SALT LAKE CITY Snowy conditions caused multiple slide-offs up Big Cottonwood Canyon and closed both directions of state Route 190 for awhile on Thursday, according to Unified Police Sgt. Melody Cutler.
A slide-off crash was reported up the canyon along with another crash further down. While an officer responded to that crash, someone hit the patrol car, though the officer was uninjured in the incident.
Both uphill and downhill traffic is now permitted after uphill traffic was closed for about an hour around 6:30 p.m.
Traction laws are in effect for both Little and Big Cottonwood Canyons.
The northern Utah snowstorm could bring up to 10 inches in the mountains and 4 inches in the valleys on Thursday, according to KSL Meteorologist Grant Weyman.
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SALT LAKE CITY Light snow Saturday morning made for slick roads across northern Utah and southwest Wyoming, prompting officials to ask motorist to use caution while traveling.
Also, the traction law is now in effect for both Big Cottonwood and Little Cottonwood canyons, according to the Utah Department of Transportation. Vehicles must be equipped with traction devices for driving up or down the canyon.
A Utah Transit Authority bus slid off the road near 900 South and 1100 East in Salt Lake City. There were no passengers on the bus and the driver wasn’t injured, according to UTA. The bus didn’t hit anything and there was no property damage.