Compare All Treks: 2026 vs 2025


Warning: Itinerary details provided by PhilSearch are for planning purposes only.  Only the current year's "Treks" book and the addendums to it, if any, should be used for final trek selection.
Trek comparision is done in the context of the current data set, 2026, compared with the prior year's data, 2025.  There are three columns in the summary table: 'Trek', 'Degree of Change' and 'Areas Affected'.  Only Treks with changes year over year are displayed.  You can click on the trek number to get a detailed, day by day, comparision.  'Degree of change is subjective.  'Little' is reserved for the case where no programs have been added or deleted and there are limited campsite changes.  'Some' indicates the possible loss or addition of a program or two along with a handful of campsite changes but no material change to the trek.  'Moderate' is used to describe situations where more than a couple of programs and or campsites are affected.  'Significant' is used when there are many changes to programs and campsites.  The 'Areas Affected' column will always summarize the changes.
TrekDegree of changeAreas affected
12-1SignificantA bunch of campsite changes.
Adds: Chuck Wagon Dinner, Campfire, Homesteading, Rock Climbing & Rappelling, Horse Ride, Hike into Base, Kit Carson Museum, Post Civil War Settlers, Rayado Rancho Program, High Mountain Ranching Program.
Deletes: Jicarilla Apache Ethnology Program, Western Lore / Branding.
12-2
(2025 #15)
SignificantA bunch of campsite changes.
Adds: Cantina, Homesteading, Jicarilla Apache Ethnology Program, Abreu Family Dinner, Kit Carson Museum, Forest Stewardship Program, Rayado Rancho Program, High Mountain Ranching Program, Commissary & Trading Post.
Deletes: Campfire, Rifle Shooting/Reloading, Rock Climbing & Rappelling, Rocky Mountain Fur Company, Western Lore / Branding, Tooth of Time, Hike into Base, Mount Phillips, Comanche Peak, Mining History.
12-3
(2025 #5)
SignificantA bunch of campsite changes.
Adds: Abreu Family Dinner, Rock Climbing & Rappelling, Hike into Base, Kit Carson Museum, Black Mountain, Post Civil War Settlers, Bonito Peak, Lover's :Leap overlook, High Ropes Instruction & Advanced Challenge Scenarios, Lookout Peak, Rayado Rancho Program, Taos Trappers Program.
Deletes: Cantina, Continental Tie & Lumber, Western Lore / Branding.
12-4SignificantA bunch of campsite changes.
Adds: Cantina, Continental Tie & Lumber, Campfire, Hart Peak, Ancestral Puebloan Archeology Program, Bent. St Vrain & Company Program, Claude Mining and Mlling Company Program.
Deletes: COPE, Prospecting, Rocky Mountain Fur Company, Western Lore / Branding.
12-5
(2025 #8)
SignificantNo campsite changes.
Adds: Visit Black Jack Ketchem's Hideout, Philturn Five Points Camp Program, Bent. St Vrain & Company Program.
Deletes: Archery, Western Lore / Branding, Forest Stewardship Program, COPE.
12-6
(2025 #3)
SignificantA campsite change or two.
Adds: Cantina, Chuck Wagon Dinner, Ancestral Puebloan Archeology Program, Philturn Five Points Camp Program.
Deletes: COPE, Homesteading, Historic Homestead, Wilson Mesa.
12-7SignificantA bunch of campsite changes.
Adds: Astronomy, Cantina, Chuck Wagon Dinner, Continental Tie & Lumber, Horse Ride, Mining History, Philturn Five Points Camp Program, Bent. St Vrain & Company Program.
Deletes: Prospecting, Low Impact Camping, Rocky Mountain Fur Company, Historic Homestead, COPE.
12-8
(2025 #2)
SignificantA campsite change or two.
Adds: Wildlife Conservation, Fire Ecology, Philturn Five Points Camp Program, Bent. St Vrain & Company Program, Claude Mining and Mlling Company Program.
Deletes: Archery, COPE, Prospecting, Rocky Mountain Fur Company, Western Lore / Branding, Fire Recovery Area.
12-9SignificantA bunch of campsite changes.
Adds: Cantina, Rock Climbing & Rappelling, Wildlife Conservation, Philturn Five Points Camp Program.
Deletes: Archery, Pick Up Burros, Continental Tie & Lumber, Rocky Mountain Fur Company, Western Lore / Branding, COPE, Fire Recovery Area.
12-10
(2025 #12)
SignificantA bunch of campsite changes.
Adds: Rifle Shooting/Reloading, Shotgun shooting/reloading, Lookout Peak, High Mountain Ranching Program, Commissary & Trading Post, Taos Trappers Program, St Louis & Cimmaron Mining Co.
Deletes: Continental Tie & Lumber, Rock Climbing & Rappelling, Rocky Mountain Fur Company, Western Lore / Branding, Horse Ride, Trail Peak, Tooth of Time, Hike into Base, Big Red, Bonito Peak, Shaefer's Peak.
12-11
(2025 #10)
SignificantNo campsite changes.
Adds: Hart Peak, Wildlife Conservation, Philturn Five Points Camp Program, Bent. St Vrain & Company Program, Claude Mining and Mlling Company Program.
Deletes: Archery, Prospecting, Rocky Mountain Fur Company, Western Lore / Branding, Historic Homestead, COPE.
12-12
(2025 #16)
SignificantA bunch of campsite changes.
Adds: Continental Tie & Lumber, Horse Ride, Trail Peak, High Mountain Ranching Program, Commissary & Trading Post, Taos Trappers Program, Phillips Hike Prep.
Deletes: Muzzle Loading Rifles, Blacksmithing, Campfire, Rocky Mountain Fur Company, Western Lore / Branding, Post Civil War Settlers, Bonito Peak, Lookout Peak.
12-13SignificantA campsite change or two.
Adds: Continental Tie & Lumber, High Mountain Ranching Program, St Louis & Cimmaron Mining Co.
Deletes: Muzzle Loading Rifles, Blacksmithing, Prospecting, Horse Ride, Mount Phillips, Big Red, Bonito Peak, Comanche Peak, Fire Recovery Area.
12-14
(2025 #6)
SignificantA bunch of campsite changes.
Adds: Continental Tie & Lumber, Campfire, Baldy Mountain, Wildlife Conservation, Shaefer's Peak, Bent. St Vrain & Company Program, Claude Mining and Mlling Company Program, 50 Miler Geology Program.
Deletes: Archery, Prospecting, Rocky Mountain Fur Company, Forest Stewardship Program, Fire Ecology.
12-15
(2025 #18)
SignificantA bunch of campsite changes.
Adds: Ancestral Puebloan Archeology Program, Wildlife Conservation, Fire Ecology, Philturn Five Points Camp Program, Claude Mining and Mlling Company Program, Black Horse Mine.
Deletes: Archery, Western Lore / Branding, Mine Tour, COPE, Mining History, Fire Recovery Area.
12-16
(2025 #20)
SignificantSeveral campsite changes.
Adds: Continental Tie & Lumber, Horse Ride, Baldy Hike Prep, Philturn Five Points Camp Program, Bent. St Vrain & Company Program, Claude Mining and Mlling Company Program.
Deletes: Prospecting, Homesteading, Rocky Mountain Fur Company, Western Lore / Branding, COPE, Fire Recovery Area.
12-17SignificantSeveral campsite changes.
Adds: Lookout Peak, Shaefer's Peak, Commissary & Trading Post, Taos Trappers Program, St Louis & Cimmaron Mining Co.
Deletes: Rocky Mountain Fur Company, Western Lore / Branding, Mining History, Fire Recovery Area.
12-18
(2025 #19)
SignificantNo campsite changes.
Adds: Continental Tie & Lumber, Forest Stewardship Program, Hike Out from CHQ, Taos Trappers Program, Stone Wall Pass.
Deletes: Rocky Mountain Fur Company, COPE, Fire Recovery Area.
12-19
(2025 #11)
SignificantA bunch of campsite changes.
Adds: Jicarilla Apache Ethnology Program, Trail Peak, Mount Phillips, Black Mountain, Post Civil War Settlers, High Mountain Ranching Program, Commissary & Trading Post, Taos Trappers Program.
Deletes: Cantina, Chuck Wagon Dinner, Campfire, Western Lore / Branding, Forest Stewardship Program.
12-20
(2025 #23)
SignificantA bunch of campsite changes.
Adds: Continental Tie & Lumber, Wildlife Conservation, Fire Ecology, Commissary & Trading Post, Claude Mining and Mlling Company Program.
Deletes: Archery, Chuck Wagon Dinner, Rocky Mountain Fur Company, Shotgun shooting/reloading, Horse Ride, Lover's :Leap overlook, COPE, Fire Recovery Area.
12-21SignificantA bunch of campsite changes.
Adds: Chuck Wagon Dinner, Campfire, Rifle Shooting/Reloading, Mount Phillips, Hike Out from CHQ, High Mountain Ranching Program, Commissary & Trading Post, Taos Trappers Program.
Deletes: Muzzle Loading Rifles, Blacksmithing, Continental Tie & Lumber, Abreu Family Dinner, Rock Climbing & Rappelling, Rocky Mountain Fur Company, Western Lore / Branding, Mining History.
12-22
(2025 #24)
SignificantNo campsite changes.
Adds: Cantina, Commissary & Trading Post, Philturn Five Points Camp Program, Bent. St Vrain & Company Program, Claude Mining and Mlling Company Program, St Louis & Cimmaron Mining Co.
Deletes: Prospecting, Rocky Mountain Fur Company, COPE, Mining History, Fire Recovery Area.
12-23
(2025 #22)
SignificantA bunch of campsite changes.
Adds: Pick Up Burros, Tooth of Time, Hike into Base, Baldy Mining District, Wildlife Conservation, Fire Ecology, Philturn Five Points Camp Program, Bent. St Vrain & Company Program, Claude Mining and Mlling Company Program.
Deletes: Archery, Prospecting, Rocky Mountain Fur Company, Mine Tour, COPE, Fire Recovery Area.
12-24NewNew trek for 2026
7-1SignificantA campsite change or two.
Adds: Chuck Wagon Dinner, Campfire, Horse Ride, Wildlife Conservation, Fire Ecology, Philturn Five Points Camp Program.
Deletes: Western Lore / Branding.
7-2
(2025 #703)
SignificantSeveral campsite changes.
Adds: Chuck Wagon Dinner, Campfire, Rock Climbing & Rappelling, Philturn Five Points Camp Program.
Deletes: COPE, Low Impact Camping, Western Lore / Branding, Historic Homestead.
7-3
(2025 #704)
SignificantSeveral campsite changes.
Adds: Ancestral Puebloan Archeology Program, Cimarron & Northwestern Railway Program, Philturn Five Points Camp Program.
Deletes: COPE, Western Lore / Branding, Historic Homestead.
7-4
(2025 #705)
SignificantA campsite change or two.
Adds: Chuck Wagon Dinner, Tyrannosaurus Rex Track, Wildlife Conservation, Philturn Five Points Camp Program.
Deletes: Archery, Western Lore / Branding.
7-5
(2025 #706)
ModerateA campsite change or two.
Adds: Stone Wall Pass.
Deletes: Horse Ride, Fire Recovery Area.
7-6
(2025 #708)
SignificantSeveral campsite changes.
Adds: Rock Climbing & Rappelling, Western Lore / Branding, Hike via Hidden Valley / Window Rock, Forest Stewardship Program, Shaefer's Peak.
Deletes: Rifle Shooting/Reloading, Mining History, Fire Recovery Area.
7-7SomeNo campsite changes.
Adds: Western Lore / Branding
7-8
(2025 #702)
SignificantNo campsite changes.
Adds: Tooth of Time, Hike into Base, St Louis & Cimmaron Mining Co.
Deletes: Muzzle Loading Rifles, Blacksmithing, Mining History.
7-9SignificantA campsite change or two.
Adds: Campfire, Kit Carson Museum, Rayado Rancho Program, High Mountain Ranching Program.
Deletes: Muzzle Loading Rifles, Blacksmithing, Western Lore / Branding.
7-10SignificantNo campsite changes.
Adds: Commissary & Trading Post, Stone Wall Pass.
Deletes: Muzzle Loading Rifles, Blacksmithing, Western Lore / Branding, Trail Peak.
7-11SignificantA campsite change or two.
Adds: Big Red, Comanche Peak, Wildlife Conservation, High Mountain Ranching Program, Commissary & Trading Post, Taos Trappers Program, St Louis & Cimmaron Mining Co.
Deletes: Archery, Western Lore / Branding, Fire Recovery Area.
7-12SignificantA campsite change or two.
Adds: Rock Climbing & Rappelling, Forest Stewardship Program, St Louis & Cimmaron Mining Co.
Deletes: Chuck Wagon Dinner, Campfire, Horse Ride, Mining History, Fire Recovery Area.
9-1SignificantNo campsite changes.
Adds: Bonito Peak, Rayado Rancho Program, High Mountain Ranching Program, Stone Wall Pass.
Deletes: Muzzle Loading Rifles, Blacksmithing, COPE, Western Lore / Branding.
9-2
(2025 #903)
SignificantA bunch of campsite changes.
Adds: Cantina, Campfire, Abreu Family Dinner, Trail Peak, Kit Carson Museum, Lookout Peak, Rayado Rancho Program, High Mountain Ranching Program, Commissary & Trading Post, Stone Wall Pass.
Deletes: Archery, Rifle Shooting/Reloading, Rock Climbing & Rappelling, Western Lore / Branding, Horse Ride, Forest Stewardship Program, Lover's :Leap overlook, Mining History, Shaefer's Peak, Fire Recovery Area, Fire Ecology.
9-3
(2025 #905)
SignificantA campsite change or two.
Adds: Cantina, Hart Peak, Philturn Five Points Camp Program, Bent. St Vrain & Company Program, Claude Mining and Mlling Company Program.
Deletes: COPE, Prospecting, Rocky Mountain Fur Company, Western Lore / Branding.
9-4
(2025 #911)
SignificantSeveral campsite changes.
Adds: Cantina, Chuck Wagon Dinner, Continental Tie & Lumber, Campfire, Hart Peak, Philturn Five Points Camp Program, Bent. St Vrain & Company Program, Claude Mining and Mlling Company Program.
Deletes: Prospecting, Low Impact Camping, Rocky Mountain Fur Company, Tyrannosaurus Rex Track, Historic Homestead.
9-5
(2025 #902)
SignificantNo campsite changes.
Adds: Chuck Wagon Dinner, Campfire, Hart Peak, Wildlife Conservation, Philturn Five Points Camp Program.
Deletes: Archery, Western Lore / Branding.
9-6
(2025 #904)
SignificantNo campsite changes.
Adds: Black Mountain, Comanche Peak, High Mountain Ranching Program, Commissary & Trading Post.
Deletes: Muzzle Loading Rifles, Blacksmithing, Cantina, Western Lore / Branding.
9-7
(2025 #906)
SignificantSeveral campsite changes.
Adds: Campfire, Philturn Five Points Camp Program.
Deletes: Cantina, COPE, Homesteading, Western Lore / Branding, Historic Homestead, Wilson Mesa.
9-8
(2025 #907)
SignificantA campsite change or two.
Adds: Wildlife Conservation, Commissary & Trading Post, St Louis & Cimmaron Mining Co.
Deletes: Archery, Rock Climbing & Rappelling, Mining History.
9-9SignificantA campsite change or two.
Adds: Big Red, Comanche Peak, Lookout Peak, High Mountain Ranching Program, Commissary & Trading Post, Taos Trappers Program, St Louis & Cimmaron Mining Co.
Deletes: Campfire, Rocky Mountain Fur Company, Western Lore / Branding, Mining History.
9-10
(2025 #908)
SignificantA campsite change or two.
Adds: Cantina, Hike into Base, Kit Carson Museum, Rayado Rancho Program, High Mountain Ranching Program, Stone Wall Pass.
Deletes: Chuck Wagon Dinner, COPE, Western Lore / Branding.
9-11NewNew trek for 2026
9-12SignificantA bunch of campsite changes.
Adds: Rock Climbing & Rappelling, Hike via Hidden Valley / Window Rock, Forest Stewardship Program, Visit Black Jack Ketchem's Hideout, Commissary & Trading Post.
Deletes: Muzzle Loading Rifles, Blacksmithing, Rifle Shooting/Reloading, Rocky Mountain Fur Company, Mount Phillips, Post Civil War Settlers, Comanche Peak, Shaefer's Peak.