Philmont Itinerary 2025: 2025-7-10

Difficulty: Super Strenuous

Length: 7 days

Official Miles: 42 // Our Count: 42

Avg Miles per Day: 7 miles

Total Elevation: -432ft ↕ (8,990ft↑/9,422ft↓) // -132 meters ↕ (2,740m↑/2,872m↓)

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 Trailhead

Sleep at: Herradura - Trail Camp

Distance¹: 2.2 miles / 3.5 KM

Campsite Elevation: 7,556 ft // 2,303 meters

Hiking Elevation: 674ft ↕ (1,119ft↑/445ft↓) // 205 meters ↕ (341m↑/136m↓)

Commisary: Camping HQ

Program: Ranger Training, Dry Camp

Day 3: Staffed Camp

Sleep at: Crater Lake - Staffed Camp

Distance¹: 4.1 miles / 6.6 KM

Campsite Elevation: 8,390 ft // 2,557 meters

Hiking Elevation: 616ft ↕ (1,028ft↑/412ft↓) // 188 meters ↕ (313m↑/126m↓)

Program: Continental Tie & Lumber Co

Day 4: Trail Camp

Sleep at: Lookout Meadow - Trail Camp

Distance¹: 4.0 miles / 6.4 KM

Campsite Elevation: 9,430 ft // 2,874 meters

Hiking Elevation: 1,009ft ↕ (1,489ft↑/480ft↓) // 308 meters ↕ (454m↑/146m↓)

Program: Trail Camp

Day 5: Staffed Camp - Food Pickup

Sleep at: Beaubien - Staffed Camp

Distance¹: 9.8 miles / 15.8 KM

Campsite Elevation: 9,349 ft // 2,850 meters

Hiking Elevation: -104ft ↕ (1,715ft↑/1,819ft↓) // -32 meters ↕ (523m↑/554m↓)

Commisary: Phillips Junction

Program: Chuckwagon Dinner

Day 6: Staffed Camp

Sleep at: Miners Park - Staffed Camp

Distance¹: 8.5 miles / 13.7 KM

Campsite Elevation: 8,002 ft // 2,439 meters

Hiking Elevation: -1,340ft ↕ (1,095ft↑/2,435ft↓) // -408 meters ↕ (334m↑/742m↓)

Program: Side Hike Black Mountain Camp, Hike Trail Peak, Advanced Rock Climbing & Rappelling

Day 7: Base Camp

Trailhead: Tooth Ridge Trailhead

Sleep at: Camping HQ - Base Camp

Distance¹: 13.4 miles / 21.6 KM

Campsite Elevation: 6,700 ft // 2,042 meters

Hiking Elevation: -1,287ft ↕ (2,544ft↑/3,831ft↓) // -392 meters ↕ (775m↑/1,168m↓)

Program: Closing Campfire, Climb Shaefers Peak, Climb Tooth of Time, Hike into Base Camp via Tooth Ridge Trail

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.