Evening Construct @ 10:13 P.M.
If You Skied Tremblant Every Open Day For 10 Years,
You Might Have 3 or 4 Unexpected, Un-Forecast,
Surprise Powder Days Like Today... Maybe.
Basically, there are places at Tremblant that got 40cm’s
of Fresh Powder Snow in less than 4 hours.
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We Said... “We think there is a fair probability of Cooler Mountain Elevations
getting Snow.”
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Blizzard-Obscured-Snow-Balled-Drifted-In-Camera Fails...
Photography Conditions Were Lousy...
So Much Rapid, White-Out Snowfall, we were lucky to be able
to get ANYTHING(**)!!!.... But....
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The Skiing And Snowboarding Were Epically Spectacular!!!
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just to render out any detail, but... We’re Overjoyed To Have The “Problem”!!!
There’s So Much New Snow, It’s Quite Close To “Miraculous”!!!
If You Can’t Already Figure It Out...
Tomorrow Should Be AMAZING!!!
-Sunny
-Moderate to Light Nor-Easterly Breezes
-Tons Of Fresh Snow almost EVERYWHERE!
-Light Mid-Week Traffic,
If You Can Go, and You don’t... You're “Nuts”!
If You Should’t Go, But You Do... You’re Brilliant!
All this New Snow will create extra challenge for Beginners
and Intermediates. Mountain Crews should have the basic
Green’s done so everyone has room to practice, but be very
careful to stay within your Matched Skill rated Terrain.
EXPERTS... You Just Won The Snow-Lottery!
More In The Morning, but seriously... Just Go!!!
((**) The Camera Control Buttons, Settings-Wheel, Lens Retractor,
Zoom Toggle, View Screen, Digital Viewfinder, and Total Function,
All Failed... Multiple Times. “Soaked” by being Snow-Squalled-on
barely begins to describe the CRAZY amount of Snow that Overwhelmed
almost every attempt to even get camera out of coat, let alone, try to aim
and focus... approximately 15 or so out of over 250 attempts worked!)
------------------------ 7:29 A.M. Orig. Post. ----------------------
83(*) Open Trails on the Overnight Cool Refreshed Slopes at #Tremblant .
We Think It’s A Good Thing That There’s Been Less “Spring” Than Forecast.
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would normally generate. We are thankful for that because any genuine
overall softness might be great fun, but is’s only Feb.28th and we want
to see continued stability in both coverage and base for a long while to go.
What this meant for the Skiing was that there was less “Forgiveness”
due to the shallower depth of overall softness. There certainly was a
considerable amount of softness, but other than maybe around the
bottom of the Flying Mile Quad Base, there was no “Mush” that could
lead to saturation anywhere. Indeed, you could tell from Pole Plants that
would bounce off the Solid Frost Substrates, and from many of the Nord,
North Side upper level Trails that remained Firm all day long, Winter is
hanging in here up “North" to the great benefit of Ski/Board Fans who are
smart enough to choose Tremblant.
Below:
This is a common level of Surface Performance
at Tremblant right now. As you can see, there is
a high level of grip and edge hold is very good
as long as you are not “Jamming” your turns too
aggressively. The “Shred” Snow you see in the air
is a combination of mixed Machine-Groomed, with
a “Soft” component in the very top layer.
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In this next Trail Surface Sample, we’re on Versant Nord, The North Side
Expo Peak Sector, Trail #78, Fuddle-Duddle Bas, Lower, just at the Lower
La Griffe Intersection. The Ski is for scale and to show the slight snow wetness
that is just starting to become apparent here. Basically, at the Early-Aft.
time of this pic., this is the line on the North Side vertical rise at which
there is mostly firm snow above, and softer snow below. In terms of
Total Mountain Vert., this might be the lower 1/5, so 4/5 of the North
was still quite Winter Firm, with very good traction.
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exposures have been substantially higher and longer, where temps have
gotten up to +10C/50 degrees F.
This Weather is being driven by a somewhat unexpected Easterly Based
Dominant System over the Atlantic Ocean. We’ll take a closer look at that
in our Weather Notes below.
Weather Notes:
The Icon’s displayed have been changed to show a Mix that now
includes Snow. Considering that the temp’s are lower than yesterday,
we think there is a fair probability of Cooler Mountain Elevations
getting Snow. It is also possible that precipitation may only be in
localized bands of activity that move over, or even around the
Mountain, so there are good chances for positive outcomes.
Actual at Apres Ski.
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Effecting Tremblant Within Regional Context.
In this Composite Graphic below, in Frame#2, you can see the precip.
colour patch in which Blue shows Snow, and Green, on the lower edge,
shows Rain. So-far, Tremblant continues to be just on the Blue side.
Of course... that could change, but every hour we stay “Blue”, is an
advantage, immediate and long range.
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Grooming, Snowmaking, Lift Status and Mountain Conditions
for Feb. 28th, 2018, Courtesy of Tremblant.ca
- Archival Copy of Official Open Trails,
Grooming, Snowmaking, Lift Status and Mountain Conditions Courtesy of Tremblant.ca - Screen Shot 2018-02-28 at 7.26.07 AM.jpg (347.28 KiB) Viewed 1891 times
There will be Great Skiing/Boarding Within
Todays Open Terrain for all Skill Levels. It
will be easy to find and we recommend careful
explorations within matched Skill Rated Terrain.
Links and not-so-fine print:
http://www.tremblant.ca
What’s The Use? Research Benefits of this Archive: http://tinyurl.com/gp5vjps
(*)
Understanding Trail Counts - http://alturl.com/n54py http://www.tremblant.ca/mountain/trailmap-e.htm
http://www.tremblant.ca/galleries/webcams/index-e.htm
http://translate.google.com/translate_t ... =fr&tl=en#
http://www.theweathernetwork.com/weather/CAQC0360
Forum Index: http://alturl.com/r4cco
Bring Back The Memories... 
Research Future Visits... If you would like to look up dates you visited Tremblant, or you
want to research days/weeks/months to visit, you can sample what
they look like historically, month by month, year by year.
GoTo: Archive, Search Reports by Date: Index: http://tinyurl.com/yktelmu
When reviewing dates from any of the past, numbered, archived pages,
you can use the "Previous Topic" or "Next Topic" buttons, located
screen far right, in upper date/message bar to scroll through sequential
dates, or use your browsers "back" button to stay on the selected index
page for non-sequential date reviews in either forward or reverse order.
There are approximately 6, 25 day Index pages per season.
(
If you "Bookmark" the link above, it will always take you to theFirst index page with the latest posts. That gives you an immediate,
current to 25 day past, review scroll of Winter Alpine Conditions by
consecutive date.)
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