Ask many Utahns about swimming in the Great Salt Lake, and you’re likely to get a look of disgust. It smells, there are bugs, it’s hot.
But if you go out to the lake on a quiet summer evening, you are likely to find visitors from other places in the water.
Explore why some locals avoid it, why some love it anyway, and why it’s one of Utah’s hidden secrets.
Watch the video here.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Daniel Cooijmans from Amsterdam splashes around in the Great Salt Lake on Monday, July 29, 2024.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Michael Romano snaps a photo of Emily Ewing as she floats in the Great Salt Lake on Monday, July 29, 2024. The couple are from Boston.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Daniel and Sarah Cooijmans from Amsterdam play in the Great Salt Lake on Monday, July 29, 2024.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Great Salt Lake is photographed Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2023, from an aerial tour provided by EcoFlight.
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