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	Little Cottonwood Canyon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		At the mouth of the canyon is the site where Mormon pioneers quarried massive granite blocks to build the Salt Lake Temple.
		The lower third of the canyon is strewn with granite outcroppings, mostly consisting of smooth steep faces, some up to several hundred feet high.
		Many of the major routes in Little Cottonwood were established in the early 1960s by the Alpenbock Club, some in conjunction with well-known visitors including Fred Beckey, Layton Kor, and Royal Robbins.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Little_Cottonwood_Canyon (582 words)

	Alan's Hiking Page--Little Cottonwood Canyon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		This is Little Cottonwood Canyon as seen from Superior/Monte Cristo Peak
		Little Cottonwood Canyon is my other favorite canyon to hike.
		Trailheads in this canyon are limited to the upper portion.
	www.angelfire.com /ut/alan1/littlecc.html (123 words)

	TnT Tanner's Flat
		Little Cottonwood canyon is on most maps and is located to the southwest of Salt Lake.
		While driving up and down the Little Cottonwood canyon I could not help but notice there were numerous places that looked like they were waterfalls part of the year.
		There is no trail up this little creek but it is extremely easy to follow even at the falls due to all the heavy boulders and walk- arounds.
	myweb.cableone.net /tommytime4/hikes/LittleCottonwoodCanyon/LittleCottonWoodCanyon.htm (1001 words)

	Ice Climbing - Little Cottonwood Canyon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Little Cottonwood Canyon is home to the famous Great White Icicle and Scruffy Band, which both form reliably.
		All mileage in this canyon is measured from this intersection.
		Scruffy Band is the first granite crag on the south side of Little Cottonwood Canyon and is easily visible from the parking lot.
	www.climb-utah.com /WM/lcc-ice.htm (891 words)

	Rock Examples Along Wasatch Front - Utah Geological Survey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Little Cottonwood, Big Cottonwood, Parleys, Emigration, and Farmington canyons were selected because sites are within a short walking distance from bus or car parking.
		It is exposed on the Temple Quarry Nature Trail on the south side of Little Cottonwood Road (SR 209) near the mouth of Little Cottonwood Canyon.
		Marble: Seven miles from the mouth of the canyon, white marble intruded by dark diorite exposed in a road cut on the north side of the canyon.
	www.ugs.state.ut.us /education/tc/tc0198.htm (577 words)

	Snowshoeing around Salt Lake
		Canyon leading to the Broads Fork Twin Peaks, day before Christmas Eve 1999 we snowshoed up to the upper basin for about 2 hours and then rushed back.
		View towards the south, left behind the slope is the ridge between Sundial Peak and the main ridge.
		The hike up took a little longer, due to heavy packs, but we were rewarded by a night in solitude.
	www.chpc.utah.edu /~mcuma/sshoe_en.html (656 words)

	Teton Gravity Research Forums - Proposed change for America's most avy-prone road
		According to Wieringa, Little Cottonwood Canyon Road, with its 25 slide areas from top to bottom, ranks as the most dangerous road in North America when it comes to avalanche susceptibility - topping the Avalanche Hazard Index with a score of 766.
		And Little Cottonwood's avalanche hazards continue to exist, he added, in a time when recreation pressure on the canyon and the road continues to mount.
		LCC is not the "most avalanche prone" road in the states.
	www.tetongravity.com /forums/printthread.php?t=13811 (1736 words)

	SummitPost.org - Big Cottonwood Canyon Climbing Information
		Big Cottonwood Canyon is one of the three large canyons that carves dramatically through the +11,000 ft high Wasatch Mountains, dropping some 3,000 ft to the Wasatch Front Metropolitain area.
		Collectively these three canyons are known as the tri-canyon areas (Millcreek Canyon, Big Cottonwood Canyon, & Little Cottonwood Canyon), with the Cottonwood Canyons being popular for a multitude of activities such as cycling, hiking, snowshoeing, picnicking, backcountry skiing, fishing, mountaineering, and rock climbing.
		Because of the nature of the quartzite, many routes in the canyon are difficult to protect, the result being that some of the routes in the canyon require expertise with nutcraft.
	www.summitpost.org /show/mountain_link.pl/mountain_id/4933 (2179 words)

	Little Cottonwood Canyon Utah
		Little Cottonwood Canyon is a glacially carved canyon providing access into the heart of the range.
		This canyon is used as an outdoors venue for many of the local residents.
		The Little Cottonwood Creek is running ferociously, the spring runoff is in effect.
	www.outdoorsinutah.com /littlecottonwoodcanyon.htm (1317 words)

	Rock Climbing: Little Cottonwood Canyon
		Most of the climbs are on the sunnier north side of the canyon, but there are plenty of shady spots as well for those hot summer days.
		On the north side of the canyon, roughly from the Egg past the Gate Buttress, the approaches cross land owned by the LDS church.
		Comments: Little Cottonwood is an infamous area with a rich history of great traditional climbs, bouldering, and superb backcountry skiing.
	climbingsaltlake.com /rock/db/little_cottonwood_canyon (616 words)

	Great White Icicle - Little Cottonwood Canyon
		All mileage in this canyon is measured from this Y-Junction.
		The junction is identified be a huge flashing message board on the south side of the road and a park and ride lot on the north side of the canyon.
		From the base of the last rappel follow the hiker made trail 35 yards west to the base of the large granite face with several bolted climbing routes which you hiked past earlier.
	www.climb-utah.com /WM/icicle.htm (1038 words)

	Utah's Cottonwood Canyons: Great Skiing
		The canyons were deemed too environmentally fragile to serve as venues for the 2002 Winter Olympics.
		Together, the canyons harbor four ski resorts: Snowbird and Alta in Little Cottonwood and Solitude and Brighton in Big.
		There's a quiet to the canyons in late summer, a kicked-back calm as they lie in wait for the first storms to blow in and bring more of the good stuff so the party can start again.
	www.viamagazine.com /top_stories/articles/Cottonwood05.asp (890 words)

	Utah - Little Cottonwood Canyon - Red Pine & The Pfeifferhorn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Pretty quickly we were high enough to be able to see the ribbon of road and many of the big slide paths on the opposite aspect of the canyon.
		The view down Little Cottonwood Canyon to the Salt Lake valley - still stuck in a foggy inversion.
		It was impossible to me that we were three weeks out from the last snowstorm and still able to find skiable untracked powder, but again, this was not the Cascades - where 3 days out from a storm and the new snow is often settled down to a fairly firm layer.
	www.spiritone.com /~carpjam/html/utah/pfeiff1.04.html (1128 words)

	GORP - Wasatch-Cache National Forest, Utah - Hiking - Salt Lake Ranger District Hikes
		Little Cottonwood canyon was carved by massive ancient glaciers.
		Today, it is accessed from 9400 South which is reached via I-15 and I-215 or on secondary roads such as Wasatch Blvd. Little Cottonwood Canyon is part of the Wasatch National Forest and the road passing through its scarred rock walls is a Scenic Byway.
		This trailhead is the major access to the southern slopes of Little Cottonwood Canyon and the Lone Peak Wilderness Area beyond.
	gorp.away.com /gorp/resource/us_national_forest/ut/hik_was6.htm (1556 words)

	topical page - skiing Little Cottonwood Canyon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Alta Ski Area is located at the end of Little Cottonwood Canyon, in the Wasatch-Cache National Forest.
		Canyon Transportation - Canyon Transportation provides great service to Alta/Snowbird from Salt Lake City International Airport, but book in advance, as spots fill up during prime times.
		Utah Transit Authority - UTA provides shuttle service between Snowbird and Alta ($1) as well as between Little Cottonwood Canyon and Salt Lake City ($2 and up).
	www-personal.umich.edu /~ballardp/LCC.html (430 words)

	Little Cottonwood Canyon Scenic Byway - Places to Visit
		This campground at the top of the canyon boasts 26 individual campsites, all within walking distance of some of the most majestic and rugged peaks in the nation.
		Directions: Albion Basin is located approximately 11 miles from the mouth of Little Cottonwood Canyon at the end of State Road 210.
		Directions: The parking area for this trailhead is located on the south side of the canyon near mile marker 9.5.
	www.byways.org /browse/byways/2005/places (324 words)

	Climbing Journal
		The first move on this one from the little ledge is intense - it really reaffirmed the need to fully commit on some of the climbs.
		One 5.7 move on a neat little roof, the rest was atrociously boring 5.5.
		After resorting to a little judicious aid off of #2 metolius, it was pretty clear that we were off route.
	www.angio.net /personal/climb/journal (4235 words)

	Tradgirl: Wider Ain't Better, a Utah Trip Report by Dawn Alguard
		One of my little foibles is that I hate it when people say "good" or "nice" when I do a hard move.
		The sun hasn't moved enough to put that side of Donnelly Canyon in the shade yet but Chocolate Corner, because of the way the corner faces, should be shaded.
		The mountain of gear is enormous but when it's all separated into little piles we have the right number of each tape color.
	www.tradgirl.com /utah/wider.htm (6591 words)

	deseretnews.com \| Crash in Little Cottonwood claims life of California man (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		LITTLE COTTONWOOD CANYON — A UTA bus collided head-on with a rented sports utility vehicle in Little Cottonwood Canyon on Sunday, leaving one person dead and at least three others injured.
		The SUV was attempting to pass some other cars heading down the canyon when it hit the bus, which was traveling up the canyon, Salt Lake County sheriff's deputy Peggy Faulkner said.
		The bus, which slid off the road after the collision and into a ditch, was not carrying any passengers, and the driver was not injured, Faulkner said.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,455029325,00.html (284 words)

	www.thecrag.com - Rock Climbing Little Cottonwood Canyon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		If you are new to Little Cottonwood Canyon, you might want to take a look at our two page Crag Snapshot PDF publication for rock climbing in Little Cottonwood Canyon.
		Below is a list of rock climbing guidebooks for Little Cottonwood Canyon (number of climbs they cover for the area in parenthesis) and businesses that have listed in the sites business directory.
		Below you will find other links for Little Cottonwood Canyon that are not included in the business directory but do participate in www.thecrag.com's Reciprocal Links Program.
	www.thecrag.com /CRAGS/LittleCottonwoodCanyon-214228.html (665 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		March 27, 1996, Backcountry Skier Avalanche Fatality, Maybird Gulch, Utah A backcountry skier was killed while skiing in Maybird drainage of Little Cottonwood Canyon which is directly east of Salt Lake City Utah.
		Around 3:30 pm they were exiting the drainage and nearly to the Little Cottonwood Canyon road, around 7,500' elevation, when the accident occurred.
		Shaken and fearing for their own safety, the companions took off their skies and postholed a path to the ridge for a two-hour hike to Little Cottonwood Canyon highway.
	www.csac.org /Incidents/1995-96/Utah-032796 (1132 words)

	Bell's Canyon Field Trip (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Sitting on the Wasatch Front of the Salt Lake Valley, Bell's Canyon straddles the eastern tectonic and geomorphologic boundary of the Basin and Range province.
		Bell's Canyon is a steep, narrow glacial valley terminated by well-preserved Pleistocene moraines at its mouth.
		The study area is immediately south of the mouth of Little Cottonwood Canyon.
	www.gps.caltech.edu /~ehlers/fieldtrips/Bells_Canyon.html (423 words)

	NPL Site Narrative for Davenport and Flagstaff Smelters, NPL, Superfund, US EPA
		Three of these smelters were located at the mouth of the canyon, the Davenport Smelter south of Little Cottonwood Creek, the Flagstaff Smelter on the north bank of Little Cottonwood Creek, and the McKay Smelter located immediately adjacent to the former Davenport Smelter site.
		The small town of Granite was built near the smelters and during its heyday (1872-1874) consisted of about 50 buildings serving the workmen at the smelters and the teamsters who hauled the ore from the mines.
		The area of contaminated soils occurs in a residential area west of the mouth of Little Cottonwood Canyon, south of Little Cottonwood Creek and north of Little Cottonwood Road in an area that was known as the Beaver Pond Springs.
	www.epa.gov /oerrpage/superfund/sites/npl/nar1620.htm (746 words)

	Little Cottonwood Canyon - Sports & Recreation - Sandy, UT, - Citysearch
		With the canyon's two ski resorts--Alta and Snowbird--summertime activities are often overshadowed.
		About three miles south of Big Cottonwood, the canyon features jagged granite and sparse vegetation.
		The LDS Conference Hall in Salt Lake City is built from tons of granite unearthed from Little Cottonwood Canyon.
	utah.citysearch.com /profile/11362715 (296 words)

	Little Cottonwood Canyon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		And it all felt a little drier, more scrubby.
		It can get dry in Oakland, in the summer, but it's never as dry there as it is in Utah much of the time.
		I wish I'd managed to capture the way the ground fell away here; the pine is rising from much lower down, rooted in the canyon wall.
	www.mamohanraj.com /Canyon/canyon2.html (84 words)

	SLTrib Utah City Guide - Travel - Alliance helps climbers deal with a mountain of concerns
		Mike Call climbs on East Gate in Little Cottonwood Canyon.; Jump Page D3: Steve Downes Volunteers from the Salt Lake Climbers' Alliance work near Division Wall in the Little Mill Campground in American Fork Canyon in the fall of 2004.
		Climbers from around the world are drawn to the cliffs, crags and boulders of Salt Lake County's Big and Little Cottonwood canyons.
		The next scheduled project is eliminating unnecessary access trails to popular climbing spots near the mouth of Little Cottonwood Canyon.
	www.utahcityguide.com /travel/24.asp?print=yes (715 words)

	Utah Hiking Trails \| Catherine Pass Little Cottonwood Canyon
		Soon after hitting the trail it started to climb, up the side of the basin, then down a little bit then back up another steep hill where it levels off to a nice view of the basin, Devils Castle, The Sugarloaf, and Mt Baldy.
		After taking in the view, it's up another steep incline, to a mountain meadow with a beautiful view of wild flowers, and the back side of Mt. Wolverine.
		As we left the vertical beach behind, we came to a pass that we could see Mt Timpanogos, and most of American Fork canyon.
	www.utahoutdooractivities.com /catherinepass.html (434 words)

	White Pine Lake - Little Cottonwood Canyon - Hiking
		White Pine Canyon has long been the subject of intense controversy between advocates of wilderness and ski resort owners.
		The White Pine Trailhead is located 5 1/2 miles up Little Cottonwood Canyon from the Y-Junction and 3/4 mile below Snowbird Ski Resort on the south side of the road.
		One mile from the trailhead the trail meets the stream in White Pine Canyon.
	www.climb-utah.com /WM/whitepine.htm (506 words)

	Cottonwood Canyon Resorts : Introduction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		You'll find Brighton and Solitude ski resorts in Big Cottonwood Canyon, and Alta and Snowbird ski resorts in its sister canyon, Little Cottonwood.
		Big Cottonwood Canyon, cut by ancient rivers over more centuries than we can imagine, is a spectacular setting for warm-weather picnicking, camping, mountain biking, and hiking.
		Rugged, glacier-carved Little Cottonwood Canyon is filled with lush fields of summer wildflowers, the brilliant hues of autumn, and then a winter blanket of champagne powder snow.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/print-narrative.cfm?destID=1540&catID=1540010001 (177 words)

	Little Cottonwood Canyon Intro By Andrew McLean (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Official known as Highway U-120, more commonly known as Little Cottonwood Canyon and unofficially acknowledged as the epi-center of the Greatest Snow on Earth.
		These are the chutes that line the road to your left (north) as you drive up Little Cottonwood canyon.
		You get to ski very last drop of these chutes - Starting from the very summit (in most cases) and finishing with your hand on the car door handle - making fall line turns all the way in-between.
	www.pawprince.com /pawprince/writings/text_versions/LCC_intro.htm (254 words)

	Cardiff Pass Little Cottonwood Canyon
		This is a jeep track that eventually turns to a foot path that continues up the side of the hill.
		As I continued up the ridge line south in Little Cottonwood Canyon, the Pfeifferhorn, White Baldy, Twin Peaks, Hidden Peak, Mt. Baldy, and Collins Gulch are all in view.
		It was a bit blustery wind wise on the pass, but calm just as soon as you stood down from the pass.
	www.utahoutdooractivities.com /cardiffpass.html (493 words)

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