Saddleback offseason improvements

[WrathOfAramark]

Starting a thread to keep track of offseason improvements at Saddleback.

Andy Shepard sent out an e-mail earlier this week identifying offseason activities.

For 2022:
- Completion of mid-mountain lodge at the top of the Rangeley Quad
- Installation of used 4-person lift as the "Sandy"
- Beginning building employee housing building
- Paving of access road from Dallas Hill to the baselodge (4+ miles!)
- Completion of master development plan

[k2trav]

Bought my pass yesterday

[b632]

Trav you ski both now or primarily SB?

[k2trav]

Have passes to both, skied mostly at Sugarloaf

[b632]

I should grab one at SB for next year.. i meant to get over this year to show the love but never got around to it

[WrathOfAramark]

I should grab one at SB for next year.. i meant to get over this year to show the love but never got around to it

Prices go up May 1. The ski bum pass isn't too bad for Tues-Thurs mid-week skiing. They did some multi-day passes last year that worked out to about $60 a day for 4 days.

/Full disclosure, bought a house over that way last fall.
//Spent more time working on the house than skiing this past winter.
///And every weekend we were up in Jan and Feb it was -20

[Andrew B.]

I should grab one at SB for next year.. i meant to get over this year to show the love but never got around to it

Prices go up May 1. The ski bum pass isn't too bad for Tues-Thurs mid-week skiing. They did some multi-day passes last year that worked out to about $60 a day for 4 days.

/Full disclosure, bought a house over that way last fall.
//Spent more time working on the house than skiing this past winter.
///And every weekend we were up in Jan and Feb it was -20

Congratulations

[WrathOfAramark]

I should grab one at SB for next year.. i meant to get over this year to show the love but never got around to it

Prices go up May 1. The ski bum pass isn't too bad for Tues-Thurs mid-week skiing. They did some multi-day passes last year that worked out to about $60 a day for 4 days.

/Full disclosure, bought a house over that way last fall.
//Spent more time working on the house than skiing this past winter.
///And every weekend we were up in Jan and Feb it was -20

Congratulations

Thanks! I'll be happy when I don't have to spend almost every weekend working on one house or the other. Should be done with that in.. oh... about 30 some odd years when I retire.

[loafman140]

The main components of the sandy quad arrived today

[WrathOfAramark]

Not sure if this is an improvement. No judgement either way.

Andy Shepard announced he would be stepping down as GM earlier this year (link) and Jim Quimby has been promoted to be the new Saddleback GM (link)

[Glade Monkey]

The mid mountain lodge framed up

[tipsdown]

Wow very nice...this will be a showpiece no doubt. Looking forward to the finished product.

[Glade Monkey]

The new employee housing (under construction downhill from base lodge) looks BIG!

[WrathOfAramark]

Snow guns are on.

Was up there last weekend. They had all the towers up on the Sandy Quad and bottom terminal looked pretty complete. Comms lines were up on the towers but no haul rope in sight.

[Glade Monkey]

Snow guns are on.

Was up there last weekend. They had all the towers up on the Sandy Quad and bottom terminal looked pretty complete. Comms lines were up on the towers but no haul rope in sight.

Haul ropes seem to still be part of the "supply chain issues" with several lift projects being delayed as a result (including at Loon and Whistler) but I believe that the one for SB is showing on their webcam now
https://www.saddlebackmaine.com/webcams/

[WrathOfAramark]

Good call. The spool wasn't by the terminal when I was up. Winding the haul rope on today.

[WrathOfAramark]

Sandy quad started spinning yesterday.

[Pow on the Mao]

i'll be skiing saddleback this weekend and hope to make a full report on all improvements and conditions next week!