[philmont] Average Daily Mileage (UNCLASSIFIED)

Russ

You may not realize, but that is a pretty open ended question. You are on the trail 10 nights, 9 full days, and 2 partial days (first and last day). Most treks have a "layover" day where you are at the same campsite for 2 nights. Typically in the North Country the layover day is to side hike Mount Baldy. In the South Country it is typically to side hike Trail Peak or Hidden Valley, there are other options as well.

All treks have at least some opportunities to "take the long way" to your daily destination to accomplish another program, or to simply see the scenery and add mileage. Some crews chose to do the bare minimum, while others attempt to hike as many miles as humanly possible.

Almost all treks start off with a short day or two at the beginning. Some have several relatively short days. Almost all have at least 1 moderately long to very long day. Some have several long days.

Trek 1 is officially listed at 50 miles.
Trek 35 is officially listed at 103 miles. So quite a wide range here.

These "official" miles are the basic miles for taking the most direct route each day with extras pretty much only for trips to commissaries on food pickup days and to go to the nearby staffed camp for program when you are staying at a trail camp.

In 2004 we did what is now Trek 23. It is officially 73 miles. We managed to stretch it into 101 by "taking the long way" several times.
In 2007 we did trek 14. It is officially 66 miles, which we stretched to 85. We had a weaker crew and did not "take the long way" nearly as often.

Looking at the 2007 Trek comparison, published by Al Thompson, the shortest "official" day is 1.3 miles. However, you could consider it to be zero if you decided to not go anywhere on your layover day. The longest "official" day is 17.0 miles. Again quite a wide range.

Every trek varies. Some will be fairly even, by starting low, and slowly building. There are some that have most days be pretty short, but have 1-3 really long days.

So it is really all over the map (no pun intended). If you do not have a 2008 Treks book, I would suggest that you check out philsearch.org, or find Al Thompsons 2007 summary on Seldens Philmont Page to see how all the treks stack up for each day.

YIS

Allen Jones
SM Troop 168
Oklahoma City
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  What is the average daily mileage hiked on an average trek?

  Russ Wetzel
  ASM T350

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