A group of hikers described their experience as they watched their trucks float along Capitol Reef flood waters.

Noah Gremmert, Orrin Allen and Cooper Allen from Cedar Hills were all visiting Capitol Reef during a church campout. The hikers arrived at the National Park and didn't arrive to the top of the mountain until about noon.

Gremmert said about five minutes from making it to the top, it began raining.

The three of them claimed that they were anticipating a light rain, but that it wouldn't start until after they finished their trip.

The young men then followed a waterfall that led to where their trucks were parked as they were making their way back down the mountain.

"We're wandering down, we're having a blast, we're watching water gush off the sides of the canyon and it's looking really cool. I'm following one of the waterfalls down with my eyes, and I was like 'oh shoot, the road's gone," Orrin said.

They arrived as a group in a total of five trucks. Three of the trucks were totaled, two of the cars drifted down the river, and one truck's front end experienced so severe damage that it was deemed a total loss.

They were unable to leave the mountain because the trail flooded out below them. Along with the rest of them, about 50 to 60 individuals were trapped on the mountain.

According to Orrin, the group had intended to wait until the storm had passed, but after nearly three hours, they realized they needed to start attempting to get down.

Three group leaders made the decision to head down the trail in an effort to find a safe way to bring everyone down the mountain.

"There was two, five to six foot drops we had to get down," Orrin said.

The young men said as leaders assisted the group one by one, a line eventually formed with everyone attempting to leave the mountain

"We had about 4 1/2 feet of room to work with between the rock wall and the drop off to the river, which was about six to eight feet into the gushing river," Orrin said.

Orrin said that in addition to them, there was a mother trapped on the mountain with a 6-month-old, and they were able to bring quick treatment and provide the mother with an emergency blanket.

"Everybody all worked together to get everyone safely down the mountain," Gremmert said.

The young men said a park ranger told them, in her 15 years of working it was the worst flash flood she had ever seen.

"We got lucky, insanely lucky," the three hikers said.