Belated birthday present

On the last day of the year and a short time after my birthday, I decided to offer myself a present by hiking up to Murdock Peak at Canyons Resort.

For years the steep access trail was winking at me every time I'd ski by it, but unlike the other hikes at Park City or Deer Valley, I had never ascended that seemingly forbidding hill that can be climbed to its very top in less than 21 minutes.

So, that's just what I did with the intention of skiing “One Hundred Turns” one of its farthest run to the Northeast side of the ridge, but that one was closed and instead, I had to content myself with “Five Trees” which was okay, but ended up in tangle of twigs and aspen trees. A nice present that I plan to repeat!