Saddleback Mountain Resort on Monday, April 10, 2023

		Saddleback Mountain Resort Monday, April 10, 2023
		Submitted on April 11, 2023 by rocket21 (1390)
	Session	Full Day
	Ticket Type	Indy Pass
	Lift Lines	0 minutes
	Trail Conditions	98% open; Spring Snow, Spring Snow
	Glades	Bulletproof in the morning, but in play in the afternoon. Upper Nightmare Glades was closed (not sure why), but otherwise pretty much everything was open. Wall to wall coverage everywhere we went. Casablanca Glades 1+4 were tremendous.
	Moguls	Quite a few options, including a section of Royal Coachman.
	Terrain Park(s)	Wheeler Slope
	Run of the Day	Casablanca
	Food and Beverage	Burger and fries were meh (sat for awhile), but appreciated the free refills with fountain beverages. Friendly staff.
	Comments	Primo spring day with blue skies, almost everything open, and no crowds. South Branch, Rangeley, and Kennebago chairs running. Modified 10-5 weekday schedule was appreciated as conditions were firm to start (ungroomed steeps were roped to start). Stuck with intermediate groomers until lunchtime, which were all wall to wall and in good shape. Pretty much everything intermediate except for Lower Tightline was open. Did not venture down to South Branch (slowwww lift), but everything looked open. Afternoon was Kennebago time. Great to have a high elevation expert pod with minimal runout. A couple of the natural headwalls (e.g. Governor, Supervisor) were closed due to rocks, but you could hop in just below (either from adjacent glades or from Firefly). Caution needed on some of the large protruding rocks/stumps on Black Beauty/Frostbite, but otherwise they were excellent. Tightline was not groomed overnight, so the headwall was awfully icy to start (but Firefly could be used to bypass). Did not quite make it to Muleskinner, was Casablanca was too much of a magnet with the great conditions.
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	Report Rating	4