ss20
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Agreed. Lots of young people attend the soccer matches as well. NHL definitely plays in smaller markets than SLC.
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Agreed. Lots of young people attend the soccer matches as well. NHL definitely plays in smaller markets than SLC.
Another suit.
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UDOT’s plan for Little Cottonwood Canyon gondola just prompted another lawsuit
A lawsuit filed Monday by Salt Lake City and Sandy alleges UDOT did not adequately analyze how drinking water in the Salt Lake Valley would be impacted by construction in the canyon.
SLC, Sandy sue UDOT over water in the Little Cottonwood Canyon gondola plan
A federal lawsuit has been filed against Utah's Department of Transportation and the U.S. Forest Service related to the agency's decision to proceed with a gondola in Little
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BenedictGomez
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Hearing it took people 2 to 3 hours just to get to the LCC canyon mouth after skiing today, and it didnt even really snow all that much, supposedly like 6 inches.
BuSseZ wiLL fIX tHiS!
BuSseZ wiLL fIX tHiS!
ss20
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Today was my first day off in 14 on. I am hearing worst snake in the 3 seasons I've been here. I've heard times more like 4+ hours. I still have some friends up there. The snake just cleared the Town of Alta 30 minutes ago.
We missed it. The guy next to us at Alta drove his new BMW coup up with summer touring tires. Wonder if he contributed to the chaos?
BenedictGomez
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After I posted that I've since seen other reports of it taking people 1 hour just to literally get out of the parking lot, which probably aligns more with the 4 hour times @ss20 mentioned. Yikes!
Honestly, Snowbird really screws it up. Last year Alta commented to UDOT about how things needed to change with Snowbird because they just block Alta traffic from leaving. It doesn’t help when folks park on 210 and then decide to stop traffic to make a U-turn to get out at the end of the day. But that’s why I get the hell out earlier in the day.
BenedictGomez
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Saw this on social media with no comment; I'd speculate it's taken by a Snowbird groomer. This looks like hell on earth.
jimk
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Guess it was the first powder day in a while?? And a Friday - the new Saturday. Now I know why my son told me he went backcountry skinning early yesterday in the Wasatch. I'm going to be out there in about 10 days to help make some first hand observations, and add to the traffic
Actually, I got a feeling I'm going to be riding the bus a lot. Also may try hitching, but I have some buddies with parking passes, so I'll be mooching rides too.
Actually, I got a feeling I'm going to be riding the bus a lot. Also may try hitching, but I have some buddies with parking passes, so I'll be mooching rides too.
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The other contributing factor is that a lot of folks come up to ski Alta after 1pm because they don't have a parking reservation or won't pay for one. So they want to ski until 4:30pm. That number is significant.
I believe that Alta proposed that Snowbird change it's closing time to accommodate traffic. Snowbird's response was, "build us a gondola."
I believe that Alta proposed that Snowbird change it's closing time to accommodate traffic. Snowbird's response was, "build us a gondola."
BenedictGomez
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pAiD pARkInG is 1o0% FoR cROwd ALLeViaTion. It hAs NothNG tO do WIth MonEY!
BenedictGomez
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UDOT to LCC/BCC skiers.
GTHOOH now. Lol.
GTHOOH now. Lol.
Yep. Especially if one is driving a rental car or a car without snow trires.
drjeff
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I'll be curious to hear if my son, who's skiing at Solitude and Brighton today with 2 of his friends who are students at U of U, get out of BCC this afternoon. They were at Snowbird on Sunday and said that inspite of taking them 3.5 hours to get from his friends condo near the U of U stadium to Snowbird that the skiing was great and most every lift was less than a minute wait (they didn't ride the tram on Sunday)
I had a parking reservation at Alta on Sunday and sat in traffic for three hours before bailing.
BenedictGomez
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At some point in the next week there's probably going to be an interlodge. This is the 7 day snowfall prediction based on spaghetti mean.
Even if it's off by 1/3 that's still over 4.5 feet of snow.
drjeff
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Their optomistic plan was to ski 8 areas in 8 days. They've already hit Park City Resort, Snowbird, Brighton and Solitude. Planning on Alta, Deer Valley, Snowbasin and Sundance coming up and then a redo of 1 of them on Sunday. He then Sunday night takes the red eye back to Boston and then drives up to Mount Snow to ski Monday - Thursday before he has to finally go back to college the end of next week. If his plan works, he will have skied 24 out of 30 days of his semester break. Oh to have a long semester break again, and Epic and and Ikon pass, and either parents or friends with free lodging near ski areas!At some point in the next week there's probably going to be an interlodge. This is the 7 day snowfall prediction based on spaghetti mean.
Even if it's off by 1/3 that's still over 4.5 feet of snow.
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BenedictGomez
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I think you just just jinxed someone, as seen on social media posted 50 minutes ago:
Just saw a post by UDOT of a plow truck flipped over because some asshat tried to pass him while he was plowing and caused him to swerve and lose control.
Dickc
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How dare they try and plow while powder hungry skiers are trying to use the roads!!!
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