{"id":2514,"date":"2012-03-19T09:13:39","date_gmt":"2012-03-19T03:13:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/?p=2514"},"modified":"2012-10-22T01:59:57","modified_gmt":"2012-10-21T19:59:57","slug":"up-frary-peak-on-antelope-island-utah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/2012\/03\/19\/up-frary-peak-on-antelope-island-utah\/","title":{"rendered":"Up Frary Peak on Antelope Island (Utah)"},"content":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ve never been attracted by the \u201cpeaking\u201d thing.\u00a0 Always figured that once you had peaked, it was all down hill from there.\u00a0 So, climbing to get to the top of something never mattered to me.\u00a0 Actually, I\u2019ve often found that if you bushwhacked a bit off of the beaten trail to the top (or to the lake, or whatever it is that is pulling people in) you can find some pretty fantastic little places.\u00a0 Anyway, as it turns out Wednesday was the first time I ever \u201cpeaked.\u201d\u00a0 I climbed to the top of Frary Peak on Antelope Island in the Great Salt Lake.\u00a0 Can\u2019t say I changed my mind about peaking, but it was a good hike.<\/p>\n

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Buffalo Roaming the Island<\/p><\/div>\n

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Close-up with the big guy<\/p><\/div>\n

Antelope Island is the largest island in the Great Salt Lake.\u00a0 At only about 6,600 feet of elevation, Frary Peak is not high by Utah standards (let alone those of Kyrgyzstan or Bolivia).\u00a0 Still the hike is a climb of some 2,000 feet over about 3.5 miles, which makes it pretty steep.\u00a0 The views from the hike are very nice, with the island in the foreground, the lake around it and the mountains on all sides.\u00a0 But the real draw is the wildlife.\u00a0 Antelope Island was named for the Pronghorn Antelope which was found on the island, but the introduced species, American Buffalo and California Bighorn Sheep get more attention.\u00a0 There are reportedly some 550-700 Buffalo on the island and 100-150 Bighorn Sheep.\u00a0 The island is used as a breeding ground from which both can be exported to reintroduce herds to other regions.<\/p>\n

Getting There<\/strong><\/p>\n

Getting to Antelope Island is easy.\u00a0 The turnoff to Antelope Island is only some 25 miles north of Salt Lake City on I-15.\u00a0 The road is named Antelope Drive, and the exit is labeled for the small town of Syracuse.\u00a0 Head west on Antelope Drive and you will come to a State Park entrance at the beginning of the causeway that leads to the island.\u00a0 Entry costs $9 per vehicle (up to nine persons).\u00a0 Turn left when you get onto the island and follow the signs to the trailhead.<\/p>\n

The Hike<\/strong><\/p>\n

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(click to enlarge)<\/p><\/div>\n

Attached is a .gdb file<\/a> you can use in Google Earth<\/a> or your GPS<\/a>to find your way.\u00a0 It\u2019s not much of a challenge, though, since the trailhead and trail are well marked.\u00a0 One note:\u00a0 the final few dozen yards are a bit of a scramble and I found them snowy and icy (in March).\u00a0 If you are hiking here in the winter months crampons and hiking sticks would help. The waypoint labeled “Junction” is where you can turn off to the (much closer) Dooley Knob.<\/p>\n

Here are a few more photos from the hike.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I\u2019ve never been attracted by the \u201cpeaking\u201d thing.\u00a0 Always figured that once you had peaked, it was all down hill from there.\u00a0 So, climbing to get to the top of something never mattered to me.\u00a0 Actually, I\u2019ve often found that if you bushwhacked a bit off of the beaten trail to the top (or to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[61,60,58,63,57,51,9],"tags":[97,172,171,169,173,23,170,165],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2514"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2514"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2881,"href":"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2514\/revisions\/2881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/memmott.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}