Great Salt Lake sunset - Skyline Drive above Bountiful

Took a quick drive up Skyline Drive above Bountiful after work to a overlook east of Centerville.  Great weather, easy photos, life is grand.

Southern part of Antelope Island, with Stansbury Island behind that, the Lakeside Mountains, and if you look very close (extremely faint), you can see Pilot Peak, Nevada (which is about 115 miles almost directly west):

Black Mountain, above Bountiful:

Pyramid Peak (aka "Cave Peak"), with the new Kern River pipeline gash right behind it.











Frary Peak on Antelope Island, with what looks to be a B737 on approach to SLC:

Pastel sunset of Antelope Island, with the Hogup Mountains on the other side of the GSL behind:

This time of year the sun sets pretty far north - from this spot it goes down in the northern part of the Great Salt Lake:

After sunset, the lights are starting to come on in Bountiful, with Antelope Island on the right, and the northern part of the Oquirrh Mountains on the left side, in the distance:

Layer of clouds, looking into the sunset area, past the lake and toward the Hogup Mountains:

Pilot Peak, Nevada

I didn't get to the top of this majestic landmark, not this trip.  Actually, this trip was supposed to be to the Pequop Mountains about 25 miles west, but my '93 Ford Ranger broke down (turned out to be a broken transmission), and while I was waiting for my wife to drive the 2 hours from Bountiful past Wendover & rescue me - yeah, I know, not terribly manly for a desert explorer - I hiked around a short while & took some photos.
On a clear day you can see Pilot Peak from the Wasatch Range (in certain spots), which is 120+miles as the crow flies, and it is visible from ranges north (RaftRiver, Grouse Creek, Goose Creek), from the south (DeepCreeks), and west (Pequop, probably the Humboldts & Rubys, too.)  This peak stands out.  It's 10,600 feet, with a lot of talus exposure, which means some time consuming hiking, and unhappy knees and feet.  I'm going to try & get to it later in the summer, after I've build up more endurance.

Pilot Peak from I-80 west of Wendover:

Add some rocks from the Toano range for foreground:

Classic Basin & Range:

Got a sunburn on my legs.  It was definitely sunny, if cool (about 70F):

There actually were some wildflowers in the sun drenched southern exposure:

The trusty RAV comes to the rescue.  We towed the Ranger desert rat mobile 150 miles on a cheap tow rope.  Crazy, yeah, I know, but it was cheap.