The gondola’s price tag just went up again. Here’s why UDOT still says it is moving forward with the controversial plan.
The gondola, which could cost the state over $700 million to build, would stretch over eight miles through the canyon to try and help ease its traffic woes.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The proposed gondola stop at Snowbird is planned adjacent to the Cliff Lodge along E. Bypass Road, below right, pictured in Little Cottonwood Canyon on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022.
Jacob joined The Tribune as a statewatch reporter in 2022. He graduated from the University of Missouri, and he has worked at news outlets in Utah and Idaho. When he's not working, he enjoys hiking and sampling Utah's many breweries.