Great Salt Lake - Antelope Island Frary Peak - White Rock Loop

Description

* This place is really special, the southern 1/2 of the island is undeveloped, sees no people, and is a veritable Serengeti with herds of deer, antelope, bighorn sheep, buffalo, and birds of every description.
* Five star packraft! Do it in the winter, early spring, and late fall to avoid the bugs and stink.
* Things to bring, long pants, bug spray and binoculars. Things to leave behind, life jacket. The water never gets more than 2-3 ft deep.
* ~7.5hrs moderate pace
* KML http://bioserver.hci.utah.edu/Misc/BCB/KML/AntelopeFraryPkLoop.kml
* Drive out to Antelope Island State Park, $9/car. http://www.stateparks.utah.gov/parks/antelope-island
* Park at the buffalo fence at the south end of White Rock campground.
* Take the White Rock Bay Loop, east/ right leg, follow it to it's highest/ southern most point on the ridge, cut off trail angling up to ridge to intersect the Frary Peak Trail
* Continue on Frary trail to the peak via the knife edge scramble (stay on the ridge, don't drop down and right on the main trail)
* Continue south over the top of Frary peak to the prominent west/ right ridge following this down to a saddle then up to Red Rock Peak.
* Follow this Red Rock ridge west, taking north/ right forks as the ridge splits till hitting the water. Keep on the ridge with class 4 scrambing.
* Put in and paddle around Elephant Head, White Rock (really cool rookery), and back to car.
* If you have time, hike out to the Egg Island overlook and paddle out and round the island. Remember it is illegal to land on these rookeries.