(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Darcy Lytle, a recreation technician with the U.S. Forest Service attaches a road closure sign at the winter gate in Mill Creek Canyon on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. Starting Thursday, the road beyond the winter gate is slated to be closed for nearly two years in Phase 1 of a project to shore up the road, create a bike lane and add new parking lots.