Wasatch Front residents advised to stay off the roads Wednesday morning due to winter storm

A winter storm warning is in effect for the Salt Lake and Tooele valleys through Wednesday evening.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Unified Police Department officers held up canyon traffic for a hour and a half on Tuesday as avalanche mitigation efforts were underway at the Carter Fork, Mineral Slab and Rock House areas of Big Cottonwood Canyon, Feb 16, 2021. A winter weather advisory remains in effect through Wednesday at 11 a.m. along the Wasatch Front and in the Tooele Valley.