Climb Shaefers Peak, Climb Tooth of Time, Hike into Base Camp via Tooth Ridge Trail, 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.