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The Little Cottonwood Canyon watershed provides drinking water to much of Salt Lake County. [5] The National Forest Service considers Little Cottonwood Canyon a protected watershed area. In order to prevent contamination of the watershed by fecal runoff, no dogs (except service animals and avalanche search dogs) are permitted in the canyon.
Little Cottonwood Creek is one of the principal streams entering Salt Lake Valley from the east. The creek rises near the summit of the Wasatch Mountains, a short distance south of the ski resort town of Alta, and flows in a westerly direction through Little Cottonwood Canyon until it emerges into Salt Lake Valley about eleven miles from its source.
State Route 210 (SR-210) is a state route in the U.S. state of Utah that is the access road for Little Cottonwood Canyon and the ski resorts of Alta and Snowbird.The 13.62 mi (21.92 km) highway straddles the southeastern edge of the Salt Lake Valley before it enters the mouth of Little Cottonwood Canyon.
Granite Mountain is a mass of solid rock one mile up Little Cottonwood Canyon in the Wasatch Range of Utah, not too far from Salt Lake City, Utah.Despite its name, Granite Mountain is primarily composed of quartz monzonite, an igneous rock similar to granite in appearance, physical characteristics, and chemical composition.
Lambs Canyon Road Little Cottonwood Canyon: Salt Lake Little Cottonwood Creek: SR-210: Little Emigration Canyon: Morgan Mormon Trail: Little Grand Canyon: Emery San Rafael River: Logan Canyon: Cache Logan River: US-89: Maple Canyon: Sanpete Maple Canyon: Utah Maple Canyon Road Marysvale Canyon: Piute, Sevier Sevier River: US-89: former D&RGW ...
An avalanche hit Little Cottonwood Canyon just outside of Salt Lake City over the weekend, coating the slope and neighboring roadway with several inches of snow.
The Little Cottonwood Canyon resort has a total of four lodges: the Iron Blosam, the Inn, the Lodge at Snowbird, and the Cliff Lodge. The resort also has gift shops, restaurants, arcades, hiking trails, pools and a rooftop spa. The summit restaurant was built at Hidden Peak during summer 2015.
The easiest and most popular route is the East Ridge via Red Pine Lake trail up Little Cottonwood Canyon. The trail is approximately 3 miles (5 km) to lower Red Pine lake and roughly 1 ⁄ 2 mile (800 m) to the upper Red Pine Lake. From here, climbers proceed southwest up the steep talus slope to the top of the 'false summit'. A well-defined ...