An avalanche in Little Cottonwood Canyon, Utah on Sunday morning knocked a vehicle off the road to Alta and Snowbird ski areas.
Thankfully no one in the car was injured.
🚨 #RoadClosure Update: @UDOTavy will be begin additional avalanche mitigation and UDOT will be clearing the slide debris when safe. New estimated opening time is 2:30pm. 🚨@CanyonAlerts @UDOTTRAFFIC pic.twitter.com/j7pFJL2mHL
— UDOT Cottonwood Canyons (@UDOTcottonwoods) January 12, 2020
The avalanche hit highway 210 in Little Cottonwood Canyon near the White Pine Lake area, according to Police.
Heavy snowfall and avalanche danger have led to closures of the road. The Utah Avalanche Center reported avalanche danger at the time was considerable.
Video from last season in Colorado where serval vehicles were hit by an avalanche on highway I-70.