NewEnglandSkier13 I finally made it over to Saddleback this season for a day of spring skiing. It was a hot day with temperatures reaching 70, which made the snow quote a mess. About half of the terrain on the mountain was open with many bare spots and slushy areas. There were a few trails off of the Rangeley lift which had good cover, and those will likely be the only ones which make it to next weekend. The lifts were efficient at moving people up the hill and the open terrain was pretty fun. They even had a few glades open! I appreciated that they left trails open even with extremely thin cover and some areas of walking. Some of these trails, such as Professor and Jane Craig were some of the best of the day. There were a few areas where I was disappointed with. There were 3-5 people working the bottom of each lift at any given time, but they never bothered to have anyone help manage the lines which formed, so it was kind of a free for all. The corrals also went uphill to the loading area and the RFID gates were too close to the loading point, which inevitably clogged traffic when someone in a group couldn't get through the gates. They also did not enforce COVID regulations at all. There was no mask enforcement of any kind and they had live music in the base area where a couple hundred people were gathered by 4:00 with no distancing and little mask wearing. It was the worst I've seen all season in this sense. However, overall it was a great day of full on spring skiing, and possibly my last of the season.
NewEnglandSkier13 lotsoskiing;c-48115 wroteNice Is Pic 4 Muleskinner and 9 the catwalk to it? I think pic 4 is Jane Craig or something near it, but 9 is the catwalk to Muleskinner and Casablanca.
newpylong Yah it looks like Jane or the bottom of Peachys. Thats odd on the covid enforcement I got bagged there more than anywhere else for forgetting to put my mask up getting to the corrale. Cant believe South Branch has anything left on it that area gets roasted.
NewEnglandSkier13 newpylong;c-48118 wroteYah it looks like Jane or the bottom of Peachys. Thats odd on the covid enforcement I got bagged there more than anywhere else for forgetting to put my mask up getting to the corrale. Cant believe South Branch has anything left on it that area gets roasted. Maybe they just don't care because it's near the end of the season. There were lots of people in line and loading without masks and no one ever said anything about it.
pagamony Thanks so much for all the pictures, the slopes with snow look great. Such nice terrain. Several years ago I was there on approximately the same date but with a full on snowstorm.
