Snowbird • The Utah Transportation Commission long ago scheduled meetings this week at Snowbird to talk about avalanche control. Thanks to violent storms last week, the discussion Friday turned instead to mudslides.
To reach the meeting, members drove through five places where obstructions from last week’s mudslides are still forcing water across the road in Little Cottonwood Canyon. The highway is open, but slow and soggy at points as cars splash through.
That unplanned demonstration proved far more effective than a PowerPoint presentation as Utah Department of Transportation officials gave a heads-up that they will soon request some expensive emergency funding for permanent repairs there.