The risk of wet avalanche slides continues to be a problem this Spring in Little Cottonwood Canyon. Yesterday, UDOT announced that Little Cottonwood Canyon’s road, SR-210, will be closed starting at 9 am today. There is no estimated time for a public reopening.
It sounds like travel between Snowbird and Alta will be allowed, but it will not be possible to get up from the mouth of the canyon, and going back down to the Valley is now impossible. With warm weather expected throughout this week, wet slides are bound to happen. In addition, Big Cottonwood Canyon’s road, SR-190, will be closed today from 12-5 pm due to avalanche hazards.
There’s no word yet if Snowbird’s lift operations will be affected by this. When they faced a situation like this a couple of weeks ago, a limited amount of lifts and restaurants were open. Alta is closed for the season but is open for uphill travelers. We’ll keep you posted as to when SR-210 reopens to the public.
Update 8:00 pm: SR-210 will open from 8-10 p.m. for employees and lodging guests. It will then reopen tomorrow from 5:30-8 am for the same group of people, with no estimated time of reopening.
🚧 #RoadClosureAlert 🚧 #SR210 will be CLOSED tomorrow (4/30) at 9am due to avalanche hazard
‼️NO ETO for any public travel periods after tomorrow
📍9am: Uphill closed at mouth
📍9am: Downhill closed at Snowbird Entry 1/Gate C, travel above Gate C is allowed@UDOTTRAFFIC pic.twitter.com/dMzTuU7kVX— UDOT Cottonwood Canyons (@UDOTcottonwoods) April 29, 2023
🚧 #SR210
BACKCOUNTRY USERS: Entire road between Gate C and the mouth, including the White Pine parking lot exit, will be closed at 9am (4/30) with no ETO.‼️Visitors who do not want to be in canyon indefinitely need to exit the canyon/parking lot by 9am, gate will be closed. pic.twitter.com/0R5qzIWFKw
— UDOT Cottonwood Canyons (@UDOTcottonwoods) April 29, 2023
Image Credits: UDOT Cottonwood Canyons, Ian Wood, Snowbird Resort
