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Big Cottonwood Canyon trails no longer open to public after Forest Service agreement collapses

Forest Service, landowners at odds over motorized access to private land in Cardiff Fork in Big Cottonwood Canyon.

(Brian Maffly | The Salt Lake Tribune) Much of Big Cottonwood Canyon’s Cardiff Fork is private land, including the upper portions pictured here Sept. 10, 2022. Private property owners have revoked public access through their inholdings after a long-standing agreement with the U.S. Forest Service collapsed this summer.