Camping

Itineraries at Glance

The following information is specific to 2012 treks only. You may wish to use it for general planning purposes for 2013 treks. The official 2013 trek itinerary information will be posted in March 2013. You may also want to refer to the our quick-reference Programs Offered by Itinerary document to help determine which programs occur at the various staff camps.

Itinerary #1 - 50 Mi.
Difficulty Level: Challenging
Itinerary | Map

  • Rimrock Park
  • Crags
  • Fish Camp
  • Apache Springs
  • Apache Springs
  • Wild Horse
  • Mt. Phillips
  • Cyphers Mine
  • Cimarroncito
  • Shaefers Pass

Itinerary #2 - 53 Mi.
Difficulty Level: Challenging
Itinerary | Map

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

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

  • Olympia
  • Abreu
  • Lookout Meadow
  • Porcupine
  • Red Hills
  • Black Mountain
  • Clarks Fork
  • Cimarroncito
  • Cimarroncito
  • Lost Gap

Itinerary #4 - 54 Mi.
Difficulty Level: Challenging
Itinerary | Map

  • Visto Grande
  • Harlan
  • Aspen Springs
  • Lamberts Mine
  • Clear Creek
  • Crooked Creek
  • Beaubien
  • Beaubien
  • Crater Lake
  • Backache Springs

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

  • Cathedral Rock
  • Cimarroncito
  • Sawmill
  • Mt. Phillips
  • Comanche Creek
  • Apache Springs
  • Apache Springs
  • Fish Camp
  • Abreu
  • Lovers Leap

Itinerary #6 - 56 Mi.
Difficulty Level: Challenging
Itinerary | Map

  • Rayado River
  • Crags
  • Apache Springs
  • Apache Springs
  • Wild Horse
  • Clear Creek
  • Red Hills
  • Beaubien
  • Crater Lake
  • Stockade

Itinerary #7 - 57 Mi.
Difficulty Level: Challenging
Itinerary | Map

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

Itinerary #8 - 62 Mi.
Difficulty Level: Challenging 
Itinerary | Map

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

Itinerary #9 - 60 Mi.
Difficulty Level: Challenging
Itinerary | Map

  • Vaca
  • Deer Lake
  • Webster Parks
  • Sawmill
  • Comanche Peak
  • Comanche Creek
  • Beaubien
  • Beaubien
  • Carson Meadows
  • Zastrow

Itinerary #10 - 63 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 - 64 Mi.
Difficulty Level: Challenging
Itinerary | Map

  • Ute Springs
  • Webster Parks
  • Cyphers Mine
  • Comanche Peak
  • Porcupine
  • Beaubien
  • Beaubien
  • Carson Meadows
  • Urraca
  • Tooth Ridge

Itinerary #12 - 65 Mi.
Difficulty Level: Challenging
Itinerary | Map

  • Lovers Leap
  • Urraca
  • Carson Meadows
  • Apache Springs
  • Apache Springs
  • Porcupine
  • Mt. Phillips
  • Sawmill
  • Hunting Lodge
  • Martinez Springs

Itinerary #13 - 63 Mi.
Difficulty Level: Challenging
Itinerary | Map

  • House Canyon
  • Indian Writings
  • Ponil
  • Dean Cow
  • Harlan
  • Ute Springs
  • Sawmill
  • Lamberts Mine
  • Clarks Fork
  • Tooth Ridge

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

  • Lovers Leap
  • Shaefers Pass
  • Clarks Fork
  • Aspen Springs
  • Thunder Ridge
  • Clear Creek
  • Crooked Creek
  • Apache Springs
  • Lower Bonito
  • Zastrow

Itinerary #15 - 66 Mi.
Difficulty Level: Challenging
Itinerary | Map

  • Sioux
  • Pueblano
  • Ute Meadows
  • Ute Meadows
  • Upper Dean Cow
  • Dean Cow
  • Harlan
  • Devils Wash Basin
  • Cimarroncito
  • Cimarroncito

Itinerary #16 - 69 Mi.
Difficulty Level: Rugged
Itinerary | Map

  • Cathedral Rock
  • Cimarroncito
  • Upper Bench
  • Upper Dean Cow
  • Miranda
  • Miranda
  • Pueblano Ruins
  • Dan Beard
  • Cottonwood
  • Ponil

Itinerary #17 - 69 Mi.
Difficulty Level: Rugged
Itinerary | Map

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

Itinerary #18 - 69 Mi.
Difficulty Level: Rugged
Itinerary | Map

  • Lovers Leap
  • Urraca
  • Abreu
  • Beaubien
  • Beaubien
  • Comanche Creek
  • Mt. Phillips
  • Sawmill
  • Vaca
  • Dean Cow

Itinerary #19 - 71 Mi.
Difficulty Level: Rugged
Itinerary | Map

  • Dean Cutoff
  • Pueblano Ruins
  • Ute Meadows
  • Ute Meadows
  • Head of Dean
  • Visto Grande
  • Webster Parks
  • Miners Park
  • Urraca
  • Stockade

Itinerary #20 - 72 Mi.
Difficulty Level: Rugged
Itinerary | Map

  • Campos Heck
  • Dean Cow
  • Head of Dean
  • Copper Park
  • Copper Park
  • Greenwood Canyon
  • Rich Cabins
  • Iris Park
  • Cook Canyon
  • Indian Writings

Itinerary #21 - 73 Mi.
Difficulty Level: Rugged
Itinerary | Map

  • Rayado River
  • Bear Caves
  • Shaefers Pass
  • Hunting Lodge
  • Visto Grande
  • Head of Dean
  • Miranda
  • Miranda
  • Pueblano
  • Ponil

Itinerary #22 - 73 Mi.
Difficulty Level: Rugged
Itinerary | Map

  • Lovers Leap
  • Crater Lake
  • Black Mountain
  • Lookout Meadow
  • Buck Creek
  • Mt. Phillips
  • Upper Sawmill
  • Cimarroncito
  • Cimarroncito
    • vTooth Ridge

Itinerary #23 - 73 Mi.
Difficulty Level: Rugged
Itinerary | Map

  • Anasazi
  • Cook Canyon
  • Rich Cabins
  • Pueblano Ruins
  • Copper Park
  • Copper Park
  • Santa Claus
  • Devils Wash Basin
  • Cimarroncito
  • Tooth Ridge

Itinerary #24 - 75 Mi.
Difficulty Level: Rugged
Itinerary | Map

  • Anasazi
  • Old Camp
  • Seally Canyon
  • McCrystal Creek
  • Dan Beard
  • Ponil
  • Pueblano
  • Miranda
  • Miranda
  • Santa Claus

Itinerary #25 - 78 Mi.
Difficulty Level: Strenuous
Itinerary | Map

  • Bent
  • Baldy Skyline
  • Baldy Town
  • Baldy Town
  • Head of Dean
  • Visto Grande
  • Webster Parks
  • Miners Park
  • Aguila
  • Zastrow

Itinerary #26 - 81 Mi.
Difficulty Level: Strenuous
Itinerary | Map

  • House Canyon
  • Old Camp
  • Ponil
  • Pueblano
  • Black Horse
  • Black Horse
  • New Dean
  • Harlan
  • Cimarroncito
  • Upper Clarks Fork

Itinerary #27 - 83 Mi.
Difficulty Level: Strenuous
Itinerary | Map

  • Sioux
  • Pueblano
  • Ute Meadows
  • Ute Meadows
  • Santa Claus
  • Martinez Springs
  • Lower Sawmill
  • Cyphers Mine
  • Hunting Lodge
  • Tooth Ridge

Itinerary #28 - 83 Mi.
Difficulty Level: Strenuous
Itinerary | Map

  • Rimrock Park
  • Urraca
  • Miners Park
  • Clarks Fork
  • Devils Wash Basin
  • Santa Claus
  • Ewells Park
  • Ewells Park
  • Flume Canyon
  • Indian Writings

Itinerary #29 - 84 Mi.
Difficulty Level: Strenuous
Itinerary | Map

  • Flume Canyon
  • Rich Cabins
  • Upper Greenwood
  • Copper Park
  • Baldy Skyline
  • Black Jacks
  • Dean Cow
  • Harlan
  • Lower Sawmill
  • Clarks Fork

Itinerary #30 - 85 Mi.
Difficulty Level: Strenuous
Itinerary | Map

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

Itinerary #31 - 86 Mi.
Difficulty Level: Super Strenuous
Itinerary | Map

  • Sioux
  • Dan Beard
  • Whiteman Vega
  • Ring Place
  • Upper Greenwood
  • Ewells Park
  • Ewells Park
  • New Dean
  • Slate Hill Heck
  • Dean Cow

Itinerary #32 - 91 Mi.
Difficulty Level: Super Strenuous
Itinerary | Map

  • Lovers Leap
  • Lower Bonito
  • Crooked Creek
  • Comanche Peak
  • Ute Springs
  • Santa Claus
  • Ewells Park
  • Ewells Park
  • Dan Beard
  • Indian Writings

Itinerary #33 - 94 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
  • Old Camp

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

  • Toothache Springs
  • Carson Meadows
  • Agua Fria
  • Black Mountain
  • Deer Lake Mesa
  • Baldy Skyline
  • Baldy Town
  • Baldy Town
  • Elkhorn
  • Dean Heck

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

  • House Canyon
  • Cottonwood
  • Seally Canyon
  • Whiteman Vega
  • Greenwood Canyon
  • Baldy Town
  • Baldy Town
  • Santa Claus
  • Upper Bench
  • Upper Clarks Fork

 

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