2024 description: 'Take a trip back in time with this itinerary that is chock full of unique programs and relics from the past! Start your journey
through this timeline after getting off the bus at the Six-Mile Gate Trailhead for a visit to the first confirmed T-Rex track in the
world. Look for other fossils and footprints as you head upstream to Indian Writings where you will tour the fascinating
petroglyphs left by the Ancestral Puebloan people prior to 1300 CE and work on an archaeological dig to discover more clues
of their activities on Philmont property. Your climb over Hart Peak will be rewarded with fantastic views of the Ponil Complex!
Make your way down to Ponil where you will be taken back to the old west! Try your hand at branding and roping, then reward
yourself with a cold root beer in the Cantina. The next step of your journey in time takes you to Elkhorn, via the Dean Skyline
trail. Drop down into the Middle Ponil and pass through Pueblano and into the early 1900s, where the loggers of the
Continental Tie & Lumber Co. will teach you how to use a crosscut saw and a broad axe. Make your way through Pueblano
Ruins and up to French Henry and into the historical Baldy Mining district. Tour the Aztec Ponil mine, do some blacksmithing,
and try your luck at panning for gold. Your final destination is Touch-Me-Not Creek, but not before you stop at Miranda, where
you will be transported to 1838 and a fur trapper rendezvous. Shoot muzzle loading rifles, throw tomahawks and be regaled
with the many tall tales the trappers will share with you. Your journey through time is almost over as you hike down to the
Maxwell Trailhead to meet your bus for your trip back to Base Camp' |
2023 description: 'ake a trip back in time with this itinerary that is chock full of unique programs and relics from the past! Start your journey
through this timeline after getting off the bus at the Six-Mile Trailhead for a visit to the first confirmed T-Rex track in the world.
Look for other fossils and footprints as you head upstream to Indian Writings where you will tour the fascinating petroglyphs left
by the Ancestral Puebloan people prior to 1300 CE and work on an archaeological dig to discover more clues of their activities
on Philmont property. Your climb over Hart Peak will be rewarded with fantastic views of the Ponil Complex! Make your way
down to Ponil where you will be taken back to the old west! Try your hand at branding and roping, then reward yourself with a
cold root beer in the Cantina. The next step of your journey in time takes you to Flume Canyon. Pass through Pueblano and
into the early 1900s, where the loggers of the Continental Tie & Lumber Co. will teach you how to use a crosscut saw and a
broad axe. Make your way through Pueblano Ruins and up to French Henry and into the historical Baldy Mining district. Tour
the Aztec Ponil mine, do some blacksmithing, and try your luck at panning for gold. Your final destination is Touch-Me-Not
Creek, but not before you stop at Miranda, where you will be transported to 1838 and a fur trapper rendezvous. Shoot muzzle
loading rifles, throw tomahawks and be regaled with the many tall tales the trappers will share with you. Your journey through
time is almost over as you hike down to the Maxwell Trailhead to meet your bus for your trip back to Base Camp' |
Day | 2024 Trek 701 Campsite | 2023 Trek 701 Campsite | Program Differences |
1 | CHQ Trailbound |   |   |
2 | House Canyon | Anasazi | Tyrannosaurus Rex Track not included in 2024 trek 701   |
3 | Indian Writings |   | Tyrannosaurus Rex Track included in 2024 trek 701 Archaeology not included in 2024 trek 701   |
4 | Elkhorn | Flume Canyon | Hike Dean Skyline included in 2024 trek 701   |
5 | French Henry |   | Continental Tie & Lumber not included in 2024 trek 701   |
6 | Touch-Me-Not Creek |   |   |
7 | CHQ Homebound |   |   |