Storm Mountain Picnic Area – Big Cottonwood Canyon UT

Description

The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)  built the Storm Mountain Picnic Area in the lower reaches of Big Cottonwood Canyon, a major recreational area for Salt Lake City.  The CCC young men, supervised by the US Forest Service, laid out picnic sites, built a footbridge over Big Cottonwood Creek and rip-rapped the creek.  They also constructed two stone comfort stations (restrooms), which are no longer in use.  

The Storm Mountain picnic area includes a beautiful stone amphitheater. The picnic area is not marked as CCC in origin, but the amphitheater is. 

The small dam just above the Storm Mountain picnic area is part of the hydropower system in the canyon and not related to the CCC.

There are other picnic areas and campgrounds in Big Cottonwood Canyon that were probably created by the CCC, such as Jordan Pines and Legedemere.  We need further confirmation on those, however.