Little Cottonwood Canyon has posed never-before-seen risks to crews this week. “It just feels kind of unimaginable really,” said UDOT avalanche program manager Steven Clark.
“It just feels kind of unimaginable really,” said Utah Department of Transportation avalanche program manager Steven Clark.Clark grew up in Utah, and said this snowpack takes him back to stories he heard about the record-breaking winter of 1983.
Crews and experts are working to predict avalanches and slides, and to clear the road at Little Cottonwood in unprecedented conditions.“That's what's been so challenging... We don't have personal experience to go off of when we're working up here,” said Clark.
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