I have been riding Mona a lot lately since I live just 15 minutes away.
I am starting to get a feel for the joint and would like some of the communities
input on past experiences, pros & cons with this lush lake.
I seem to get mostly SW or W rides which are very challanging reaches, if you want to get
back to the beach. South is rad and has no equal, but seldumly occurs. SE is the shit
and guarantees a safe return to the boat launch, but only in my wet dreams.
I have been stranded many times in the middle of the lake and have learned to stuff a
pair of sandles in my wetsuit for the walk back. The SW beaches are, I think basalt or lava rock
which makes Lincoln Beache's shallows feel like DR. Sholes gel inserts.
I like Mona for its semi-big swell in high winds, incredible diversity of waterfoul (on the east side.. in the wetlands),
great rigup area within 10 steps from the water, There is always some innocent bystandard available for a kite launch or land,
boaters are almost always right there when you need a lift, and the babes are almosts always dripping wet...after getting out of the water .
I dont have any negitive's for Mona except, there are no restrooms outside your wetsuit, the launch area is infested with goatheads,
no wind meter, and on SW wind, the boat launch has a nifty, cutesie, stick it right up you ars, little wind shadow which makes it very frustrating to reach in light
winds or if you are struggling with too much kite.
If I had to rate Mona on a scale from 1-10 it would be a cool #7
*effort and skill needed to have fun
brutal
*travel time from Salt Lake
substantial
*total visual enjoyment
extreme
*fisical pain from plantlife
it depends on if you have a vagina or not
*reliability of wind
your in Utah, you figure it out
*female wildlife
very good
*Stinky Rush like mud
N/A except on east side where all the birds poo
*rails and gaps
they are there if you look, yes there is a rail but it is my secret and I'm not telling
*butter
about one mile of the best butter... at a price,,,, it smells like....................
*Fee
of course its free
God bless kiteboarding
I will try to optain an east side launch from a land owner for that SSB or DC feel if anyone is interested?