The Wasatch Mountain Club Lodge, near

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, is a log cabin built in 1929–30. It was listed on the

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in 1980. It is located on

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land at the head of Big Cottonwood Canyon, on what is now Mary Lake Lane, in Brighton, Utah, about southeast of Salt Lake City. It is near the trailhead to Mary Lake. With Google maps It is a two-story rustic log cabin lodge. It overlooks the Brighton Bowl, what is now the

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area; the ski resort developed starting from one rope tow established in 1936. The historic designation recognizes the building as one of few structures surviving from the earliest years of skiing in Utah. The lodge was used for club events and public rentals. In December 2010 the

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transferred the building to a non-profit foundation that will manage the building for the public as an historic site with access through open houses, scheduled use for educational and cultural events, and private reservations for a cost-based fee.

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Log cabins 1929 establishments in Utah National Register of Historic Places in Salt Lake County, Utah Buildings and structures completed in 1929 {{Utah-NRHP-stub