Back 2025 Trek 12-21 Forward


Super Strenuous; Approximately 70 miles; Maps required:


Trek History: New as 12-21 in 2025;


Per the Guidebook to Itineraries: "Due to potential emergencies, such as catastrophic fires, Crews must not deviate from their assigned itinerary. Changes are only permitted for bona fide medical emergencies and must be approved in advance by the Logistics Department."

Dry Camps: Magpie; Mt Phillips; Ponderosa Park;
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DayCampProgram FeaturesCampsite Features
1Camping Headquarters Opening Campfire Commissary; Showers; Trading Post;  
2Magpie Food Pickup @ Camping HeadquartersTrail Camp (Usually dry); (Commissary; Showers; Trading Post; at CHQ Trailbound)


Bus to Lovers Leap Trailhead


High Ropes Instruction & Advanced Challenge Scenarios @ COPE Course


Ranger Training  
3AbreuShowers;  


Tour Abreu Homestead  


Abreu Family Dinner  
4Miner's Park Continental Tie & Lumber @ Crater LakeShowers;  (Showers; at Crater Lake)


Rock Climbing & Rappelling  
5Black Mountain Blacksmithing  


Post Civil War Settlers  


Muzzle Loading Rifles  


Conservation Project @ North Fork Urraca
6Crooked Creek Western Lore / Branding @ Beaubien (Showers (wood stoked); at Beaubien)


Homesteading  


Food Pickup @ Phillips JunctionCommissary; Trading Post; Showers;
7Mt Phillips Rocky Mountain Fur Company @ Clear CreekTrail Camp (Usually dry); 
8Cyphers Mine Mining History Showers (wood stoked);  


Campfire  


Comanche Peak  
9Cimarroncito Rock Climbing & Rappelling Showers;  
10Cimarroncito Rock Climbing & Rappelling Showers;  
11Ponderosa Park Western Lore / Branding @ Clarks ForkTrail Camp (Usually dry); (Showers; at Clarks Fork)


Food Pickup @ Ute Gulch CommissaryCommissary; Trading Post;


Demonstration Forest @ Demonstration Forest
12Camping Headquarters Shaefer's Peak Commissary; Showers; Trading Post;  


Tooth of Time  


Hike into Base  


Closing Campfire  
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.

Crews passing through staff camps are not scheduled for program. If time and space allow, some crews may be able to participate in some of the programs offered.

DayCampPotential Additional Program FeaturesCampsite Features
2Camping HeadquartersVisit the Villa PhilmonteCommissary; Showers; Trading Post;
National Scouting Museum
MagpieHike Out from CHQTrail Camp (Usually dry);
3AbreuCantinaShowers;
Homesteading
Ride out from Cattle Headquarters
4Crater LakeHike over Fowler MesaShowers;
spar pole climbing
Tie making / Crosscut Saws
Logging Skills
Miner's ParkClimbing GymShowers;
Traverse Wall
Crate Stacking
5Black MountainHike via North Fork Urraca
North Fork UrracaHike via North Fork Urraca
6BeaubienTrail PeakShowers (wood stoked);
Lookout Peak
Cowboy Campfire
Crooked CreekCabin Tour
Animal Care
Phillips JunctionFishing OpportunitiesCommissary; Trading Post; Showers;
7Clear CreekMuzzle Loading Rifles
Mount Phillips
Tomahawks
8Cyphers MineBlacksmithingShowers (wood stoked);
Prospecting
Stomp
Mine Tour
10CimarroncitoHike via Hidden Valley / Window RockShowers;
Climbing Gym
Traverse Wall
11Clarks ForkCowboy CampfireShowers;
Ride out from Cattle Headquarters
Ride over Schaefers Pass
Demonstration ForestObsolete
12Camping HeadquartersVisit the Villa PhilmonteCommissary; Showers; Trading Post;
National Scouting Museum
Ride into Cattle Headquarters
This list is not complete and is dependent on the route you take each day.