Any road leading off of the main road might require 4WD. The road is well graded dirt and most 2WD vehcles would be fine on the road as long as they have high enough clearance. Its important that the BLM knows how many people use the road so that maintainance $$ can be allotted.įrom here the road forms a loop that encircles the range and is about 54 miles in length so make sure your gas tank has plenty in it. You'll notice an information board and register just off to the left and I recomend that you stop and read the sign and sign the register. Continue on for 0.8 miles to another intersection and turn right to the Silver Island Mountains. You'll see a sign that indicates the Pilot and Silver Island Mountains straight ahead and the Bonneville Salt Flats Speedway to the right. If you get to Wendover Nevada/Utah, (120 miles from Salt Lake City) go east a bit to exit #4 on I-80 and turn off andhead north on a paved road for 1.8 miles.
Spring and fall are generally nice but winters can be very cold.įrom I-80, you get a great view of the Silver Mtn range Seasons: AVOID SUMMER unless you like temperatures in the 100's. Stay tuned, I'll have a whole section just dedicated to more information about this unique road before too long. Most people don't know it, but encircling the whole range is a 54 mile road known as the Silver Island Mountain Backcountry Byway. The Silver Island range is a place I would love to spend a week exploring and climbing in.
That is all fine and good, but its the mountains behind the Salt Flats just to the north that I care about. The Bonneville Salt Flats are famous for world speed records of cars, motorcyles, and anything else with wheels that will go fast. Have you ever driven that stretch of I-80 that goes from (or to) Salt Lake City Utah to the Nevada border at Wendover? Did you wonder about the mountains that were just north of the Bonneville Salt Flats or did you just notice the Salt Flats? Its a lonely stretch and one that makes drivers speed up just a bit to get it behind them.
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