SR 190 in Big Cottonwood Canyon will not open today as crews continue avalanche mitigation work, UDOT says.
University of Utah meteorologist Jim Steenburgh, known ason Twitter, said the avalanche risk level on Little Cottonwood Canyon Road is higher than any major road in the county.
State Route 210, which runs up Little Cottonwood, was closed Monday and Tuesday as crews worked to reduce the risk of slides coming down and hitting the road during a record-setting snowpack year. "There's nothing to stop these avalanches from hitting the highway," Steenburgh said. "People will say that the slide paths are greased… everything's buried. There's no trees, no rocks to break these things up, and so they're just running right to the road."KSL Chief Meteorologist Kevin Eubank said snow will linger through midday Wednesday and move out by the afternoon.
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