SALT LAKE CITY — A winter storm that arrived in Utah on Tuesday is already impacting the state.
The Utah Department of Transportation reports that multiple crashes and slide-offs are causing massive delays of 15 minutes or more on eastbound I-84 in Box Elder County and southbound U.S. 91 at Sardine Canyon in Cache County. Video submitted to KSL by reader Allison Smith showed multiple jackknifed semitrucks on I-15 near Tremonton, as well.
Several vehicles stop on U.S. 91 after a series of slide-offs and crashes at Sardine Canyon in Cache County Tuesday afternoon. Approved traction devices, such as chains or all-wheel drive, are required for drivers heading into Big and Little Cottonwood canyons in Salt Lake County.that uphill traffic into Little Cottonwood Canyon will be closed at the mouth of the canyon and downhill traffic will be closed at Snowbird Resort at 8 p.m. Tuesday for avalanche control operations. Similar closures may occur Wednesday morning, too.
We're out here prepping, and we're asking you to stay safe and consider staying off the roads Wednesday morning. 🧵