A popular content creator in Jackson touched off a firestorm last week when he inadvertently "outed" a segment of the service industry by exposing a flaw in an automated parking lot gate at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort (JHMR).

Ryan Stolp produces "Lift Lines" regularly on his social channels on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. It's a cartoon underscoring ski bum culture, often requiring readers to be "in on the joke." His work is also published in a local newspaper, and when last Thursday's installment dropped, the cartoonist found himself on the wrong end of the pitchfork.

Exposing a hack that allowed hundreds of resort employees to park for free at Teton Village (regular rates are $35-45 a day) was just the beginning. When authorities at JHMR found out they were being taken by just about everyone that worked for them, they closed the loophole.

The free ride was over.

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