If there’s one thing you won’t find in the parking lot at Solitude, it’s solitude.
That is why the Big Cottonwood Canyon ski resort is going where no Utah resort has gone. It will start charging skiers for parking this winter.
Canyon traffic on winter weekends has been troublesome for years, but a recent surge has brought it to the breaking point. Getting up and back for a day a skiing can mean four hours in the car, or more.
And that’s for those who found a spot. A growing number tell stories of giving up and going home because there was no place to park.