antelope island

My family headed out to Antelope Island this past weekend for a short backpacking trip to Split Rock Bay. Split Rock Bay is located on the western side of the island and a bit north of center. It's roughly 4.6 miles from the White Rock Bay Trailhead to the primitive campsites at Split Rock and...

I headed back to Antelope Island with Katie and Sheila to complete a six mile lollipop loop hike on the northwestern side of the island this time. We started at the Lakeside Loop Trailhead and made our way along the shoreline of the island before heading up and over Buffalo Point. After...

Since I've been upgraded to do some light hiking by my knee surgeon for the next month, it was out to Antelope Island with my daughter to hike the South Island Trail to Unicorn Point at the south end of the Island. Originally it looked like it would be an 8 mile out and back hike, but the gate...

Yesterday was the perfect day. You all know what I am talking about. You get a good night's sleep, when you wake your body (knees, hips, and feet) is feeling good, and the weather outside just invites you to be hiking. I woke up early and drove out to Antelope Island to see if I could summit...

Taking advantage of the three day weekend, Sheila and I headed out to Antelope Island to try and eight mile hike to the summit of Frary Peak. While I've done Frary in the winter twice before, there was more snow this year than on the previous two trips. I also expected a little bit of sunshine...

We've had a January thaw here in Salt Lake for the past four days, so yesterday I headed out with my daughter to summit Frary Peak on Antelope Island. It was a balmy 39 degrees when we arrived at the unofficial trailhead, and when we returned after our hike it was 51 which is pretty warm for...

I recently started a blog on my website, so by the power of copy and paste I plan to FINALLY start regularly posting trip reports on BCP. Woohoo! January 31st - February 1st, 2015 Afterglow The Great Salt Lake is a remnant of ancient Lake Bonneville. While the current size of the GSL pales...