A team of employees and volunteers began work to clear some of the massive avalanche deposit left at the bottom of the popular Bridal Veil Falls in Provo Canyon over the winter to help reduce new safety concerns that emerged last week.
PROVO — Traffic in Provo Canyon came to a temporary standstill Wednesday afternoon as a bomb squad used explosives to destroy an ice bridge that formed over the Provo River as a result of a massive avalanche by the popular Bridal Veil Falls over the winter.
The detonation was one of a few tactics to clear some of the avalanche debris to help reduce new safety concerns that emerged last week. It happened after volunteers and crews with the Utah County Sheriff's Office, Utah Highway Patrol and the Central Utah Water Conservancy District gathered at the waterfall to clear out some of the remaining debris, said Utah County Sheriff's Sgt. Spencer Cannon.
It's not just that the river is running faster than usual because of the season's record snowpack, officials say people can be injured by landing on shallow boulders below fast-moving currents. "That is incredibly risky behavior. It can be life-threatening," he said. "We don't want someone to die as a result of the risky behavior that that person engaged in here last week. ... It boggles our mind that people think that it's OK and safe to jump into the river here."Officials said people are disregarding signs on the trails in Provo Canyon and heading straight into danger.
Cannon adds that the pathway below the falls will remain closed to foot and bicycle traffic even after all the work Wednesday. It won't reopen until all of the deposit risks are gone. There's no timetable for when that will happen."It's important that people stay away from this area as long as it's closed," he said. "We'll let everyone know when it's open.
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