Slow Sand

It takes 2 hours to drive to Little Sahara just outside of Nephi. Once you there it take another 45 minutes to climb to the top of one of the peaks. Sand Skiing down in a couple minutes at Little Sahara. What madness for a little fun in the sand. My brother Craig tagging along to try some sand boarding. The first time down was a slow. The first section was steep enough to get me going but 50 yards from the bottom i stopped because the slope wast steep enough. After two runs I thought I was done. I think we both were dehydrated and getting closer to heat exhaustion. We decided to hike up a third time on a new spot that had shady stops on the way up. Last run down was steeper an there were some patches of green weeds the I skied over on the way down that helped me gain speed. Best run of the three.
Little Sahara

Steep Cups

One wrong step or slip wouldn't slide resulted in a wick slide and curtain injury wit big rock to break your fall. Hiking up the apron of devils Castle wasn't easy. Steep and the glacier was full of cups to make it bumpy. Going down was ruff and hard on turns. Very little snow spray and had to control my speed on the was down. Falling wasn't an option unless you like broken bones. Big section of snow, but tough to ski.
Devils Castle

Recommitted

I've checked out this spot twice and I finally went for it. Dropped down the sandy slope gaining speed the Turns on the sand was tricky. Short turns worked the best, any time I made a big turn I would sink and crash. On the way down the slope I had to turn around some bushes. Good spot to sand ski.
Draper