Little Cottonwood Canyon Scenic Byway
Little Cottonwood Canyon Scenic Byway is a State Scenic Byway in Utah. Within Utah it covers roughly 12 miles. The map below shows its route. Use “Plan a drive” to open it in the Road Sorties route planner — already routing along Little Cottonwood Canyon Scenic Byway with scenic roads turned on, ready to add your own stops.
State Route 210 runs about 11 miles up Little Cottonwood Canyon from the Salt Lake valley to the ski resorts of Snowbird and Alta, climbing between sheer granite walls scoured by ancient glaciers. The same light-gray granite was quarried here for the Salt Lake Temple, and the canyon records some of the deepest snowfall in North America. As a protected watershed canyon, it bans dogs and roadside camping, and avalanche control closes the road periodically in winter.
- SR-210 to Snowbird & Alta
- granite glacial walls
- Temple Quarry
- legendary snowfall
- ~11 miles
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What is a State Scenic Byway?
State Scenic Byways are roads a state has formally recognized for their scenic, natural, historic or cultural value — each state's own curated collection of drives worth taking slowly.