Alta, Snowbird, and Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT Remain Closed This Morning Due to Avalanche Activity 🚧 #RoadClosureUpdate 🚧 #SR210 is still CLOSED to all travel in both directions due to avalanche activity overnight. Control work ongoing & high snowfall rates. Road crews staged where safe. Traffic is closed in both directions until further notice. No est time of reopening. pic.twitter.com/qAtU3cQD2T — UDOT Cottonwood Canyons (@UDOTcottonwoods) February 17, 2021 Extreme avalanche danger and snowfall rates up […] Avalanche AvyBrains | February 17, 2021 0 Comments
Utah Installing New Wyssen Avalanche Control Systems Anyone that regularly visits the Cottonwood Canyons in Utah knows that the Utah DOT does a lot of avalanche control. Last year they installed an new automated control system from the Swiss company Wyssen. The brand is well known around Europe, and even in Canada, but this was the first installation of its kind in the United States. Typically Utah DOT […] Avalanche Mike Lavery | June 16, 2018 0 Comments
Little and Big Cottonwood Canyons, UT Awarded Lions Share of $100-Million Fund to Remedy Traffic Congestion After a fierce statewide battle for $100 million that the Legislature pegged to reduce traffic congestion at crowded recreational areas, Little and Big Cottonwood canyons won the lion’s share of the jackpot Friday, reports the Salt Lake Tribune. The Utah Transportation Commission voted to give them $66 million of the total, or $2 of every $3 available. Other smaller winners […] Industry News Steven Agar | May 16, 2018 0 Comments
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