Enforcing traction laws in Big and Little Cottonwood Canyons creates irritating backups into neighborhoods. Not enforcing them leads to delays and crashes.
Road conditions at the entrance to Big Cottonwood Canyon on Saturday, Dec. 23, 2023.
The first is that it is a law at all. Though violators can be issued citations, it’s merely an administrative rule enacted by UDOT and administered in the Cottonwood Canyons — the only route to four of Utah’s most popular ski areas: Alta, Snowbird, Brighton and Solitude — by UPD. It applies to numerous roadways throughout the state.
“If it were me, I’d mandate 3-peak mountain snowflake tires on all cars entering the canyons from October to March/April,” he wrote in an email. “That way the police can drive up and ticket everyone without the right tires, regardless of conditions.”Snow tires are expensive, though, and Riehl acknowledges that requiring them could be an unfair economic barrier to people accessing their public lands.
Roadside checks face similar setbacks due to both canyons being just two-lane roads. If officers see a car struggling to make it up the mountain, Hill said they’ll typically just turn it around. He said it’s too dangerous for both officers and drivers and would bog down traffic too much to issue a citation.“Sometimes enforcement takes a little bit of a back seat to efficiency,” Hill explained, “because we’re trying to have the least amount of impact on the public as possible.
Crashes increase significantly during the winter months, as one might expect. But oddly, the number of crashes in both Big and Little Cottonwood Canyon dropped dramatically last year, when
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