UDOT closed Little Cottonwood Canyon due to avalanche risk, with plans for further closures amid worsening weather.

Skiers, snowboarders and anyone else who ventured up Little Cottonwood Canyon on Saturday may be stuck for some time after the highway was closed for avalanche mitigation.

After decades of using military artillery to manage avalanche risk in Little Cottonwood Canyon, local ski areas are now turning to new remote control devices.

Winter weather got the best of Utah's Little Cottonwood Canyon over the weekend when an avalanche shut down some traffic for hours and left some ...

A massive avalanche was seen cascading down onto State Route 210 in Little Cottonwood Canyon in Utah on January 4. The ...

State Route 210 through Little Cottonwood Canyon was closed Saturday afternoon due for avalanche miritgation propted hazardous weather conditions.The Utah Depar ...

LITTLE COTTONWOOD CANYON , Utah (KUTV) — State Route 210 through Little Cottonwood was closed Saturday afternoon for avalanche mitigation due to accumulating snow in the canyon. The Utah ...

An avalanche closed a Utah highway outside of Salt Lake City during a winter storm over the weekend that brought nearly 2 ...

An avalanche hit Little Cottonwood Canyon just outside of Salt Lake City over the weekend, coating the slope and neighboring roadway with several inches of snow.

Utah Department of Transportation video shows an avalanche at Little Cottonwood Canyon on Saturday during a winter storm.

ASALT LAKE CITY — Snow falling in Utah brought on road restrictions and a couple backcountry closures due to avalanche ...