The Utah Department of Transportation closed Little Cottonwood Canyon early Sunday after an avalanche hit a car, but as of Sunday afternoon, the canyon was reopened to traffic.
John Gleason, UDOT spokesman, said the slide was naturally caused. Over the past two days, Little Cottonwood Canyon has received more than 2 feet of snow, he said. UDOT’s team of experts performed avalanche mitigation early Sunday, but snow continued to fall in the area, and around 10:45 a.m., the avalanche came down.
The slide in the White Pine area was about 300 feet wide, Gleason said, and was about 2 feet deep across the road.