Compare 2026 Trek 12-15 to 2025 Trek 12-18


2026 description: 'This tour of Philmont's Central and North countries is for crews looking for a true wilderness backpacking experience with moderately high mileage days and many nights at staff camps. Work as a team to complete challenge course programs before summiting Baldy Mountain. Learn about the lives of loggers in the South Ponil Canyon with the Continental Tie & Lumber Company and enjoy a chuckwagon dinner at the Philturn Five Points Camp. Spend time discovering petroglyphs left by the Puebloan people and keep an eye out for dinosaur tracks before heading back to Base Camp'

Day2026 Trek 15 Campsite2025 Trek 18 CampsiteProgram Differences
1CHQ Trailbound  
2HarlanDeer Lake 
3Devils Wash BasinMinnette MeadowsWater included in 2026 trek 15
Food Pickup not included in 2026 trek 15
Fire Recovery Area not included in 2026 trek 15
 
4Cimarron RiverMistletoeFood Pickup included in 2026 trek 15
Wildlife Conservation included in 2026 trek 15
Fire Ecology included in 2026 trek 15
Archery not included in 2026 trek 15
 
5Santa ClausHead of DeanWater included in 2026 trek 15
COPE not included in 2026 trek 15
 
6Baldy Town Challenge Events included in 2026 trek 15
 
7Baldy Town Black Horse Mine included in 2026 trek 15
Mine Tour not included in 2026 trek 15
 
8Pueblano Claude Mining and Mlling Company Program included in 2026 trek 15
Mining History not included in 2026 trek 15
 
9Elkhorn  
10Ponil Philturn Five Points Camp Program included in 2026 trek 15
Western Lore / Branding not included in 2026 trek 15
 
11Indian WritingsCoyote HowlAncestral Puebloan Archeology Program included in 2026 trek 15
 
12CHQ HomeboundCHQ Trailbound