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Brighton is located at the top of Big Cottonwood Canyon and covers an area of 10,238.8 acres (15.9981 sq mi). [2]: 7–8 While the exact number of residents is unknown, as of 2018, the population was estimated to be between 180 and 260. [2]: 7 Both the Brighton Ski Resort and the Solitude Mountain Resort are located in Brighton. [2]: 7
Brighton Ski Resort was the first ski resort in Utah, and one of the first in the United States. Brighton was started 89 years ago in 1936 when members of the Alpine Ski Club built a rope tow from wire and an old elevator motor. The resort was named for Thomas W. Brighton, who is credited with constructing the first buildings in the area. [1]
Brighton receives over 50 inches (1,300 mm) of precipitation annually, most in the form of snow. 400 inches of total annual snowfall is measured. The average water yield of Big Cottonwood Creek is 52,864 acre-feet (65,207,000 m 3 ), which is the highest water yield of any Wasatch Front canyon stream in Salt Lake County.
In order to provide access to the new Wasatch Mountain State Park, SR-152 was extended east from Brighton in 1963, following an existing county road over Guardsman Pass to end at SR-224. Finally, in 1987, a piece in the middle of SR-152, from I-215 south and east to Wasatch Boulevard ( Utah State Route 210 [SR-210]), was removed from the state ...
Mount Millicent is located 20 miles (32 km) southeast of downtown Salt Lake City at the Brighton Ski Resort in the Wasatch–Cache National Forest. [4] The peak is set in the Wasatch Range which is a subset of the Rocky Mountains. Precipitation runoff from the mountain's slopes drains into headwaters of Big Cottonwood Creek.
The following are approximate tallies of current listings in Utah on the National Register of Historic Places. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of April 24, 2008 [2] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site. [3]
The Spanish and Mexican legacy of the state is present in many place names, particularly in the southern portion of Utah. On July 22, 1847, the first party of Latter-day Saint pioneers arrived in the Salt Lake Valley, where they founded Salt Lake City. Over the next 22 years, more than 70,000 Mormon pioneers crossed the plains and settled in ...
Provo, Utah: 1854 Residence One of oldest buildings in Utah [5] Anson Call House: Bountiful, Utah: 1855 - 1859 Residence One of the oldest buildings in Utah Chase Home Museum of Utah Folk Arts: Salt Lake City, Utah 1856 Residence Oldest house in Salt Lake City Seely Barn: Mt. Pleasant, Utah: 1862 Barn Oldest barn in UT [6] Bountiful Tabernacle ...