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Approach to Floating Island | Mud Flats and UTTR Gate 74 | Hike to Top of Floating Island

Hike to Top of Floating Island


Why bother hiking on Floating Island? Certain places call to me to be explored, and this was one of those places. After parking my car on the north side of the "island" I hiked and scrambled southward through a bleak landscape to the summit, which is 5109 feet (1558 m) above sea level. The weather started out as sunny and calm, but a storm blew in from the southwest, changing the mood dramatically: its fierce wind produced a cloud of salt dust 2000 feet tall.

Starting view
Starting view		 Weird rock
Weird rock		 Pebbly ridge
Pebbly ridge		 Gap below terrace
Gap below terrace
Stones in rock
Stones in rock		 Cryptobiotic soil
Cryptobiotic soil		 Hard layers
Hard layers		 One from many
One from many
Cemented pebbles
Cemented pebbles		 Lake terrace
Lake terrace		 Speedway
Speedway		 Speedway closer
Speedway closer
Terrace
Terrace		 Previous visit
Previous visit		 Slope below summit
Slope below summit		 Mormon Tea
Mormon Tea
Cairn and causeway
Cairn and causeway		 Causeway
Causeway		 My Subaru station wagon near the route of the Donner-Reed wagon train party
My Subaru station wagon near the route of the Donner-Reed wagon train party		 Dead center: Gate 74
Dead center: Gate 74
Road amidst nothingness
Road amidst nothingness		 Bonneville Speedway in the distance
Bonneville Speedway in the distance		 Summit rock
Summit rock		 On the summit of Floating Island
On the summit of Floating Island
Falling rain coming this way
Falling rain coming this way		 Not a dust storm---a salt storm!
Not a dust storm---a salt storm!		 Salt cloud again
Salt cloud again		 Salt cloud yet again
Salt cloud yet again
Salt cloud closing in with a fierce wind
Salt cloud closing in with a fierce wind		 Salt cloud one last time
Salt cloud one last time		 Dry wash
Dry wash		 Almost done
Almost done

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Frankie 17-Sep-2015 23:27
Great Photography ! I need to visit this area !
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