2024 Trek 9-8 
2024 Trek 9-8 | If your crew is interested climbing, mining, and muzzle loading rifles, then this itinerary is for you! Begin your journey at the Lovers Leap Trailhead with your Ranger and make your way to Aguila trail camp to continue your training. Stop by Crater Lake the next day where you will learn skills from the loggers of the Continental Tie & Lumber Co and work on a railroad tie. Then, you are off to Miners Park for a unique climbing experience. Check out their climbing wall, climbing gym, and participate in crate stacking if you get the chance! Rest up that night, as your next day brings you your first mountain climbing experience! Hike up and over Shaefers Pass and climb to the top of Shaefers Peak and enjoy the views. Head down to Clarks Fork for some Western Lore activities, a chuckwagon dinner, and a boot stomping time at their evening campfire program. The next day brings your crew through the Demonstration Forest and Hunting Lodge for some time with the foresters. Cimarroncito will be your next camp, where you will be able to enjoy more rock climbing and rappelling on natural rock. The climbing gym and traverse wall at the camp also provide a unique climbing challenge. Up and at ‘em, as your next day takes you up to Lamberts Mine where you can hike over for the Cyphers Mine Stomp that evening. You'll hike through the next day where you will have the opportunity to get hands on experiences learning the life of a miner, pan for gold, tour the Contention Mine. Two more peaks await you, Comanche Peak, and Philmont’s second highest peak, Mount Phillips. You’ll spend the night at Thunder Ridge camp before climbing those peaks and then head on down to Clear Creek the next day to spend some time with the trappers of the Rocky Mountain Fur Co. and learn how to throw tomahawks and shoot muzzle loading rifles. From there you will move on to the CS Ranch’s American Creek trail camp for the night. Your journey is almost complete, but not before hiking down the Tolby Road Trail, which offers breathtaking views of the Wheeler Peak Range as you make your way to the Tolby Trailhead, and ultimately back to Base Camp. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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: Aguila; Thunder Ridge; Unique Campsite: Aguila; Lamberts Mine; Thunder Ridge; - No photo available for this campsite or this program at this location. Click icon for specific needs. |
| Day | Camp | Potential Additional Program Features | Campsite Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Camping Headquarters | Visit the Villa Philmonte | Commissary; Showers; Trading Post; |
| National Scouting Museum | |||
| 4 | Clarks Fork | Cowboy Campfire | Showers; |
| Ride out from Cattle Headquarters | |||
| Ride over Schaefers Pass | |||
| Miner's Park | Rock Climbing & Rappelling | Showers; | |
| Traverse Wall | |||
| Crate Stacking | |||
| North Fork Urraca | Hike via North Fork Urraca | ||
| 5 | Demonstration Forest | Obsolete | |
| 6 | Cimarroncito | Rock Climbing & Rappelling | Showers; |
| Hike via Hidden Valley / Window Rock | |||
| Climbing Gym | |||
| Traverse Wall | |||
| 7 | Cyphers Mine | Stomp | Showers (wood stoked); |
| Mine Tour | |||
| 8 | Clear Creek | Climb Mount Phillips | |
| 9 | Camping Headquarters | Visit the Villa Philmonte | Commissary; Showers; Trading Post; |
| National Scouting Museum | |||
| Ride into Cattle Headquarters | |||