ULibraries Research Guides: Little Cottonwood Canyon: Transportation

Planning

Little Cottonwood Canyon, Environmental Impact Statement
UDOT (website)
Little Cottonwood Canyon EIS-- Draft Purpose Need Chapter
UDOT (March 2019).
Little Cottonwood Canyon EIS-- Scoping Summary Report
UDOT (September 2019).
Draft Transportation System. Existing Conditions
Mountain Accord (April, 2014).
Cottonwood Canyons Transportation Action Plan
Central Wasatch Commission (2015).
Cottonwood Canyons Scenic Byway Corridor Management Plan
Cottonwood Canyons Scenic Byways Committee (2008).

Issues

Has Wasatch canyons visitation reached a tipping point?
Amy Joi O'Donoghue Deseret News (July 2, 2019)
Ski bus ridership is up 48% since UTA increased canyon runs by ending direct service from downtown Salt Lake City
Salt Lake Tribune (May 29, 2019).
Ikon, Epic ski passes may be working too well. They make already-bad traffic in Utah's Cottonwood Canyons even worse.
Salt Lake Tribune (March 31, 2019)

Gehrke, Robert, "Here's Why Adding a Lane to Little Cottonwood Canyon is an Idea Worth Studying," Salt Lake Tribune (June 10,2019).

Blattenberger, Gail, and Richard Fowles. "Road closure to mitigate avalanche danger: a case study for Little Cottonwood Canyon." International Journal of Forecasting 11, no. 1 (1995): 159-174.

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Marriott Library Research Tools

Maps

UTA Ski Services
Utah State Route 210
The highway in Little Cottonwood Canyon is SR-210, From Route 190 at the mouth of Big Cottonwood Canyon southeasterly on Wasatch Boulevard
and through Little Cottonwood Canyon, to Alta, including the Alta Bypass.

Little Cottonwood Canyon: Transportation

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Planning

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