After a day of rest on Sunday, Real Salt Lake’s “Championship Cup Tour” is back at it today with a visit to Iron County and the fair towns of Cedar City and Parowan in addition to a stopover at Brian Head Ski Resort. For the full details on where to catch the Cup, continue after the jump.

Monday, Feb. 8 – Cedar City (Iron County): To kick off Week Two of the “Championship Cup Tour,” the VW Routan will point its way to Iron County for a stop in Cedar City. The festivities will begin at 9:14 a.m., when the MLS Cup heads to an assembly at Canyon View High School (166 West 1925 North). The Cup and crew will then stop to visit the younger generation at Fiddlers Canyon Elementary School from 10:15 – 10:45 a.m. (475 E 1935 N). The gang will then make a stop at Enoch Elementary School (4701 N. Wagon Wheel Dr) for another school-based get-together from 11:00-11:30 a.m., and Southern Utah University’s Sharwan Smith Center (351 W. University Blvd.) will host the trophy from 12:15-1:00 p.m.. After some stops up north in Parowan, the Cup will come back down to Cedar City where participants in the AYSO Region 873 youth soccer program will get some Cup time to themselves at 7:00 p.m. at Cedar City High School (703 West 600 South).

Distance from St. George to Cedar City: 52 miles (53 minutes)

Trip Odometer: 991 miles (20h 00m)

Population: 20,527

Elevation: 5,846 ft.

“Fun Fact” about Cedar City: It is known as “Festival City USA” and hosts at least 14 festivals a year. The most notable of those is the Shakespearean Festival that takes place at Southern Utah University, during which talented actors come from all over the United States to participate. The festival, split up into Summer and Fall seasons from June through October, is becoming known world-wide, winning the 2000 Tony Award for America’s Outstanding Regional Theatre and welcoming nearly 150,000 theater lovers annually to Southern Utah.

Monday, Feb. 8 – Parowan (Iron County): The MLS Cup will move north up I-15 Monday afternoon, but will stay within the confines of Iron County when it heads to Parowan, where it will take part in assemblies at Parowan Elementary School (128 West 100 North) from 1:45-2:30 p.m. and Parowan High School (50 West 100 North) from 3:15-4:15 p.m.. The morning of February 9^th, the MLS Cup and Leo will take part in an event at Brian Head Ski Resort (329 S State Highway 143) with Mayor Dutch Deutschlander from 8:30 – 9:15 a.m., then will depart for Garfield County.

Distance from Cedar City to Parowan: 20 miles (23 minutes)

Trip Odometer: 1011 miles (20h 23m)

Population: 2,565

Elevation: 6,017 ft.

“Fun Fact” about Parowan: With the Winter Olympics starting up this weekend in Vancouver, it’s timely to note that Parowan is the birthplace of Utah’s first-ever Olympic gold medalist, Alma Richards, who won the top prize in the men’s High Jump competition at the 1912 Summer Games in Stockholm, Sweden. Parawon High School’s track & football stadium was named in honor of and houses a memorial to the Olympian, whose last request was to be buried in his hometown.