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Great Salt Lake (South End) is a kitesurf spot on the southern end of the Great Salt Lake, the largest salt lake in the Western Hemisphere. This unique lake offers exceptional buoyancy thanks to its extreme salinity (up to 27%). Vast shallow water expanses and salt beaches. Consistent thermal winds channeled between the Wasatch and Oquirrh Mountains. Surreal landscape with pink waters and salt formations. Season from April to November.
Open all year round
Intermediate
Hyper-saline water (up to 27% salinity). Exceptional buoyancy — impossible to sink. Water temperature from 0°C in winter to 25°C in summer. Very shallow in the south area. Salt and mud bottom. High salinity extremely irritating to eyes and wounds. No wetsuit needed in summer thanks to buoyancy, but mandatory rinsing after.
Extreme salinity irritating to eyes, wounds, and mucous membranes — rinse thoroughly with fresh water after every session. Equipment must be rinsed (salinity corrodes everything). Brine flies in astronomical numbers in season. Intense sulfur odor. Mountain thunderstorms with lightning. Intense heat and reflection in summer. Sticky salt mud on shoreline.
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