Saddleback---Some Great News!

[xwhaler 233]

As some on here know I have a very fond spot in my heart for Saddleback. My wife and I were passholders there for 2 yrs while in grad school (pre kids) and we had a seasonal cabin on Rangeley Lake.
Every wknd we would drive up from Seacoast NH for 2-3 days of skiing. It's a long haul up there but no place in New England has ever captured me the way Saddleback and the Rangeley Lakes region has.

We have since done summer trips up there since the mtn closed but of course we want the mtn back. It's been sad/frustrating watching a glorious big mtn sit idle since April of 2015 but finally it seems there is hope to bring this true gem back to life.

Today at 3pm they finally launched their website and season passes are now live to process! I look at this as a small but important step that hopefully gives us hope we can make lift served skiing there again soon.

http://www.saddlebackmaine.com/

Here are some of my personal photos of 'the Back that try and capture what it is all about but like most special places you can't capture it entirely in photos...
Can't wait to be making turns there again!

[JimK 149]

Wonderful news!  Only have two days there in March of 2012. I thought it was one of the premier/prettier tree skiing spots on the East Coast esp. Casablanca Glade. I saw several six foot ramps set up deep in Casablanca’s woods. Skiers or snowboarders who successfully launch for big air in the close confines of a thick, black diamond glade like Casablanca with little open landing space impress (and scare) the heck out of me.  I thought Muleskinner was a really cool corkscrew of a trail.  Wish I'd climbed to the top where you took that Appalacian Trail photo.

Here are a few photos of mine (lower four photos), they had nice conditions for my visit and I thought the lake views were gorgeous.  Normally I would have captured better images, but it was quite cold during my visit and my old digital camera froze on second day.  Also, on first day my camera fell out pocket on one of my trips through Casablanca glades, but someone turned it in and I picked it up in the lodge at end of day!

 

 

This is a photo the resort gave me to use in an article about the place, looks like same guy in xwhaler's photo:-)

 

Mine:

Edited March 18, 2020 by JimK

[xwhaler 233]

This pic on the ridge all the way out to what ends with Muleskinner is one of the favorite skates in all of my ski career

You get a look down some steep groomers, followed by ungroomed steeps, followed by Casablanca Glades 1-4...finally ending with Muleskinner

just a special experience with so many options along the way

[JimK 149]

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And that snowpack looks like err, well...Utah!

Edited March 18, 2020 by JimK

[SkiBearded! 51]

As some on here know I have a very fond spot in my heart for Saddleback. My wife and I were passholders there for 2 yrs while in grad school (pre kids) and we had a seasonal cabin on Rangeley Lake.
Every wknd we would drive up from Seacoast NH for 2-3 days of skiing. It's a long haul up there but no place in New England has ever captured me the way Saddleback and the Rangeley Lakes region has.

We have since done summer trips up there since the mtn closed but of course we want the mtn back. It's been sad/frustrating watching a glorious big mtn sit idle since April of 2015 but finally it seems there is hope to bring this true gem back to life.

Today at 3pm they finally launched their website and season passes are now live to process! I look at this as a small but important step that hopefully gives us hope we can make lift served skiing there again soon.

http://www.saddlebackmaine.com/
Here are some of my personal photos of 'the Back that try and capture what it is all about but like most special places you can't capture it entirely in photos...
Can't wait to be making turns there again!

Nice Pics! We slayed that place apart on that trip!


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[Puck it 314]

What Virus?

Old Saddleback Chair is down.

[ABV 155]

30 minutes ago, Puck it said:

What Virus?

Old Saddleback Chair is down.

not wasting any time  !! Nice !

[dblskifanatic 41]

What Virus?
Old Saddleback Chair is down.

Is the Rangely Double?


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[Puck it 314]

54 minutes ago, dblskifanatic said:

 

Is the Rangely Double?


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Yes