SANDY, Utah — Skiers, snowboarders and anyone else who ventured up Little Cottonwood Canyon on Saturday was stranded for some time after the highway was closed for avalanche mitigation.

The avalanche was reported to have happened about noon in Little Cottonwood Canyon, in the Davenport Hill area near the town of Alta, according to Chris Bronson, spokesman for the Salt Lake County ...

Alta Ski Area in Little Cottonwood Canyon on Nov. 22. One person was killed in an avalanche in Little Cottonwood Canyon on Tuesday. | Laura Seitz, Deseret News ...