Trek Information

This blog is intended to answer any questions you may have about Trek. You will find the information under your appropriate role. If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact Scott and Sarah LaBass at 50marathonsby50@gmail.com

Sunday, April 3, 2022

General Information





June 9-11, 2022
Riley Farms


This year we will be holding our Trek at Riley Farms.  We are so excited to be able to share our experience with those from the farm.  We will also be piggy backing with a stake from Las Vegas!!

Schedule

Trek Kick off Fireside- Our kick off fireside will be held on April 24 at 6pm at the Cochran building.  Parents are needed there to fill out legal documents.  Please also come with a paper copy of your insurance card ,front and back. 

Check In- Check in will be on June 8, 2022 at the Cochran building from 5-7pm. All Trek participants will bring their packed buckets to be checked in.  We will be weighing them so please don't bring unnecessary items.  

Departure
We will be departing from your own ward building on June 9th at 5:30am. Breakfast won't be served until around 8am so if your child will want a snack, please have them bring it.  Transportation to and from Riley Farms needs to be arranged by each individual ward.  

Arrival
Trek participants will arrive back at the Cochran building  on June 11, 2022 between 9-10pm.  

Buckets
Each Trek participant will be provided with a bucket from their ward.  These buckets will act as seats and essentially their suitcases.  All items brought by each participant need to fit inside these buckets.  No other bags or backpacks please.  

Equipment List
If you'd like a PDF file of the Equipment List, please email Sarah at: 50marathonsby50@gmail.com






Riley Farms 
Leave no Trace - Please encourage your kids to not throw any wrappers or garbage on the ground along the trail.  There will be sufficient trash cans to make sure we don't litter along the beautiful trails we will be walking on.  

Saturday Night Dinner
Saturday night on the way home, we will be stopping for a quick dinner.  Please send your child with $10 to pay for their dinner.  

Parent Letters
We invite parents to write a letter to their son or daughter that will be delivered on the last day of trek. The youth typically are not told in advance that their parents are writing this letter. Parents are invited to express their love, testimony, and other thoughts and feelings with their son or daughter. 
A grandparent, bishop, home teacher, or other influential adult could write the letter if a parent cannot.

Miles Covered
Day 1- 7 Miles
Day 2- 3 1/2 Miles
Day 3 - 2  Miles

Elevation
We will be around 4,800 feet in elevation.  There will be points that we reach as high as 5,200 feet and as low as 4,300 feet.  

Walk for your Ancestors
Each participant will be asked to do a little research on an ancestor.  Your family member does not have to have been a pioneer that crossed the plains, but if you have one then that would be wonderful.  Please find an ancestor with a story where they showed courage, faith or overcame adversity.  Feel free to use the Pioneer Summary Sheet as an aid in your research. 



Do we have to cook our own food?
NO!!!!!!!    
We have two wonderful cooks from our stake that will be cooking all the food for us.  And the tentative menu looks delicious.  If you have any food allergies, please include those in your paperwork that you will fill out at the Kick off Fireside on April 24th.  

 
Do you play the guitar?
If you do then contact President Patrick Rose!  He will be assembling a group of youth who play the guitar.  This group will play the certain hymns while the company sings them on Thursday night.  This will be a wonderful experience.  



 

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