Salt lake city

The corner of North America with the most snow in the world

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Snowbird bills itself as an all-rounder, with Grand Prix style trimmers and various off-piste bowls – Visit Utah/Scott Markewitz High above the Great Salt Lake and its three-mile-deep copper shaft mines, Utah’s Wasatch Mountain Range looms large, with a wrinkled expression and a tree line that often creeps up to the forehead. The high Sierra, … Read more

Why scientists aren’t sold on the idea of ​​diverting ocean water to the Great Salt Lake

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As the Great Salt Lake shrinks and scientists worry about toxic dust storms and its potential ecological collapse, Utah state leaders say all options for rescue are on the table. Rob Sowby, an assistant professor of civil and structural engineering at Brigham Young University, hopes to dismantle one: a pipeline that would pump seawater from … Read more