At 6,596 frt, Frary Peak is the highest point on Antelope which is the largest island in the Great Salt Lake. Antelope Island is home to bison, mule deer, bighorn sheep, and pronghorn antelope all of which we hoped to see. Let's just say we only scored 25% on this test but had a bonus coyote thrown in.
The round-trip hike to the Peak was just under 7 miles with about 2,000' of EG.
From Wikipedia: "At the time of the arrival of early European explorers and pioneers, there were no bison on the island. As they became extinct over much of their range in the late 19th century, a small population was taken to Antelope Island. "Twelve bison, 4 bulls (males), 4 cows (females) and 4 calves were taken by boat to the island on February 15, 1893 by William Glassman and John Dooly." These 12 animals apparently came originally from a small private herd in Texas[4] and became the foundation for what has grown into the Antelope Island bison herd."
The herd now numbers between 550 and 700.
I believe this is Dooley Knob
Looking north into the Great Salt Lake
A few hardy trees around - hiking this in the summer heat would be brutal.
Frary Peak is the high point ahead. The guide book says not to follow the ridge out but to follow a trail that traverses across the right side and then basically heads straight up below Frary Peak. I took the trail while Ben decided to scramble out the ridge.
After traversing below the ridge, the trail basically heads up some stairs and steep slots that get you to right below the peak. The whole time going up I was thinking that I needed to come back down this section.
Old gnarled tree providing a nice photo op...
Looking to the north from the summit.
and to the south...
Clouds were cool all day long. Took way too many photos of them.
Ben enjoying the views from the summit
Snow-capped Wasatch Front in the background
more clouds
and even more clouds...
