Connecting the dots...

This week a powerful Kaman K-Max chopper was busy moving towers and gear to the area where the new gondola connecting Park City and Canyons will soon ferry skiers. 

This is the first concrete step in a long awaited linkage between Utah's ski areas. Let's hope that when the ski public can experience unrestricted roaming over almost 7,500 acres, they'll ask for even more, and other ski resorts will follow.

After all, as Lao Tzu used to say, isn't it true that a thousand mile journey always start with one single step?