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Avalanche Victim from Butler Basin, Big Cottonwood Canyon, UT, Dies in Hospital

Utah has suffered its fourth avalanche death of the season after an avalanche victim from last weekend succumbed to his injuries in hospital. All four of Utah’s avalanche deaths occurred in a short window from February 18 to February 22. The most recent death follows an avalanche from Saturday, February 21, which was triggered in Butler Basin in Big Cottonwood […]
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UDOT Backs Bus Expansion and Winter Tolls, Rejects Gondola Plan for Big Cottonwood Canyon, UT

The Cottonwood Canyons in Utah are infamous for their infuriating red snake accessing the mountains. The Utah Department of Transportation has long been constructing proposals to mend this error with no prevail. The 2022 gondola proposal up Little Cottonwood Canyon invigorated the public and UDOT received the most responses on any proposal ever, totalling 50,000; 35,000 against the proposal and […]
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Why Does It Snow So Much in Utah?

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Big Cottonwood Canyon (Brighton and Solitude) and Little Cottonwood Canyon (Alta and Snowbird) resorts are world-renowned ski destinations, and Utah is said to have the “Greatest Snow on Earth”. At first, this may seem odd and, frankly, a bold statement for a state probably better known for desert towers and slot canyons. So let’s unpack the claim and better understand what makes Utah powder so […]
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Local Wasatch Advocacy Group Provides Insightful Feedback on UDOT Big Cottonwood Canyon Environmental Study

The Wasatch Backcountry Alliance, a Utah-based backcountry advocacy group, recently released its comment on the recent Big Cottonwood Canyon study conducted by the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT). The study, which aims to evaluate tolling and improved busing services to address winter-time traffic at Big Cottonwood Canyon, received positive feedback and other recommendations in the Alliance’s comment. The Alliance’s comment […]
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[PHOTOS] Solo Snowboarder Killed in Big Cottonwood Canyon, UT, Avalanche Was Buried Under 20-Feet of Snow

A 54-year-old man died in an avalanche on Tuesday, December 31, the second avalanche-related fatality in Utah’s Wasatch Mountains in three days. The incident occurred in the Davenport Hill area north of the ridge separating Big and Little Cottonwood Canyon, east of Salt Lake City. The crown was two feet deep, 300 feet wide, and ran for 400 vertical feet. The […]
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SnowBrains Utah Highlight Video 2023 – 903″ of Snowfall With High Quality Skiing from October Until August

This past season (2023), was one for the books in Utah. I started my season in Utah, skiing early laps of Suicide Chute in October???, and ending it on those same lines in mid-July! This years record setting snowfall did not disappoint, and you can see I was taking full advantage of that. 2023 was a wild one in Utah. Little […]
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Solitude, UT, to Implement Parking Reservation System to Address Traffic Congestion This Season

Parking reservations will be required only on weekends and holiday periods; parking is free for vehicles with four or more people.  BIG COTTONWOOD CANYON, UTAH, Nov. 2, 2023 – Solitude Mountain Resort today announced it will introduce a comprehensive paid parking reservation system for the upcoming 23/24 ski season in response to increasing demand for convenient mountain access and as […]
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