Philmont has a long and successful process of offering prepackaged itineraries for its summer campers. However, this was not always the case. During the first years of operation as Philturn Ranch, several fixed programs were offered including a six day and twelve day program. By 1947 the programs being offered were expanded to include Cavalcades, Kit Carson Treks, and Wagon Trains to name a few. Even mountain lion hunting was listed as a November program. About 1956, the fixed treks were changed so that the first three days were fixed and started at one of three base camps and then the crews planned the remainder of their treks. During the 1960s crews were encouraged to develop their own treks.

In 1969 a new program of offering pre-planned treks in a booklet simply titled "Itineraries". In 1972 the title of the now annual document was changed to "Philmont Expedition Planning". In 1973 Philmont published a Philmont Expedition Planning document for normal treks and a new document called "PEAKS" which a series of specialty treks for Explorers. In 1974 these documents were combined and the new name of "PEAKS" stuck. As far as it can be determined, 1974 was the final year for the specialty treks. The basic format of packaged treks remains unchanged today except the new document is now called "TREKS" since 2000.

The documents shown below are listed from newest to oldest to aid the research on more recent itineraries.

 

Current itinerary guides are called "Philmont TREKS" since 2000
2005	2006	2007	2008	2009 Reserved
2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
From 1974 to 1999, itinerary guides are called "PEAKS"
1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
1990	1991	1992	1993	1994
1985	1986	1987	1988	1989
1980	1981	1982	1983	1984
1975	1976	1977	1978	1979
The 1973 PEP and special PEAKS documents were combined into a single document in 1974 and the name PEAKS was adopted for trek planning documents.				1974
The earliest itinerary guides were simply called "Itineraries" or "PEP". In 1973, both PEP and a new document for specialty treks called PEAKS were printed.
1970	1971	1972	1973	1973 PEAKS
1969 is the first year for pre-planned treks in a document simply called "Itineraries". This model is still used at Philmont for today's treks.				1969 first issue
During the late 1950s and 1960s crews were asked to develop their own trek using a book called Philmont Trails. The 1966 version is very clear that a proposed itinerary in the back of the book be filled out for evaluation by a Philmont "Trip Planner". Newer issues of the Philmont Trails were being printed until about 1976 but these are thought to add detail to the Itineraries and PEAKS books being used. Warning! The files below are up to 13MB in size.
Trails 1950s?	Trails 1966	Trails 1972	Trails 1976 or later
During the 1940s and early 1950s, most of the expeditions, as they were called, and other programs offered at Philmont were documented in a series of promotional brochures. Please see the Promotional Material page for more details. The programs they document offer a limited number of fixed treks such as Northbound Expeditions or Southbound Expeditions for example.