A year ago, Sam and I hiked Pinecone Ridge at Park City Mountain Resort. We wandered beyond the area boundary to check out some of the bowls that connect PCMR to Canyons and Solitude. We ran into some PCMR ski patrollers skiing laps out of bounds. The patrollers said we were trespassing and suspended our passes for a couple weeks. The whole thing was pretty silly.

The suspension wound up being a blessing in disguise as Sam and I were forced to ski Canyons instead of Park City. A couple days later Liz and I discovered Square Top, Corn Bowl, Cinder Chutes, and the rest of Canyons sidecountry skiing. I have only skied PCMR a handful of times since. I didn’t even consider getting a pass to Park City this season. I am now a pretty big fan of Canyons, inbounds and sidecountry. Thank you PCMR patrollers!