Saddleback April 12 - Stellar Spring Day

skiMEbike said:

Looks awesome! I was in the Western ME mountains for the last three days, so still a little foggy & beat up from 3 days on the slopes & all the things that come with the "dedication". I must say the last two days were stellar spring skiing with sunshine & temps in 50's....Mmmmmm still playing it back in my head....These will be the memories that get me through the summer !!

I did make it up to Saddleback for one day (unfortunately on Saturday), so another trip to Saddleback goes by without getting into the Casablanca glades...Oh Well, it will happen eventyally. The ski expectations were very very low for Saturday with the forecasted winds at 4000 feet being 45 - 50 mph sustained winds with gusts upward around 70 mph. Upon arriving at SB on Saturday, we got word they were only running the Tbar & the Sandy double. I seriously figured for $39 it would be a good investment, and ski maybe 2 hours tops given the limited veritcal....I was pleasantly surprised how much trail offerings & variety you get from the a single Tbar with less than 700 vertical feet....16 runs later, my buddy & I were beat. We thoroughly enjoyed the offerings with the two solid choices for bump runs, as well as some glades (woolly bugger & thrombosis glades).

The snowpack will take a little hit this week with warm temps, however I got to think Saddleback & Loaf will still be close to 100% open this weekend...It's mid-April & all the glades are in play!! Doesn't get much better than this....Delay the chores another weekend (or two) & get out there and: "Ski it while you can".

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