FOUR CORNERS: PAST AND PRESENT

Cost: $1,199
Only $699 if you travel internationally, too!
June 21-27

Four Corners: Past and Present

Join Youthlinc on a journey to the Four Corners area of Utah where we will engage in activities that will give you a greater understanding of the Navajo and Ute experience, learn about the significance of and hike beautiful Bears Ears and Monument Valley, help organize and run a youth day camp at White Mesa, stay in the heart of Oljato, and absorb the beauty of southeast Utah and northern Arizona. 

The team will stay at a cottage in Blanding and at a traditional Navajo hogan in Oljato (Monument Valley). 

Get ready to do service, learn a lot, and do some incredible hikes as we explore Four Corners Past and Present.

Cost: $1,199.  If you are a part of the Service Year already, the cost is only $699!

Itinerary

Monday June 21

  • Travel to Moab
  • Lunch
  • Visit Hole N the Rock
  • Continue to Blanding
  • Visit Edge of the Cedar museum
  • Dinner
  • Overnight in Blanding

Tuesday June 22

  • Breakfast
  • Meet with Dr. Robert McPherson, a expert on Native cultures and professor at USU
  • Lunch
  • Visit White Mesa Ute area to learn about their Education Center’s work
  • Dinner
  • Overnight in Blanding

Wednesday June 23

  • Breakfast
  • Run Day Camp for Youthlinc in White Mesa
  • Lunch
  • Finish the Day Camp in White Mesa
  • Dinner
  • Overnight in Blanding

Thursday June 24

  • Breakfast
  • Transfer to Bears Ears
  • Hike Bulter Wash and Mule Canyon
  • Lunch
  • Cedar Mesa Rock Imagery Exhibit and hike
  • Transfer to Oljato
  • Dinner
  • Overnight in traditional Navajo hogan at Oljato (Monument Valley)

Friday June 25

  • Breakfast
  • Work with USU’s satellite office in Monument Valley on a service project
  • Lunch
  • Visit Monument Valley and hike
  • Dinner
  • Overnight in Mexican Hat

Saturday June 26

  • Breakfast
  • Transfer to Red Mesa, AZ
  • Learn from Navajo elders about customs and culture
  • Lunch
  • Service project in Red Mesa
  • Dinner
  • Transfer to Monticello
  • Overnight in Monticello

Sunday June 27

  • Breakfast
  • Back to SLC
  • Lunch
  • Arrive back to SLC