SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAINS, Calif. -- Pulling their handcarts through the snow, youths of the Inglewood California Stake gained a better understanding on their Jan. 2-3 trek of what some of the early Mormon handcart pioneers went through.

Because the summer heat can be intense in Southern California, the stake decided to avoid that season for its handcart trek, Nancy Kerr, stake Young Women president, said during a Church News telephone interview. She also noted that the youths of the stake attend school in five different districts, so spring breaks were at different times, eliminating the possibility of a spring trek.

All had the same winter break when the weather is seldom severe in the area. But the stake was surprised when, just days before the activity, temperatures plummeted and several feet of snow fell on Mile High Ranch/Riley's Farm, the site of the trek in the foothills of the San Bernardino Mountains.

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