Snow Cap Ridge population of twelve hundred and fifty sat a couple of miles from the Majestic Mountain was open to visitors nine months of the year. If you wanted to become a pernment resident and didn't mind paying a higher price depending what part of the city you wanted to reside in would cost about a thousand a month. You were lucky to find a house that you could buy unless you didn't mind paying a excessive price.
Sheriff Jonathan Smith had ten deputies under his command for the nine month tourist season and then it reduced to half that amount in the winter months. His daughter sub for the dispatcher during the winter. She enjoyed doing it but with her full time job during the tourist season at the lodge would put a strain on her time and energy level she refused. She loved co partnering the lodge with her husband and would only give it up if they close the business
The sheriff had a house next to the station which made it convientent for him and his daughter and her husband lived at the lodge. The sheriff's son lived in a cabin closer to the mountain. He was a hunter / trapper and fisherman .He also was one of his father's deputies in the tourist season The whole family could be seen together frequently either at the lodge or church on Sundays. The pastor at the church they attended was a school mate of the sheriff and had resided in Snow Cap Ridge all of his life.