2025 Elkhorn Springs Stake Youth Trek
"Believe"
June 18 - June 21, 2025
Elkhorn Springs Youth Trek Promo 2021.mp4Experiences
Check out our new "Experiences" page under "Trek Challenge." Please share your experiences with us too.
Basic Information
When:
June 18 - June 21, 2025
Who:
All youth are invited to join the Elkhorn Springs Battalion for Trek 2025! (This includes the youth who will turn 12 years of age in 2025).
What:
Youth and leaders will reenact some of the faith-building experiences of the pioneers who journeyed to the Salt Lake Valley in the mid-1800s. Youth will be organized into groups called “families,” wear pioneer-era clothing, pull handcarts, and participate in pioneer activities (games, skills, muskets, archery, log splitting, dancing..), and devotionals! Total TREK walking distance is 10+ miles.
Where:
Mile High Ranch - Providential Heritage Academy
Cost: The cost is Tentatively $125.00 per youth for Trek.
***Final cost will be known once Registration closes.***
Friends may attend after interviewing with the bishop of their host ward and paying the $125 fee.
IMPORTANT DATES
Equipment Drop-Off:
06-17-2025, 7-8pm
Bring your bucket full of your gear & sleeping bag a sleeping bag in a big trash bag, to the stake center June 17th between 7:00-8:00pm to be hauled up in the stake trailers and buses. Plan on being at the stake center the entire time. Participants will be finding out who their families are and will be labeling their buckets and bags at that time. They will also be designing their family flag.
Each trekker should have two items to drop off: 1) a bucket (max 15 lbs) and 2) a labeled plastic bags containing sleeping bag, blanket, pad & tarp.
Trek leaders may have additional buckets, totes, etc. to drop off.
TRAVEL CLOTHES: Set aside one set of pioneer clothing to wear the first day!
TO PACK OR NOT TO PACK? Please do not pack electronic devices, T-shirts, flip-flops, baseball caps, or shorts. See the Packing List to help you get ready.
During this meeting you will label all your items with your name and company color!
Departure Times:
June 18
Ma, Pa's and Company Captains Arrive @ 8:00 AM
All Other Participants Arrive @ 8:30
Arrival at home
Anticipated June 21 @ 9:00 pm
@ Stake Center
Here is the Meal Plan for Trek.
Food.pdfHere is the Trek Itinerary
Standard 4 Day Itinerary No Missouri River 2019.pdf
Trek Leadership
Dustin Schelin, Stake Trek Co-Director (702-715-7957, chief.firebug@gmail.com)
Janelle Schelin, Stake Trek Co-Director (702-595-3307, queen.firebug@gmail.com)
EMERGENCY CONTACT NUMBER:
In case of emergency, parents can call
YM President - President Van Landingham @ 714-350-0494 - YW President - President Mcdonald @ 702-340-5878
WEATHER UPDATE:
The most recent forecast shows highs of 80/85° and lows of 53° while we are on Trek. Please remember to bring a jacket for the cool part of the day!
SAFETY REMINDERS:
Dehydration and heat-related illnesses are our biggest concerns. Please remind your youth to drink plenty of water!! Sometimes, youth don’t want to drink because they don’t want to use the porta-potty. We need to remind them that the alternative to drinking plenty of water and using the porta-potty is an IV needle for rehydration!