Camping

Itineraries at Glance

The following information is specific to 2013 treks only. You may wish to use it for general planning purposes for 2014 treks. The official 2014 trek itinerary information will be posted in March 2014. You may also want to refer to the quick-reference Programs Offered by Itinerary document to help determine which programs occur at the various staff camps.

Itinerary #1 - 57 Mi.
Difficulty Level: Challenging
Itinerary | Map

  • Cathedral Rock
  • Cimarroncito
  • Cyphers Mine
  • Mt. Phillips
  • Comanche Creek
  • Apache Springs
  • Apache Springs
  • Fish Camp
  • Abreu
  • Stockade Ridge

Itinerary #2 - 56 Mi.
Difficulty Level: Challenging
Itinerary | Map

  • Visto Grande
  • Harlan
  • Aspen Springs
  • Cyphers Mine
  • Clear Creek
  • Crooked Creek
  • Beaubien
  • Beaubien
  • Crater Lake
  • Zastrow

Itinerary #3 - 57 Mi.
Difficulty Level: Challenging
Itinerary | Map

  • Vaca
  • Deer Lake Mesa
  • Cimarroncito
  • Cimarroncito
  • Shaefers Pass
  • Black Mountain
  • Beaubien
  • Beaubien
  • Bear Caves
  • Abreu

Itinerary #4 - 71 Mi.
Difficulty Level: Challenging
Itinerary | Map

  • Old Abreu
  • Crags
  • Beaubien
  • Beaubien
  • Red Hills
  • Black Mountain
  • Cyphers Mine
  • Cimarroncito
  • Cimarroncito
  • Upper Clarks Fork

Itinerary #5 - 58 Mi.
Difficulty Level: Challenging
Itinerary | Map

  • Olympia
  • Abreu
  • Fish Camp
  • Bear Canyon
  • Porcupine
  • Clear Creek
  • Cyphers Mine
  • Hunting Lodge
  • Deer Lake
  • Cimarron River

Itinerary #6 - 65 Mi.
Difficulty Level: Challenging
Itinerary | Map

  • Lovers Leap
  • Urraca
  • Abreu
  • Beaubien
  • Beaubien
  • Red Hills
  • Sawmill
  • Ute Springs
  • Harlan
  • Dean Cow

Itinerary #7 - 63 Mi.
Difficulty Level: Challenging
Itinerary | Map

  • Toothache Springs
  • Carson Meadows
  • Fish Camp
  • Apache Springs
  • Apache Springs
  • Wild Horse
  • Mt. Phillips
  • Lamberts Mine
  • Cimarroncito
  • Ponderosa Park

Itinerary #8 - 65 Mi.
Difficulty Level: Challenging 
Itinerary | Map

  • Lovers Leap
  • Urraca
  • Carson Meadows
  • Agua Fria
  • Crooked Creek
  • Mt. Phillips
  • Sawmill
  • Ute Springs
  • Clarks Fork
  • Tooth Ridge

Itinerary #9 - 63 Mi.
Difficulty Level: Challenging
Itinerary | Map

  • Olympia
  • Crags
  • Apache Springs
  • Apache Springs
  • Porcupine
  • Clear Creek
  • Red Hills
  • Beaubien
  • Crater Lake
  • Shaefers Pass

Itinerary #10 - 67 Mi.
Difficulty Level: Challenging
Itinerary | Map

  • Bent
  • Dan Beard
  • Seally Canyon
  • Whiteman Vega
  • Iris Park
  • Upper Greenwood
  • Baldy Town
  • Baldy Town
  • Baldy Skyline
  • Ponil

Itinerary #11 - 61 Mi.
Difficulty Level: Challenging
Itinerary | Map

  • Vaca
  • Deer Lake Mesa
  • Cimarroncito
  • Sawmill
  • Comanche Peak
  • Comanche Creek
  • Beaubien
  • Beaubien
  • Carson Meadows
  • Zastrow

Itinerary #12 - 59 Mi.
Difficulty Level: Challenging
Itinerary | Map

  • Ute Springs
  • Webster Parks
  • Sawmill
  • Mt. Phillips
  • Porcupine
  • Beaubien
  • Beaubien
  • Abreu
  • Urraca
  • Stockade Ridge

Itinerary #13 - 65 Mi.
Difficulty Level: Challenging
Itinerary | Map

  • Lovers Leap
  • Crater Lake
  • Black Mountain
  • Buck Creek
  • Wild Horse
  • Mt. Phillips
  • Lamberts Mine
  • Cimarroncito
  • Cimarroncito
  • Tooth Ridge

Itinerary #14 - 69 Mi.
Difficulty Level: Challenging
Itinerary | Map

  • House Canyon
  • Indian Writings
  • Ponil
  • Dean Cow
  • Vaca
  • Ute Springs
  • Sawmill
  • Comanche Peak
  • Hunting Lodge
  • Tooth Ridge

Itinerary #15 - 63 Mi.
Difficulty Level: Challenging
Itinerary | Map

  • Sioux
  • Pueblano Ruins
  • Baldy Town
  • Baldy Town
  • Upper Dean Cow
  • Dean Cow
  • Vaca
  • Devils Wash Basin
  • Cimarroncito
  • Cimarroncito

Itinerary #16 - 71 Mi.
Difficulty Level: Rugged
Itinerary | Map

  • Vaca
  • Deer Lake
  • Upper Sawmill
  • Comanche Peak
  • Crooked Creek
  • Lost Cabin
  • Beaubien
  • Beaubien
  • Crater Lake
  • North Fork Urraca

Itinerary #17 - 70 Mi.
Difficulty Level: Rugged
Itinerary | Map

  • Campos Heck
  • Dean Cow
  • Head of Dean
  • Ewells Park
  • Ewells Park
  • Upper Greenwood
  • Iris Park
  • Ring Place
  • Cook Canyon
  • Ponil

Itinerary #18 - 77 Mi.
Difficulty Level: Rugged
Itinerary | Map

  • Cathedral Rock
  • Webster Parks
  • Upper Bench
  • Upper Dean Cow
  • Miranda
  • Miranda
  • Pueblano
  • Dan Beard
  • Cottonwood
  • Ponil

Itinerary #19 - 72 Mi.
Difficulty Level: Rugged
Itinerary | Map

  • Dean Cutoff
  • Pueblano Ruins
  • Baldy Town
  • Baldy Town
  • Head of Dean
  • Visto Grande
  • Hunting Lodge
  • Miners Park
  • Urraca
  • Stockade Ridge

Itinerary #20 - 76 Mi.
Difficulty Level: Rugged
Itinerary | Map

  • Anasazi
  • Old Camp
  • Seally Canyon
  • Whiteman Vega
  • Dan Beard
  • Ponil
  • Pueblano
  • Miranda
  • Miranda
  • Santa Claus

Itinerary #21 - 64 Mi.
Difficulty Level: Rugged
Itinerary | Map

  • Lovers Leap
  • Shaefers Pass
  • Clarks Fork
  • Lower Sawmill
  • Thunder Ridge
  • Clear Creek
  • Crooked Creek
  • Apache Springs
  • Lookout Meadow
  • Zastrow

Itinerary #22 - 81 Mi.
Difficulty Level: Rugged
Itinerary | Map

  • Bent
  • Baldy Skyline
  • Black Horse
  • Black Horse
  • Head of Dean
  • Visto Grande
  • Clarks Fork
  • Miners Park
  • Aguila
  • Zastrow

Itinerary #23 - 74 Mi.
Difficulty Level: Rugged
Itinerary | Map

  • Anasazi
  • Cook Canyon
  • Rich Cabins
  • Pueblano Ruins
  • Copper Park
  • Copper Park
  • Santa Claus
  • Cimarron River
  • Cimarroncito
  • Tooth Ridge

Itinerary #24 - 77 Mi.
Difficulty Level: Rugged
Itinerary | Map

  • Rayado River
  • Aguila
  • Miners Park
  • Clarks Fork
  • Aspen Springs
  • Visto Grande
  • Head of Dean
  • Ute Meadows
  • Ute Meadows
  • Flume Canyon

Itinerary #25 - 75 Mi.
Difficulty Level: Strenuous
Itinerary | Map

  • Dean Heck
  • Slate Hill Heck
  • Harlan
  • Lost Gap
  • Cimarroncito
  • Cyphers Mine
  • Clear Creek
  • Agua Fria
  • Carson Meadows
  • Lovers Leap

Itinerary #26 - 78 Mi.
Difficulty Level: Strenuous
Itinerary | Map

  • Turkey Creek
  • New Dean
  • Ponil
  • Rich Cabins
  • Middle Ponil
  • Middle Ponil
  • McCrystal Creek
  • Ring Place
  • Beatty Lakes
  • Indian Writings

Itinerary #27 - 87 Mi.
Difficulty Level: Strenuous
Itinerary | Map

  • Anasazi
  • Old Camp
  • Sioux
  • Pueblano
  • Maxwell
  • Maxwell
  • Black Jacks
  • Harlan
  • Cimarroncito
  • Upper Clarks Fork

Itinerary #28 - 81 Mi.
Difficulty Level: Strenuous
Itinerary | Map

  • Backache Springs
  • Bear Caves
  • Shaefers Pass
  • Hunting Lodge
  • Visto Grande
  • Head of Dean
  • Miranda
  • Miranda
  • Pueblano
  • Indian Writings

Itinerary #29 - 82 Mi.
Difficulty Level: Strenuous
Itinerary | Map

  • Anasazi
  • Cottonwood
  • Ring Place
  • Whiteman Vega
  • Greenwood Canyon
  • Copper Park
  • Copper Park
  • Pueblano
  • Ponil
  • Dean Cow

Itinerary #30 - 89 Mi.
Difficulty Level: Strenuous
Itinerary | Map

  • Lovers Leap
  • Lower Bonito
  • Crooked Creek
  • Comanche Peak
  • Ute Springs
  • Santa Claus
  • Miranda
  • Miranda
  • Rich Cabins
  • Old Camp

Itinerary #31 - 85 Mi.
Difficulty Level: Super Strenuous
Itinerary | Map

  • Flume Canyon
  • Rich Cabins
  • Upper Greenwood
  • Copper Park
  • Baldy Skyline
  • Elkhorn
  • Dean Cow
  • Harlan
  • Aspen Springs
  • Clarks Fork

Itinerary #32 - 87 Mi.
Difficulty Level: Super Strenuous
Itinerary | Map

  • Rimrock Park
  • Urraca
  • Miners Park
  • Clarks Fork
  • Upper Bench
  • Santa Claus
  • Ewells Park
  • Ewells Park
  • Elkhorn
  • Dean Cow

Itinerary #33 - 94 Mi.
Difficulty Level: Super Strenuous
Itinerary | Map

  • Sioux
  • Pueblano
  • Ute Meadows
  • Ute Meadows
  • Santa Claus
  • Martinez Springs
  • Lower Sawmill
  • Comanche Peak
  • Black Mountain
  • Tooth Ridge

Itinerary #34 - 95 Mi.
Difficulty Level: Super Strenuous
Itinerary | Map

  • Old Abreu
  • Fish Camp
  • Wild Horse
  • Cyphers Mine
  • Deer Lake Mesa
  • Head of Dean
  • Copper Park
  • Copper Park
  • Rich Cabins
  • Indian Writings

Itinerary #35 - 104 Mi.
Difficulty Level: Super Strenuous
Itinerary | Map

  • House Canyon
  • Cottonwood
  • Seally Canyon
  • Whiteman Vega
  • Greenwood Canyon
  • Ewells Park
  • Ewells Park
  • Santa Claus
  • Deer Lake Mesa
  • Clarks Fork

 

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