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 nodding at me every time I would 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!
