We had just let the dog out to do his business for a moment when he took off. We had 3 young children, all crying, and it just wasn’t safe for us to keep trying to track down this fool of a dog in the dark in the freezing cold. We thought he was gone for good. Thank god he was smart enough to see the only lights on on the wilderness and turn himself in to the ski patrol, and thank god his tags with my phone number were still on his collar. They were a little confused to see the address thousands of miles away from where they were located but it turned out to be only about 5 miles from our vacation rental. The dog seemed to be quite pleased with himself and his adventure.