Alternative Youth Adventures - Utah
30 South Main, Loa, Utah

AYA-Utah is a five-phase, two-month experiential program that accommodates 77 participants. AYA-Utah uses wilderness activities to teach practical behavioral skills. Phase one: a 48-hour, intensive 20-mile hike in which the juvenile is introduced to the idea of change; phase two: encourages personal involvement in changing; phase three: assists in developing senses of community, family and consequence; phase four: offers a forum in which to specifically apply learned principles, and; phase five: reintroduces the adolescents to family and social environments.