Daily Schedule

Pre-Trek Preparation

• Mas and/or Pas pick up vans at Enterprise Rental in Cedar City
• Load trailers — 7:00 to 8:00 PM

Travel Day & Arrival

Sixth Crossing — Sweetwater Campgrounds #2 & #3

• Wear travel clothes (no pioneer clothing needed today)
• Bring a sack lunch for the drive
• Arrive at the church at 6:30 AM to prepare for departure
• Depart Parowan at 7:00 AM (family vans caravan to Wyoming)
• Campground check-in between 1:00 and 8:00 PM
• Set up camp — tents, family areas, kitchen
• Dinner at 5:30 PM
• Activities and get to know each other
• Family spiritual thought and evening prayer at 9:45 PM
• Quiet hours 10:00 PM – 6:00 AM

Martin's Cove Trek

Trailhead next to Fort Seminoe

• Wake up — Group 1 at 4:45 AM, Group 2 at 5:30 AM
• Breakfast, then leave camp for the trailhead — Group 1 at 5:15 AM, Group 2 at 6:15 AM
• Arrive at the trailhead — Group 1 at 6:00 AM, Group 2 at 7:15 AM
• Trek starts at 7:00 AM and 8:00 AM
• Dinner at 5:30 PM
• Activities and free time — 7:00 to 9:00 PM
• Bishops' devotional for each ward — 9:00 to 9:30 PM
• Family spiritual thought and evening prayer at 9:45 PM
• Lights out at 10:00 PM

Sixth Crossing Trek

Willie Handcart Company trail — includes the Women's Pull · Trailhead just outside the North Gate of the campground

• Wake up and breakfast at 6:30 AM
• Leave camp for the trailhead — Group 1 at 7:40 AM, Group 2 at 8:40 AM
• Trek starts at 8:00 AM and 9:00 AM
• Dinner at 5:30 PM
• Dancing at 7:00 PM — led by Brother & Sister Laub
• Rocky Ridge Trek Prep meeting (NHT training) at 7:00 PM at the Sixth Crossing Visitors' Center — leaders and one Ma or Pa from each family attend, at the same time as the dancing
• Family spiritual thought and evening prayer at 9:45 PM
• Lights out at 10:00 PM

Rocky Ridge Trek

9.5-mile loop from Sage Camp

• Wake up at 5:15 AM
• Breakfast and load the vans — leave camp at 6:00 AM
• Meet our escort near the Visitors' Center at 6:15 AM, then follow it on the 40-minute drive to the trailhead (Sage Campground, Sweetwater Station, WY 82520)
• Trek starts at 8:00 AM (both groups)
• Dinner at 5:30 PM
• Fireside at 7:00 PM — Brother & Sister Lefevre
• Testimony meeting for all trekkers, immediately following the fireside
• Family spiritual thought and evening prayer at 9:45 PM

Rock Creek Hollow & Return Home

• Wear travel clothes (no pioneer clothing needed today)
• Wake up and breakfast at 6:00 AM — done eating by 7:00 AM
• Break camp, 7:00–8:00 AM — pack out all trash (no on-site disposal)
• Return all picnic tables and benches to their original locations
• Leave for Rock Creek Hollow at 8:00 AM
• Closing devotional at 9:30 AM — Rock Creek Hollow Amphitheater. Speakers: Bishop Cooke (President Hinckley’s words on this sacred ground), the Stake Presidency, and Brother & Sister Mineer
• Depart for home at 11:00 AM

Start Times

Trek start times vary by day. Arrive at the trailhead 45 minutes before your designated start time.

Heat Safety

On trail by 6:00 AM, off trail by 2:00 PM. Each handcart carries a 5-gallon water cooler, with water stops on the trail to refill. Hydrate before you feel thirsty.

Driving Directions

The route from Parowan, our base camp at Sixth Crossing, and turn-by-turn directions to every trek site — including the Rock Creek Hollow route (don’t trust your GPS out there). Getting There →