Utah Lake is where they had the first (and last) Ironman Utah. The lake is pretty shallow (by lake standards) and is easily churned into a washing machine spin cycle with a little wind. On race day we had 5-6 foot chop and shortly after the start all the course marker buey blew away. Then the unfortunate happened and they found the lifeless body of on of the competitors less than 25 yards from the start. The swim was canceled and they sent boats out to turn us around (but not give a ride). So we had to find our way back with no bueys to navigate by. That is my memory of Utah Lake .
There is some great scenery in the area. Shoot up over the mountains eastward and you have some great state parks go south and you have Glenn Canyon. I slept in the VX in the Glenn Canyon area and saw the most beautiful moonless star filled sky ever!
