Crews continued to work to clear roads on Friday morning after an avalanche that blocked Provo Canyon and a rock slide that blocked American Fork Canyon, as rain and snow contributed to a number of traffic accidents along the Wasatch Front.
The avalanche, which brought down as much as 30 feet of snow at mile marker 12 above Bridal Veil Falls on SR 189, was triggered by Utah Department of Transportation crews at about 6 p.m. Thursday after the canyon had been closed to traffic. By early Friday morning, the Wasatch County Sheriff’s Office reported that an “alternate route around the avalanche” was opened, but that “traffic is intermittent so your commute will be slower than usual.