Kennecott Utah Copper's Bingham Canyon Mine Visitor's Center will open for the season today.
The popular attraction will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., seven days a week, through Oct. 31.
Located at the end of a paved road at 6,700 feet above sea level, the center has a museum and offers excellent views of the three-quarters-of-a-mile-deep and 2.5-mile-wide copper pit.
More than 1.5 million people have toured the visitor's center since 1992.
There is a fee to drive up the mine road to the visitor's center. The cost is $4 per passenger vehicle, $2 for motorcycles, $20 for mini-tour tour buses and $40 for tour buses. There is no charge for school buses, Boy Scouts in uniform or vans from senior citizen centers.
The entrance fees collected are donated to local charities and nonprofit organizations. Last year, $100,000 was donated.
For more information on the visitor's center and for details on the best routes to take because of I-15 reconstruction, call 252-3234.