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An early season snowstorm led the Utah Department of Transportation to close Guardsman Pass for the season Tuesday as visitors to the canyon got their first taste of winter.

It’s back — not that it was gone for long.

The Utah Department of Transportation has announced the closure of the popular scenic drive Guardsman Pass for the winter season.

The gates to the popular Guardsman Pass in the Wasatch Mountains have been shut for the season, a sure Utah sign that summer is just a distant memory and the winter months have officially arrived.

It’s fall and Utah’s foliage is on the turn. Select from this list of fall trees for Utah gardens to capture a crescendo of Autumn colors.

Some Utahns came up to Guardsman Pass to do their favorite winter activities on just a few inches of snow. UDOT is already getting out the plows and preparing for another stormy winter.

Early Friday morning, Sept. 22, Summit County saw its first snowy peak as Clayton Peak was dusted in early-season snow over Thursday night.

Blue skies and puffy white clouds reflected off shimmering ripples of water in the clear mountain lake. Up above was Clayton Peak, standing sentinel along the ridgelines between Big Cottonwood Canyon and the Wasatch Back.

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An East Coast native describes what it’s like to live in Utah, experiencing things like Pioneer Days, canyon hikes and soda shops for the first time.