![]() ![]() The road ultimately winds around to head south, where it joins the Silver Island Loop road. Follow this road due west for a mile and a half, where it enters the brushy landscape at the foot of Silver Island. From Aid Station 2 (NO Post), follow pin-flags north for just over a mile where you’ll intersect the hard-pack, dirt road that connects Floating Island to Silver Island…turn left following the pin-flags and head west on that road. The big post stuck in the salt just paid AS2 is a mysterious relic from the past and serves as a great marker. It’s a little like running on the beach near the water line. You’ll have transitioned off the salt and will now be on the classic firm sand of the salt basin. From Aid 1 (Salt Flats), head north following the same flagging for almost three more miles, and then turn east following the same flagging and then pin-flags for about another 3 miles where you’ll reach Aid Station 2 (Now known as NO Post), at 15.5 miles. However, if there’s been any moisture, it can be very sticky and you can accumulate some salt cakes on the bottom of your shoes… just keep running and it’ll fall off eventually. You’ll be running on nearly 6 feet of solid salt for this entire section! The surface is generally quite hard, similar to hard-pack dirt. Once the air horn goes off, head North following the flagging along the Speedway for 10 miles, passing Honey-Bucket portable toilets at mile 3 and 7, to Aid Station 1 (Salt Flats) at 10 miles. The course begins at the end of the Bonneville Speedway access road on the staging area for the Speedway. ![]()
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