My guess is that Saddlebag Lake area also has lots of snow. Of course, you do still have 10 days, but unlikely that snow will be gone.
John,
I have been looking at the Saddlebag Lake hike and it looks interesting. I'm not opposed to doing it in the snow, assuming it can be done with micros and trekking poles.
Do you happen to know if there's any kind of gate or anything that would prevent us from stating our hike early?