Was up yesterday on tele gear too. Spent a good part of the morning on the BR quad, in Cirque Glade and also the Sag Glade. I really like the Cirque Glade - hadn't been in there since right before Christmas. That last steep pitch is impressive indeed, although it seems to get scaped down pretty quick. It was my first time in the Sag Glades and although they are short and relatively easy (kinda like Tahawus Glade) found it very enjoyable -- plenty of lines to be had as it didn't seem to be getting much traffic at all. Also love that ungroomed nat snow on Sagamore, I wish they'd keep more of the mountain like that. Only problem with Sagamore is that a couple laps on that really burns the quads up (at least on tele gear)! I think the "silver lining" to the Cedars approach to the BR Quad is that it keeps the traffic down, esp the snowboarders (nothing against them).
Spent the rest of the day up top and that was great too, esp enjoyed the Cave glade and the Newtons. The stuff out past Chati glades was very nice - tracked up but not tracked out even in mid afternoon. Found a very enjoyable pitch by following tracks from the top of the Cave glade that led into the Pine Brook glade. I thought it was gonna bring me back into the Cave glade but obviously it angled a bit more to skier's left than that.
When the woods are good, that's all I need so I never even hit Rumor Lies Hawk or Chati (except for the top half down to the glades). They'll still be there for another day.
At the end of the day I followed Twister down to the Twister Glades and found them very enjoyable. Skied up pretty well but not scraped or boney. It's just a blast smearing tele turns through those soft bumps and letting it rip. Very user-friendly glade that seems to stand up to traffic well as long as there's enough base (like now).
I hope the second half of the winter is as good as the first half has been.