Philmont Itinerary 2025: 2025-12-9
Difficulty: Rugged
Length: 12 days
Official Miles: 61 // Our Count: 61.2
Avg Miles per Day: 5.5 miles
Total Elevation: -174ft ↕ (12,697ft↑/12,871ft↓) // -53 meters ↕ (3,870m↑/3,923m↓)
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: Staffed Camp - Food Pickup
Trailhead: Nine Mile TrailheadSleep at: Dean Cow - Staffed Camp
Distance¹: 4.8 miles / 7.7 KM
Campsite Elevation: 7,231 ft // 2,204 meters
Hiking Elevation: 298ft ↕ (973ft↑/675ft↓) // 91 meters ↕ (297m↑/206m↓)
Commisary: Camping HQ
Program: Ranger Training, Advanced Rock Climbing & Rappelling
Day 3: Trail Camp
Sleep at: New Dean - Trail Camp
Distance¹: 3.9 miles / 6.3 KM
Campsite Elevation: 7,769 ft // 2,368 meters
Hiking Elevation: 543ft ↕ (729ft↑/186ft↓) // 166 meters ↕ (222m↑/57m↓)
Program: Trail Camp
Day 4: Staffed Camp - Food Pickup
Sleep at: Ponil - Staffed Camp
Distance¹: 4.0 miles / 6.4 KM
Campsite Elevation: 7,150 ft // 2,179 meters
Hiking Elevation: -667ft ↕ (691ft↑/1,358ft↓) // -203 meters ↕ (211m↑/414m↓)
Commisary: Ponil
Program: Cantina, Chuckwagon Dinner
Day 5: Trail Camp
Sleep at: Flume Canyon - Trail Camp
Distance¹: 3.7 miles / 6 KM
Campsite Elevation: 7,761 ft // 2,366 meters
Hiking Elevation: 632ft ↕ (1,322ft↑/690ft↓) // 193 meters ↕ (403m↑/210m↓)
Program: Pick up Burros, Trail Camp
Day 6: Staffed Camp
Sleep at: Miranda - Staffed Camp
Distance¹: 7.3 miles / 11.7 KM
Campsite Elevation: 8,924 ft // 2,720 meters
Hiking Elevation: 1,150ft ↕ (2,167ft↑/1,017ft↓) // 351 meters ↕ (661m↑/310m↓)
Program: Continental Tie & Lumber Co, Rocky Mountain Fur Co.
Day 7: Trail Camp
Sleep at: Santa Claus - Trail Camp
Distance¹: 8.0 miles / 12.9 KM
Campsite Elevation: 8,461 ft // 2,579 meters
Hiking Elevation: -431ft ↕ (1,044ft↑/1,475ft↓) // -131 meters ↕ (318m↑/450m↓)
Program: High Ropes & COPE Events
Day 8: Staffed Camp
Sleep at: Cimarroncita - Staffed Camp
Distance¹: 7.1 miles / 11.4 KM
Campsite Elevation: 7,381 ft // 2,250 meters
Hiking Elevation: -1,052ft ↕ (678ft↑/1,730ft↓) // -321 meters ↕ (207m↑/527m↓)
Program: Archery & Fire Ecology Program
Day 9: Staffed Camp - Food Pickup
Sleep at: Cimarroncito - Staffed Camp
Distance¹: 7.0 miles / 11.3 KM
Campsite Elevation: 8,145 ft // 2,483 meters
Hiking Elevation: 787ft ↕ (1,996ft↑/1,209ft↓) // 240 meters ↕ (608m↑/369m↓)
Commisary: Ute Gulch
Program: Advanced Rock Climbing & Rappelling
Day 10: Staffed Camp
Sleep at: Hunting Lodge - Staffed Camp
Distance¹: 1.4 miles / 2.3 KM
Campsite Elevation: 7,811 ft // 2,381 meters
Hiking Elevation: -357ft ↕ (52ft↑/409ft↓) // -109 meters ↕ (16m↑/125m↓)
Program: Trail Camp
Day 11: Trail Camp
Sleep at: Shaefers Pass - Trail Camp
Distance¹: 4.4 miles / 7.1 KM
Campsite Elevation: 8,791 ft // 2,679 meters
Hiking Elevation: 941ft ↕ (1,602ft↑/661ft↓) // 287 meters ↕ (488m↑/201m↓)
Program: Demonstration Forest
Day 12: Base Camp
Trailhead: Tooth Ridge TrailheadSleep at: Camping HQ - Base Camp
Distance¹: 9.6 miles / 15.4 KM
Campsite Elevation: 6,700 ft // 2,042 meters
Hiking Elevation: -2,018ft ↕ (1,443ft↑/3,461ft↓) // -615 meters ↕ (440m↑/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.