Udot i 15 road conditions10/2/2023 Most people think if they want it they should pay for it. The Gondola serves two entities: Snowbird and Alta Ski resorts. All multi modal plans to make the canyon (Narrow, avalanche prone and very steep) more environmentally friendly and accessible. Thirdly, it is phase three of a 3 phase project and wouldn’t happen, if at all, for many years down the road… First phases involve better utilization of bus routes, bus equipment and operations, car pool incentives, etc. Secondly and most importantly, the Legislature has not appropriated any money for it and several members have told the UDOT/UTA that if they want to build it they may have to take money away from other projects, That on its own may kill it. For one, the people of the state are against it. at least in the United States I know and love. There is no place here for intolerance of race, religion or creed. McFarlane, and a little bigoted in my opinion…. By the time of last year’s preliminary decision, the cog railway was estimated to cost $1.06 billion, compared to $550 million for the condola and as little as $335 million for buses. At that time, the gondola was estimated to cost $398.2 million to $477.8 million, compared to $987 million for the railway. The gondola and cog railway were added to the options under consideration in 2020. A bus system had also been considered expanded bus service is planned while the gondola is built. The price to build the gondola is now estimated at $728 million, plus $4.4 million in annual operating costs. Traffic in the canyon can be a problem both in the winter to reach the ski areas and in the summer to access popular hiking areas. The Salt Lake Tribune reports UDOT made its final decision public on Wednesday, after releasing a preliminary plan in August 2022 that indicated the gondola was the preferred option to address longstanding congestion issues in Little Cottonwood Canyon. SNOWBIRD, Utah - The Utah Department of Transportation has chosen an 8-mile-long gondola system as the way to serve the Snowbird and Alta ski resorts, ending a lengthy process that also included a cog railway among the options. Odds are in your favor that you would be OK flying into Salt Lake, but I question if it is worth the risk.A Utah DOT map shows (in purple) the proposed route of a cog railway that would have served the Snowbird and Alta ski areas. If you have no experience driving on snow I'd recommend you fly into Vegas. I almost always agree with kbec's assessments but I disagree that it is rare for this area to have a storm that lasts more than a day - I think it is often the case that a nasty storm will settle in that time of year and last a full week or more. You are probably more likely to have problems in late November and December but there is still a decent chance that you could run into bad weather in January or February - I'd give you a 15-20% chance of a problem in January & 10-15% in February - but that's a wild guess. As long as there is not a storm going on at the time the Utah Depart of Transportation (UDOT) is very skilled and effective and getting this road clear. You can get black ice with a layer of snow on top of the ice - very slippery. It's difficult to say what the odds of the roads being snowy are, but if there has been a storm in the past couple of days or there is one going on these roads can be quite treacherous - slippery curvy roads coupled with nasty strong winds. Probably because I know of a friend of a friend who was involved in a fatal accident on this stretch of road when trying to drive through a storm this past winter. I'm going to suggest this could be worse than others are suggesting.
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