UPDATE: Little Cottonwood Canyon reopens after a temporary closure for multiple crashes, snow conditions
Mar 25, 2024, 1:07 PM | Updated: 2:16 pm
A snowplow working on state Route 210 to clear the road after a road closure on March 25, 2024. (Utah Department of Transportation)
(Utah Department of Transportation)
LITTLE COTTONWOOD CANYON — Little Cottonwood Canyon has reopened after snowy conditions and multiple crashes caused officials to close temporarily close it Monday afternoon.
🚧 #RoadClosureUpdate 🚧 #SR210 OPEN: Vehicles have been cleared, both travel lanes fully open.@UtahDOT road crews continue to work in canyon for afternoon commute
‼️Expect downhill travel delays from @AltaSkiArea @AltaCentral @Snowbird this PM while the queue clears. pic.twitter.com/RQIGyfFbNK
— UDOT Cottonwood Canyons (@UDOTcottonwoods) March 25, 2024
According to Sgt. Aymee Race with the Unified Police Department, a diesel truck was stuck on the canyon road and two other cars flipped in the icy conditions. The initial reopen time was estimated at 1:15 p.m. and was later updated to 2:15 p.m.
*UPDATE* 03/25 1:07pm SR210 Temporary Closure ESTIMATED opening 2:15pm. Please, no private vehicles on the road between Alta and Snowbird. This allows plow crews to freely work. Thank you!
— Alta Central (@AltaCentral) March 25, 2024
Race said a woman was driving one of the flipped cars with her baby inside the vehicle, and the other driver was a man with no passengers. Both drivers and the baby are doing okay, Race said. The two rollover accidents took place a few miles apart on state Route 210.
Race said at approximately 1 p.m. that crews were waiting for a heavy tow to remove the semitruck from the road. She said the problem wasn’t due to a lack of traction equipment and protection, it’s just that the road conditions were extreme.
As authorities cleared the canyon roads, Race encouraged people to stay where they were.
“If you’re at the ski resort stay there,” she said. “If you’re at the mouth, turn around.”
