Why should Utah taxpayers foot the bill to shuttle out-of-state skiers to private resorts during their vacations?

On a sunny day, about 1,200 cars an hour move through Little Cottonwood Canyon, home to Snowbird and Alta Ski Area. But when ...

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.

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 ...

Utah Department of Transportation has announced that traction laws are in effect on Saturday for Big and Little Cottonwood ...

SALT LAKE CITY — A split boarder was killed in an avalanche in Big Cottonwood Canyon that Utah Avalanche Center experts believe he triggered while traveling alone on Tuesday. The avalanche was ...

Heavy snowfall in Utah caused an avalanche that was captured on camera from a nearby vehicle in Little Cottonwood Canyon. Local media reported that up to five inches (12.7cm) of snow fell in the area, ...

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — A cold front that pushed into Utah overnight Sunday into Monday brought heavy snowfall to the Cottonwood Canyons, creating hazardous road conditions. By 5 a.m. Monday ...

Patrick Spence has benefited from the adjustments the Utah Department of Transportation made this season to its traction program. The skier’s truck is equipped with a Cottonwood Canyons sticker.

SALT LAKE CITY — Taming the "red snake" — the often miles-long line of glowing red taillights going up and down the Cottonwood canyons on a powder day or holiday — has proven a vexing ...