Big and Little Cottonwood canyons got their first real taste of winter Saturday, with light snow dusting the lower elevations and heavy flakes piling up above 10,000 feet.

Snow began falling early as a cold front swept through the area, bringing temperatures down to around 30 degrees in the popular canyons, according to Sam Webber, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Salt Lake City.

Snowbird ski resort in Little Cottonwood Canyon had close to 6 inches of snowfall as of about 2 p.m., Webber said, and about an inch of snow had accumulated in the middle of the canyons at around 7,500 feet.

“I would anticipate, through the remainder of the afternoon up there, that we’re going to continue to see some snow accumulations,” Webber said.

Due to weather conditions, Guardsman Pas

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