Benny Profane
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- Jul 25, 2020
Made a long road trip from Killington to Rangeley Lake, Maine. Primarily to ski Saddleback, but go over to Sugarloaf for a day, since we both have iKon passes. Saddleback is about twenty minutes from Rangeley, Sugarloaf about forty minutes, so it's a good base to go out and explore, since it has plenty of beds and decent food. Lots of snowmobilers, too. Tons. Big trail system and they seem to like driving on the lake.
First day at Saddleback was super windy, and most everything was shut down except a short bottom lift and a T-bar. Some fun skiing off the T-bar, though, and the top of the mountain looked like a lot of fun in the sunshine. Sugarloaf was pretty much shut down on Monday, too. So, we bought tickets online for Saddleback for Wednesday (49 senior) and used an iKon day on Tuesday at Sugarloaf. Brackett Basin, a pretty big tree area, was a lot of fun, but a bit icy and overly bumped. Lots of grooming everywhere else, didn't attempt the snowfields, they looked kind of nasty and windblown.
Back to Saddleback on Wednesday. Always wanted to go there since I read about the new owners and investments. A real gem of an Eastern mountain. No crowds, nice lift infrastructure. We found fresh powder from a few days earlier in a lot of places. I hope it succeeds, but, at the moment, it's an ideal place to experience great snow and lots of trees without crowds.
Driving there is an ordeal. Maine roads are in awful shape from this strange winter. Frost heaves and potholes everywhere.
Here's some pics:
First day at Saddleback was super windy, and most everything was shut down except a short bottom lift and a T-bar. Some fun skiing off the T-bar, though, and the top of the mountain looked like a lot of fun in the sunshine. Sugarloaf was pretty much shut down on Monday, too. So, we bought tickets online for Saddleback for Wednesday (49 senior) and used an iKon day on Tuesday at Sugarloaf. Brackett Basin, a pretty big tree area, was a lot of fun, but a bit icy and overly bumped. Lots of grooming everywhere else, didn't attempt the snowfields, they looked kind of nasty and windblown.
Back to Saddleback on Wednesday. Always wanted to go there since I read about the new owners and investments. A real gem of an Eastern mountain. No crowds, nice lift infrastructure. We found fresh powder from a few days earlier in a lot of places. I hope it succeeds, but, at the moment, it's an ideal place to experience great snow and lots of trees without crowds.
Driving there is an ordeal. Maine roads are in awful shape from this strange winter. Frost heaves and potholes everywhere.
Here's some pics:
