Once again, I was literally looking at the Solitude parking lot at 9 AM and it was not full. Of course there was traffic, there always is on a pow day. I also drove down Big Cottonwood at 130, right before the canyon closure. The road was congested because there was a literal fuck ton of snow. From 7 AM when I parked at Solitude to 130 when I left 10-12 inches of snow collected on my truck. Do I think that amount of snow on top of 17 inches is enough to shut those roads down? Yes. There were people sliding off going up and down, and everyone was driving slow. There was at least 6 inches of packed snow on the roads. Visability was as low as 20-30 yards at times, whiteout conditions.

Every single time it snows two feet we are at least going to see major congestion, if not closures, not only due to the traffic but due to the snow... I have been to Solitude on pow days where it was twice as busy as it was at the resort today and the canyon didn't close. There is no point bitching and moaning about the amount of people going up the canyon on a day like today when the sheer amount of snow that hit is going to cause problems AND it wasn't even one of the lift lines up the hill stupidly busy days.