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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 January here.
Along our way, we ran into a bison herd, and got to hear many, and see one coyote who was trying to make his way through the bison. At the summit of Frary, we watched a hawk soar and then dive over and over again while we ate our lunches. On the way up, we had the trail to ourselves, only running into two groups on our way back down. Oh, I might mention that I slipped on the icy trail on the way up and took a spill. That was the point I stopped to put my micro spikes on, and wouldn't you know that one of them broke. Oh well, I managed.
Here are some shots of our hike.
![01.jpg 01.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106229-ff3bde2774cfde72a156e4accc8bbe1a.jpg)
Frary Peak
![02.jpg 02.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106230-97de5b916c0b101d88f39edc8435c43b.jpg)
At the unofficial trailhead. The gate to the official trailhead was closed, so we had to park down the hill and walk about .5 miles to
reach the official one.
![03.jpg 03.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106231-7bfa036e2b9c18eb41d5573979e151db.jpg)
Signage for the Mountain View Trail, next to where we parked, which skirts the east side of the island.
![04.jpg 04.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106232-3842393378a87cdaa95f9b4157d0924e.jpg)
A look back down to the Subaru and the Mountain View Trail, on our way to the official trailhead
![05.jpg 05.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106233-40281bd93dce76247d3b9d4138ea6064.jpg)
The official trailhead with Frary Peak above
![06.jpg 06.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106234-94689fcad379222edcaa7fe442095b63.jpg)
Info sing for Frary Peak
![07.jpg 07.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106235-200b2f30c3d16faed140979b6a8d1387.jpg)
On our way back down we decide to take the spur trail to Dooley Knob
![08.jpg 08.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106236-2dcb8fa6e6fa900b58406fed1c3c4865.jpg)
Starting out - making sure the knees still bend.
![09.jpg 09.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106237-3e63bf9577dadf5e7816602e276660bb.jpg)
View to the northeast as we climb the hill, looking way north towards the Wellsvilles
![10.jpg 10.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106238-acb4ba4f9e2ebd99a16b3ab9749681a7.jpg)
Frary peak on our left
![11.jpg 11.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106239-e99597dae192cfbba8492314f239c027.jpg)
Arriving at the Dooley spur trail. Did you happen to notice that at the trailhead it said that the spur trail was 0.6 miles long, but
here is says that it is 0.7 miles long? If I factor in the McGirt Coefficient, then I say that it is 0.8 miles long.![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
![12.jpg 12.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106240-c5a01afa687f336e3ee7ab8fb5fabc3d.jpg)
At the saddle, we ran into these. They took off to the west which was kind of neat, listening to them all run together. I swear that
I could almost feel the ground shake.
Oh and that is Buffalo Point in the distance.
![13.jpg 13.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106241-6cb0ebba996e0b6968e0e474a30d7799.jpg)
This small sage plant was just too cute for me to pass up taking a picture of it.
![14.jpg 14.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106242-1028e6cc5d8c365af6c14af7ac574f7a.jpg)
So this is where the herd ended up after they ran away upon seeing us. White Rock Bay below.
![15.jpg 15.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106243-b4cc629013c9e07afd78ff0354166c97.jpg)
Looking back on Dooley Knob
![16.jpg 16.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106244-9975e3c1440e698a0adcfff971d0b566.jpg)
Elephant Head to the west
![17.jpg 17.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106245-e593e008827990407cc2bd0881dc7111.jpg)
Another view to the northeast
![19.jpg 19.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106247-2bcbc947cda03993dfe237555b0f42aa.jpg)
Just a gorgeous January day. Looking back down on Elephants Head and off to the Newfoundlands @swmalone.![Thumbs Up :thumbsup: :thumbsup:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
![18.jpg 18.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106246-6387d9fe344bd1b0d101b430c1d468c4.jpg)
Making some headway it seems. It was just after this shot that I fell on the icy trail
![20.jpg 20.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106248-a8f7cccc3bff99aa7ff36a56ae5be78e.jpg)
Two or three inches of snow at this point as we make our way to the top of the ridge.
![21.jpg 21.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106249-119f5a9fed100b69901d0c3280e5bf62.jpg)
Katie up ahead
![22.jpg 22.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106250-797c6d5a9ea7a4e7dd2ab18c5d70992c.jpg)
On top of the ridge looking back to the north.
![23.jpg 23.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106251-ef5b0a5053f5728b2603f17aeec92913.jpg)
Red Rocks Canyon. Stansbury and Carrington Islands to the west
![24.jpg 24.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106252-0b4b35d7b43eabcb2b93b86ae07f0f4e.jpg)
Drooping over to the west side of the mountain as we work our way to the summit
![25.jpg 25.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106253-e7eb8edc70300e6a62ee3f9df0e1708f.jpg)
The Mormon Rocks, with Buffalo Point in the distance, and even further, Freemont Island and the Promontory Range
![26.jpg 26.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106254-ec0c40e2c3bc803d27b2b76c0bedd5a6.jpg)
Looking down the south spine of Antelope Island towards the north end of the Oquirrh Mountains
![27.jpg 27.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106255-c4b1c2ac702d4a735e89998802355664.jpg)
At the summit
![28.jpg 28.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106256-f8b5f8d0f08ab149d92a7a26d5b0d05e.jpg)
The summit
![29.jpg 29.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106257-55a76a22fba57437e28ed51f54b950a0.jpg)
Looking down on Unnamed Peak 6198 with the Stansbury Range in the distance
![30.jpg 30.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106258-c8ab72dab70f382c7cb3f88dfad66c84.jpg)
Okay it's decision time! Would you rather go on a hike with Birdseed Man or Scatman?
Someone had hung this in the juniper
tree next to the summit.
![31.jpg 31.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106259-fe16bdb96fdb99a13d50918854eb9830.jpg)
Heading back down
![32.jpg 32.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106260-9147651c756c10371e2f4db98d8c98e4.jpg)
Icy trail - looking north
![33.jpg 33.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106261-35a91cb0ed4e2c8d4a1aade6a5ee0be7.jpg)
Dooley Knob ahead!
![34.jpg 34.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106262-75cfd08ea83764dfcb3ef44782784662.jpg)
View from the top of Dooley Knob, slightly southwest
![35.jpg 35.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106263-bdf70e83d6e805d68dfcc345838afd36.jpg)
View from the knob to the north
![36.jpg 36.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106264-df490040e283229e21749079a0a5177f.jpg)
Horsemen below. Or maybe one of those is a mule?
Wishful thinking. ![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
![37.jpg 37.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106265-d9b3e1bdaf4bcee70791075c94583a36.jpg)
On top of Dooley Knob. Now for those of you who don't know, my mule's name is Dooley and when you reach its namesake's knob,
well, you just half to break out in song. Now if we can get @Rockskipper to twang the mouth harp, and if @TractorDoc can strum
his banjo, and if we can get @The Trout Whisperer and @kwc to join in and blow across their jugs, we can commence to doing a
virtual jig to this song:
Dooley was a good ole man
He lived below the mill
Dooley had two daughters
And a forty-gallon still
One gal watched the boiler
The other watched the spout
And mama corked the bottles
And ole Dooley fetched 'em out.
Dooley slippin' up the holler
Dooley try to make a dollar
Dooley give me a swaller
And I'll pay you back someday.
The revenuers came for him
A-sippin' though the woods
Dooley kept behind them all
And never lost his goods
Dooley was a trader
When into town he'd come
Sugar by the bushel
And molasses by the ton.
Dooley slippin' up the holler
Dooley try to make a dollar
Dooley gimme a swaller
And I'l pay you back someday.
I remember very well
The day ole Dooley died
The women folk weren't sorry
And the men stood round and cried
Now Dooleys on the mountain
He lies there all alone
They put a jug beside him
And a barrel for his stone.
Dooley slippin' up the holler
Dooley try to make a dollar
Dooley gimme a swaller
And I'll pay you back someday.
My feet are already starting to tap! Jig away!![Big Grin :D :D](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
![38.jpg 38.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106266-c22929449aa8f5f569b86c24f44f1eb9.jpg)
Frary Peak as seen from the top of Dooley Knob. All this jigging has got me worn out.
![39.jpg 39.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106267-5527ec5d465e4e2b21da8d741f94b7d5.jpg)
Katie, on her way down from the knob
![40.jpg 40.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106268-4f2297d3174e2f31ba2b790fddcdd999.jpg)
Approaching the unofficial trailhead
![41.jpg 41.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106269-bce2484e3eff40acd3c7cea1b0906f5a.jpg)
Packed up and ready to roll.
The End.
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 January here.
Along our way, we ran into a bison herd, and got to hear many, and see one coyote who was trying to make his way through the bison. At the summit of Frary, we watched a hawk soar and then dive over and over again while we ate our lunches. On the way up, we had the trail to ourselves, only running into two groups on our way back down. Oh, I might mention that I slipped on the icy trail on the way up and took a spill. That was the point I stopped to put my micro spikes on, and wouldn't you know that one of them broke. Oh well, I managed.
Here are some shots of our hike.
![01.jpg 01.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106229-ff3bde2774cfde72a156e4accc8bbe1a.jpg)
Frary Peak
![02.jpg 02.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106230-97de5b916c0b101d88f39edc8435c43b.jpg)
At the unofficial trailhead. The gate to the official trailhead was closed, so we had to park down the hill and walk about .5 miles to
reach the official one.
![03.jpg 03.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106231-7bfa036e2b9c18eb41d5573979e151db.jpg)
Signage for the Mountain View Trail, next to where we parked, which skirts the east side of the island.
![04.jpg 04.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106232-3842393378a87cdaa95f9b4157d0924e.jpg)
A look back down to the Subaru and the Mountain View Trail, on our way to the official trailhead
![05.jpg 05.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106233-40281bd93dce76247d3b9d4138ea6064.jpg)
The official trailhead with Frary Peak above
![06.jpg 06.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106234-94689fcad379222edcaa7fe442095b63.jpg)
Info sing for Frary Peak
![07.jpg 07.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106235-200b2f30c3d16faed140979b6a8d1387.jpg)
On our way back down we decide to take the spur trail to Dooley Knob
![08.jpg 08.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106236-2dcb8fa6e6fa900b58406fed1c3c4865.jpg)
Starting out - making sure the knees still bend.
![Moses :moses: :moses:](/addedsmilies/moses.gif)
![09.jpg 09.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106237-3e63bf9577dadf5e7816602e276660bb.jpg)
View to the northeast as we climb the hill, looking way north towards the Wellsvilles
![10.jpg 10.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106238-acb4ba4f9e2ebd99a16b3ab9749681a7.jpg)
Frary peak on our left
![11.jpg 11.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106239-e99597dae192cfbba8492314f239c027.jpg)
Arriving at the Dooley spur trail. Did you happen to notice that at the trailhead it said that the spur trail was 0.6 miles long, but
here is says that it is 0.7 miles long? If I factor in the McGirt Coefficient, then I say that it is 0.8 miles long.
![12.jpg 12.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106240-c5a01afa687f336e3ee7ab8fb5fabc3d.jpg)
At the saddle, we ran into these. They took off to the west which was kind of neat, listening to them all run together. I swear that
I could almost feel the ground shake.
![13.jpg 13.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106241-6cb0ebba996e0b6968e0e474a30d7799.jpg)
This small sage plant was just too cute for me to pass up taking a picture of it.
![14.jpg 14.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106242-1028e6cc5d8c365af6c14af7ac574f7a.jpg)
So this is where the herd ended up after they ran away upon seeing us. White Rock Bay below.
![15.jpg 15.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106243-b4cc629013c9e07afd78ff0354166c97.jpg)
Looking back on Dooley Knob
![16.jpg 16.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106244-9975e3c1440e698a0adcfff971d0b566.jpg)
Elephant Head to the west
![17.jpg 17.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106245-e593e008827990407cc2bd0881dc7111.jpg)
Another view to the northeast
![19.jpg 19.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106247-2bcbc947cda03993dfe237555b0f42aa.jpg)
Just a gorgeous January day. Looking back down on Elephants Head and off to the Newfoundlands @swmalone.
![18.jpg 18.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106246-6387d9fe344bd1b0d101b430c1d468c4.jpg)
Making some headway it seems. It was just after this shot that I fell on the icy trail
![20.jpg 20.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106248-a8f7cccc3bff99aa7ff36a56ae5be78e.jpg)
Two or three inches of snow at this point as we make our way to the top of the ridge.
![21.jpg 21.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106249-119f5a9fed100b69901d0c3280e5bf62.jpg)
Katie up ahead
![22.jpg 22.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106250-797c6d5a9ea7a4e7dd2ab18c5d70992c.jpg)
On top of the ridge looking back to the north.
![23.jpg 23.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106251-ef5b0a5053f5728b2603f17aeec92913.jpg)
Red Rocks Canyon. Stansbury and Carrington Islands to the west
![24.jpg 24.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106252-0b4b35d7b43eabcb2b93b86ae07f0f4e.jpg)
Drooping over to the west side of the mountain as we work our way to the summit
![25.jpg 25.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106253-e7eb8edc70300e6a62ee3f9df0e1708f.jpg)
The Mormon Rocks, with Buffalo Point in the distance, and even further, Freemont Island and the Promontory Range
![26.jpg 26.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106254-ec0c40e2c3bc803d27b2b76c0bedd5a6.jpg)
Looking down the south spine of Antelope Island towards the north end of the Oquirrh Mountains
![27.jpg 27.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106255-c4b1c2ac702d4a735e89998802355664.jpg)
At the summit
![28.jpg 28.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106256-f8b5f8d0f08ab149d92a7a26d5b0d05e.jpg)
The summit
![29.jpg 29.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106257-55a76a22fba57437e28ed51f54b950a0.jpg)
Looking down on Unnamed Peak 6198 with the Stansbury Range in the distance
![30.jpg 30.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106258-c8ab72dab70f382c7cb3f88dfad66c84.jpg)
Okay it's decision time! Would you rather go on a hike with Birdseed Man or Scatman?
tree next to the summit.
![31.jpg 31.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106259-fe16bdb96fdb99a13d50918854eb9830.jpg)
Heading back down
![32.jpg 32.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106260-9147651c756c10371e2f4db98d8c98e4.jpg)
Icy trail - looking north
![33.jpg 33.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106261-35a91cb0ed4e2c8d4a1aade6a5ee0be7.jpg)
Dooley Knob ahead!
![34.jpg 34.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106262-75cfd08ea83764dfcb3ef44782784662.jpg)
View from the top of Dooley Knob, slightly southwest
![35.jpg 35.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106263-bdf70e83d6e805d68dfcc345838afd36.jpg)
View from the knob to the north
![36.jpg 36.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106264-df490040e283229e21749079a0a5177f.jpg)
Horsemen below. Or maybe one of those is a mule?
![37.jpg 37.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106265-d9b3e1bdaf4bcee70791075c94583a36.jpg)
On top of Dooley Knob. Now for those of you who don't know, my mule's name is Dooley and when you reach its namesake's knob,
well, you just half to break out in song. Now if we can get @Rockskipper to twang the mouth harp, and if @TractorDoc can strum
his banjo, and if we can get @The Trout Whisperer and @kwc to join in and blow across their jugs, we can commence to doing a
virtual jig to this song:
Dooley was a good ole man
He lived below the mill
Dooley had two daughters
And a forty-gallon still
One gal watched the boiler
The other watched the spout
And mama corked the bottles
And ole Dooley fetched 'em out.
Dooley slippin' up the holler
Dooley try to make a dollar
Dooley give me a swaller
And I'll pay you back someday.
The revenuers came for him
A-sippin' though the woods
Dooley kept behind them all
And never lost his goods
Dooley was a trader
When into town he'd come
Sugar by the bushel
And molasses by the ton.
Dooley slippin' up the holler
Dooley try to make a dollar
Dooley gimme a swaller
And I'l pay you back someday.
I remember very well
The day ole Dooley died
The women folk weren't sorry
And the men stood round and cried
Now Dooleys on the mountain
He lies there all alone
They put a jug beside him
And a barrel for his stone.
Dooley slippin' up the holler
Dooley try to make a dollar
Dooley gimme a swaller
And I'll pay you back someday.
My feet are already starting to tap! Jig away!
![38.jpg 38.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106266-c22929449aa8f5f569b86c24f44f1eb9.jpg)
Frary Peak as seen from the top of Dooley Knob. All this jigging has got me worn out.
![39.jpg 39.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106267-5527ec5d465e4e2b21da8d741f94b7d5.jpg)
Katie, on her way down from the knob
![40.jpg 40.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106268-4f2297d3174e2f31ba2b790fddcdd999.jpg)
Approaching the unofficial trailhead
![41.jpg 41.jpg](https://backcountrypost.com/data/attachments/106/106269-bce2484e3eff40acd3c7cea1b0906f5a.jpg)
Packed up and ready to roll.
The End.