Seasonal patterns and where to check live status. This board cannot see the gates, and it never guesses at them. Provo.com publishes in batches, and a typed "open" goes stale within days. What it does know: who owns each gate, what our guides and the agency say about the usual season, and which official page has the answer right now.
Two owners decide almost everything here. UDOT owns the state highways: the Alpine Loop, the Mirror Lake Highway, Guardsman Pass, and Provo Canyon, which it keeps open all winter. The Forest Service owns the rest, including the Nebo Loop and Squaw Peak Road, and UDOT's own page tells Nebo Loop drivers to ask locally. So the first question for any road is whose page to open.
Alpine Loop
SR-92 between American Fork Canyon and Provo Canyon
- Usual pattern
- Seasonal: closed by snow in winter, reopened in late spring.
- Who owns the gate
- UDOT owns the gate.
What our guide says
“There is no fixed date.”
“The goal in a normal year is Memorial Day weekend, but a wet spring pushes it later”
Read the full guide: Alpine Loop Scenic Drive
What the agency says
“UDOT closes the following roads through the winter, typically November through May or June, depending on the weather.” Its list includes SR-92, American Fork Canyon / Alpine Loop.
UDOT seasonal roads page, checked October 20, 2026
Gates on this road, from our canyon routing table
- Alpine Loop. The gated stretch runs between the Pine Hollow Trailhead and Aspen Grove, not the whole of SR-92. This is the only Utah County gate UDOT owns, and the only one with a live status page. It is also the one most often confused with the road it is part of: lower SR-92 through Highland and into the mouth of American Fork Canyon stays open all winter. First wave, the high gates: Early to mid November, and earlier in a heavy year.
- Cascade Springs Road. The spur east off the Alpine Loop toward Midway. Reached from the Alpine Loop, so it is effectively closed the moment SR-92 is, whatever its own gate is doing. First wave, the high gates: Early to mid November, and earlier in a heavy year.
Check live status here
- UDOT seasonal roads status: The state's live list of its seasonal gates.
- UDOT Traffic live map: Crashes, construction, cameras and road-weather on state routes.
Nebo Loop
Forest road between Payson and Nephi
- Usual pattern
- Seasonal: closed by snow in winter; the high middle closes before the ends.
- Who owns the gate
- The Forest Service's Spanish Fork Ranger District owns the gates, not UDOT.
What our guide says
“It closes with snow every winter and reopens when the road clears, but the dates move a lot from year to year and published sources disagree”
“In shoulder season the upper section can be gated while the lower few miles from Payson are perfectly drivable, which catches people out.”
Read the full guide: Driving the Nebo Loop
What the agency says
“For other non-state maintained routes, like the Nebo Loop, please inquire locally for seasonal closure information.” UDOT's seasonal roads page sends Nebo Loop drivers to the Forest Service.
UDOT seasonal roads page, checked October 20, 2026
Gates on this road, from our canyon routing table
- Nebo Loop, upper gates. Gated at Devil's Kitchen and at the Upper Grotto Trailhead. The high middle of the byway shuts long before either end does. A loop you could still start in November is not a loop you can finish. First wave, the high gates: Early to mid November, and earlier in a heavy year.
- Nebo Loop, lower gates. Camp Maple Dell on the Payson side; the south-end gates below Nephi go last of all. The district's named exception to the end-of-November target. The south end is the last thing in Utah County to close and, in most years, one of the last to reopen. Third wave, the low south-end gates: Around the middle of December.
Check live status here
- Uinta-Wasatch-Cache forest road conditions: The Forest Service's road page for the gates UDOT does not own.
- Uinta-Wasatch-Cache alerts and closures: Closure orders for fire, construction and incidents.
Provo Canyon
US-189 between Orem and Heber
- Usual pattern
- Year-round highway, plowed in winter. The Alpine Loop turnoff is the seasonal part.
- Who owns the gate
- UDOT maintains it.
What our guide says
“That closure does not affect US-189 through Provo Canyon itself, which is a year-round highway.”
“US-189 stays open and plowed but becomes a road where winter tires matter”
Read the full guide: Provo Canyon
Maintained through winter
- US-189 through Provo Canyon. Maintained all winter as the Heber and Wasatch County commuter route. Open is not the same as easy: it is the corridor where a valley-floor forecast is most likely to be wrong about what you will drive through.
Check live status here
- UDOT Traffic live map: Crashes, construction, cameras and road-weather on state routes.
American Fork Canyon
SR-92 from Highland into the canyon, and the forest roads above it
- Usual pattern
- Lower canyon year-round; the Alpine Loop and the high side roads are seasonal.
- Who owns the gate
- UDOT owns SR-92; the Forest Service's Pleasant Grove Ranger District owns the side roads.
What our guide says
“The upper Alpine Loop closes with the first heavy snows, usually sometime in October, and reopens in late spring.”
“The lower canyon road stays open through winter and the corridor becomes a snowshoeing and backcountry access route.”
Read the full guide: American Fork Canyon, Utah
What the agency says
“UDOT closes the following roads through the winter, typically November through May or June, depending on the weather.” Its list includes SR-92, American Fork Canyon / Alpine Loop.
UDOT seasonal roads page, checked October 20, 2026
Sources differ: Our Alpine Loop guide and UDOT's own page put the usual winter closure around November. This guide says October. Both are in print; neither is a promise.
Maintained through winter
- Lower SR-92 and American Fork Canyon to Tibble Fork. The stretch from I-15 in Lehi through Highland and into the canyon mouth stays open. The fee area and Timpanogos Cave operate on their own seasons, which are not the road's season.
Gates on this road, from our canyon routing table
- Timpooneke Road. Off the Alpine Loop above American Fork Canyon. Closes with the first wave. The Timpooneke trailhead for Mount Timpanogos goes with it. First wave, the high gates: Early to mid November, and earlier in a heavy year.
- Silver Lake Flat Road. Above Tibble Fork in American Fork Canyon. Second wave, so it can still be open after the Alpine Loop above it has shut. Second wave, most of the rest: Around the end of November.
- Mineral Basin Road. American Fork Canyon side of the Snowbird ridge. The back way to the top of the ridge, gone for the season by the time the resorts open. Second wave, most of the rest: Around the end of November.
Check live status here
- UDOT seasonal roads status: The state's live list of its seasonal gates.
- Uinta-Wasatch-Cache forest road conditions: The Forest Service's road page for the gates UDOT does not own.
Mirror Lake Highway
SR-150 from east of Kamas toward the Wyoming line
- Usual pattern
- Seasonal: closed in winter, reopened in late spring or early summer.
- Who owns the gate
- UDOT owns the gate.
What our guide says
“It reopens when conditions allow, generally in late spring or early summer, and stays open into autumn until snow closes it again.”
“Opening depends on snowpack, avalanche conditions and how quickly crews can clear a road at that elevation, and it varies by weeks between years.”
Read the full guide: Mirror Lake Highway & the Uintas from Provo
What the agency says
“UDOT closes the following roads through the winter, typically November through May or June, depending on the weather.” Its list includes SR-150, Mirror Lake Highway, from east of Kamas toward the Wyoming border.
UDOT seasonal roads page, checked October 20, 2026
Check live status here
- UDOT seasonal roads status: The state's live list of its seasonal gates.
- Uinta-Wasatch-Cache alerts and closures: Closure orders for fire, construction and incidents.
Squaw Peak Road (Kyhv Peak Road)
Forest road climbing south from Provo Canyon
- Usual pattern
- Seasonal: one of the first gates to close in the fall.
- Who owns the gate
- The Forest Service's Spanish Fork Ranger District owns the gate.
What our guide says
“The road closes seasonally, typically from about mid-October to mid-May, though both ends move with the weather and it can shut earlier or reopen later in a heavy year.”
Read the full guide: Kyhv Peak (Formerly Squaw Peak)
Sources differ: This guide gives mid-October for the fall closure; the T-4 routing table puts the road in the first wave, early to mid November. Both are in print; neither is a promise.
Gates on this road, from our canyon routing table
- Kyhv Peak Road. Gated where it leaves Provo Canyon. Still signed and mapped in many places as Squaw Peak Road; the peak and the road were renamed in 2022. The overlook drive is a first-wave closure, which surprises people who think of it as a valley road because you can see it from town. First wave, the high gates: Early to mid November, and earlier in a heavy year.
Check live status here
- Uinta-Wasatch-Cache forest road conditions: The Forest Service's road page for the gates UDOT does not own.
- Uinta-Wasatch-Cache alerts and closures: Closure orders for fire, construction and incidents.
Guardsman Pass
SR-224 and SR-190 between Midway, Park City and Brighton
- Usual pattern
- Seasonal: a summer and early fall road, closed by the first serious snow.
- Who owns the gate
- UDOT owns the gates.
What our guide says
“In summer and early fall, Guardsman Pass climbs from Midway over the crest of the Wasatch and drops into the top of Park City”
“a spectacular paved-but-narrow mountain road that closes with the first serious snow.”
Read the full guide: Heber Valley & Midway from Provo
What the agency says
“UDOT closes the following roads through the winter, typically November through May or June, depending on the weather.” Its list includes SR-190, Guardsman Pass, Brighton to Park City, and SR-224, Guardsman Pass, Park City to Brighton.
UDOT seasonal roads page, checked October 20, 2026
Check live status here
- UDOT seasonal roads status: The state's live list of its seasonal gates.
Past a closed gate
Hiking, biking and backpacking past a closed seasonal gate is permitted, per the Utah County Sheriff's Office. Do not park in front of a gate. The gates have to stay accessible so law enforcement and first responders can get through them. This does not apply to closures issued for fire, avalanche control or an active incident. Those are area closures and they are enforced. The source and the rest of the gate-by-gate detail are on canyon and commute conditions, which covers every seasonal gate in Utah County, including the Hobble Creek, Diamond Fork and Santaquin Canyon gates this board leaves out.
Every live source in one place
- UDOT seasonal roads status: The state's live list of its seasonal gates.
- UDOT Traffic live map: Crashes, construction, cameras and road-weather on state routes.
- Uinta-Wasatch-Cache forest road conditions: The Forest Service's road page for the gates UDOT does not own.
- Uinta-Wasatch-Cache alerts and closures: Closure orders for fire, construction and incidents.
When we checked on October 20, 2026, the Forest Service's road page carried headings by ranger district but no gate dates under them, so for a Forest Service gate the alerts page or a call to the ranger district is the surer answer.
Planning a drive rather than checking a gate? The scenic byways ranked by drive time, the day-trip picker and winter tires and canyon driving pick up where this board stops.
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