Soon you may not be able to use the Summit County trails you already pay for

It’s been a surreal 2020. I think most of you’d agree. It became more surreal on Sunday morning. Outside Run-a-muck, the world’s Utah’s best off-leash dog park, there was a gentleman from Basin Rec putting notices on car windshields who were parked along the street. They read:

WARNING

PARKING
REGULATIONS ARE
CHANGING!

PARKING IS NO LONGER
ALLOWED IN THIS AREA

VEHICLES OUTSIDE
OF DESIGNATED ZONES
SUBJECT TO
TICKETING AND TOWING

I spoke with the nice gentleman from Basin Rec, who ensured me that I was not being cited today. He said that too many people were parking at certain trails around the Basin and they were trying to encourage people to park in proper places. Therefore, it was likely that no parking signs would be placed in areas around some trails.

Because both parking lots for Run-a-muck were full, I had parked on the shoulder of the road that heads up to UOP. Evidently this is an area that soon won’t be available for parking.

Our trails are overcrowded. This was evident before Corona times and has become even more obvious regulations were lifted in May.