Big Cottonwood Canyon

Forecasting snow conditions in Utah’s mountains can be tricky, but accurate predictions are vital for everything from ski trips to avalanche safety. An AI forecast tool developed at the University of Utah might help.

Ski Mountaineering will make its debut at February’s Milano Cortina Winter Games. The Dec. 6-7 races at Solitude Mountain Resort will determine if Team USA or Canada heads to the Olympics.

The Trump administration wants to do away with the Roadless Area Conservation Rule. Established in 2001, it stopped road construction and logging on national forest lands — including four million acres in Utah.

It’s not always easy to make friends in a new place or when life changes, but these women have formed a group where “sisterhood, hiking and booze meet.”

Now in its second season, the Cottonwood Connect Ski Shuttle offers another way for skiers and riders to enjoy Big and Little Cottonwood Canyon resorts car-free.

The air is bad in the valley but fresh in the mountains. The ski bus offers escape.

City officials worry that the picturesque venue is suffering from a “privatization” of public open space.

Even though there’s still enough snow to ski at many Utah resorts, there are good reasons some of those operations closed down this spring.

Driver shortages have caused several route cutbacks, but UTA says that could change if more drivers are hired.

An unstable snowpack is making for tricky avalanche conditions in Utah’s Northern and Central mountain ranges.

Though town leaders said fire prevention and preparedness are top of mind.

The latest Utah news for Monday morning, Mar. 14, 2022.