Philmont Itinerary 2025: 2025-12-23
Difficulty: Super Strenuous
Length: 12 days
Official Miles: 76 // Our Count: 75.6
Avg Miles per Day: 6.9 miles
Total Elevation: -164ft ↕ (15,681ft↑/15,845ft↓) // -50 meters ↕ (4,780m↑/4,830m↓)
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: Herradura - Trail Camp
Distance¹: 2.2 miles / 3.5 KM
Campsite Elevation: 7,556 ft // 2,303 meters
Hiking Elevation: 428ft ↕ (718ft↑/290ft↓) // 130 meters ↕ (219m↑/88m↓)
Commisary: Camping HQ
Program: Ranger Training, Dry Camp
Day 3: Staffed Camp
Sleep at: Miners Park - Staffed Camp
Distance¹: 3.1 miles / 5 KM
Campsite Elevation: 8,002 ft // 2,439 meters
Hiking Elevation: 452ft ↕ (696ft↑/244ft↓) // 138 meters ↕ (212m↑/74m↓)
Program: Advanced Rock Climbing & Rappelling
Day 4: Staffed Camp - Food Pickup
Sleep at: Clarks Fork - Staffed Camp
Distance¹: 6.0 miles / 9.7 KM
Campsite Elevation: 7,539 ft // 2,298 meters
Hiking Elevation: -474ft ↕ (1,337ft↑/1,811ft↓) // -144 meters ↕ (408m↑/552m↓)
Commisary: Miners Park
Program: Climb Shaefers Peak, Climb Tooth of Time, Horse Rides, Chuckwagon Dinner
Day 5: Trail Camp
Sleep at: Vaca - Trail Camp
Distance¹: 7.1 miles / 11.4 KM
Campsite Elevation: 7,426 ft // 2,263 meters
Hiking Elevation: -96ft ↕ (1,029ft↑/1,125ft↓) // -29 meters ↕ (314m↑/343m↓)
Program: Trail Camp
Day 6: Staffed Camp - Food Pickup
Sleep at: Cimarroncita - Staffed Camp
Distance¹: 13.0 miles / 20.9 KM
Campsite Elevation: 7,381 ft // 2,250 meters
Hiking Elevation: 20ft ↕ (1,939ft↑/1,919ft↓) // 6 meters ↕ (591m↑/585m↓)
Commisary: Ute Gulch
Program: Archery & Fire Ecology Program
Day 7: Staffed Camp
Sleep at: Head of Dean - Staffed Camp
Distance¹: 11.0 miles / 17.7 KM
Campsite Elevation: 8,770 ft // 2,673 meters
Hiking Elevation: 1,391ft ↕ (2,491ft↑/1,100ft↓) // 424 meters ↕ (759m↑/335m↓)
Program: Low COPE
Day 8: Trail Camp
Sleep at: Black Horse Creek - Trail Camp
Distance¹: 5.2 miles / 8.4 KM
Campsite Elevation: 9,681 ft // 2,951 meters
Hiking Elevation: 933ft ↕ (1,711ft↑/778ft↓) // 284 meters ↕ (522m↑/237m↓)
Program: Rocky Mountain Fur Co., Trail Camp
Day 9: Trail Camp - Food Pickup & Layover
Sleep at: Black Horse Creek - Trail Camp
Distance¹: 7.6 miles / 12.2 KM
Campsite Elevation: 9,681 ft // 2,951 meters
Hiking Elevation: -5ft ↕ (3,032ft↑/3,037ft↓) // -2 meters ↕ (924m↑/926m↓)
Commisary: Baldy Town
Program: Baldy Mountain Hike, Historic Baldy Town, Trail Camp
Day 10: Staffed Camp
Sleep at: Pueblano - Staffed Camp
Distance¹: 7.2 miles / 11.6 KM
Campsite Elevation: 8,072 ft // 2,460 meters
Hiking Elevation: -1,637ft ↕ (792ft↑/2,429ft↓) // -499 meters ↕ (241m↑/740m↓)
Program: Continental Tie & Lumber Co
Day 11: Trail Camp
Sleep at: Trail Canyon Camp - Trail Camp
Distance¹: 12.7 miles / 20.4 KM
Campsite Elevation: 7,073 ft // 2,156 meters
Hiking Elevation: -1,059ft ↕ (1,923ft↑/2,982ft↓) // -323 meters ↕ (586m↑/909m↓)
Program: Dry Camp
Day 12: Base Camp
Trailhead: Nine Mile TrailheadSleep at: Camping HQ - Base Camp
Distance¹: 0.5 miles / 0.8 KM
Campsite Elevation: 6,700 ft // 2,042 meters
Hiking Elevation: -117ft ↕ (13ft↑/130ft↓) // -36 meters ↕ (4m↑/40m↓)
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.