Tourism

Parleys Canyon is the principal route between the airport and hotels in the Salt Lake Valley and some of Utah’s most popular tourist destinations and events.   
These include:
Park City and its ski resorts and mountain biking
Deer Valley
The Sundance Film Festival
Summer outdoor concerts
Olympic venues
Wasatch Mountain State Park
Mountain Dell Golf Course
Jordanelle Reservoir
Parleys Canyon provides a greenbelt gateway that introduces visitors to these tourist destinations to one of Utah’s most valuable assets- the close proximity of outdoor scenery, wilderness, and recreation opportunities to a livable metropolitan area. Now imagine that experience being replaced by traveling through a dust-filled, industrial area with mountains permanently scarred by excavation.

Quality of Life Impacts

Property Values

According to a published study, gravel pits and quarries decrease nearby property values significantly by the following amounts: 25-30% for property

Traffic

The I-80 South Quarry developers estimate that 144 trucks would enter and leave the quarry every day for a total

Economic Growth

Pulverizing our wild canyon foothills into a gravel pit is also an economic problem. The #1 reason people move to

Recreation

We’re a collaboration of individuals and organizations dedicated to saving Parleys Canyon from destructive development and exploitation, now and forever.

We have been fortunate to partner with Save Our Canyons and we thank them for assisting us with our email list, donations, and petition.

We can be reached at info@saveparleys.org