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At the end of Literally a Post Card Day of Classic and Timeless Tremblant Beauty,
drenched in brilliant Sunshine, Crisp, Cool Winter Air, and Very High Performance
Skiing/Boarding, Mountain Op’s starts the Night-Shift. The light is quickly fading,
so the camera struggles to register resolution, but the contrast is quite close with
the Snow White Trail Network looking almost iridescent, reflecting back the last pink
rays of sunset.
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of Tremblant, for the first time this season.
Versant Soleil was really, really, Soleil.
Toboggan on Versant Soleil was really, really Fun!
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has a rate of acceleration not typical for Mid-December.
On the Groomed, it is roughly 96.76253% glitch-free, and
an absolute delight to rip endless arch’s of surgical precision
carves over. The traction and lateral grip are like driving a Ferrari
on a Race Track and we will bet you a Hundred Bucks, you’ll
run outta’ Muscle wwwway before you run outta’ Tremblant.
On the Hors Piste, Glade Ski/Boarding, there are all kinds
of Early Season Wild Cards, including Excellence and Hazard.
Use your Expert Head and stay Safe.
It’s quite simply some of the best snow you’ll ever Ski on.
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71(*) Open Trails on All 4 Open Sectors of #Tremblant.
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Self Explanatory:
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The Basis for todays Excellence is that Yesterday was...
A True "Something For Everyone" Day.
There were Fresh Expert Powder Lines on Versant Nord, The North Side
until about 2:00 P.M. and at the same time, there were Immaculate
Learning Surfaces for 6 Kilometres on Nansen All Day Long.
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is going to be the huge increase in Groomed refinement. We expect that
the array of Groomed Trails should have very close to perfect surfaces
for all the respective Skill Levels they are rated for.
We also think today may be an excellent day for Intermediates in
particular, because with so close to flawless and very even finished
states of Trail Surface, it should be a great day to kick up the challenge
factor in any terms of Style or Performance you want to work on.
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trails, but where it was all Natural, there were a considerable degree
of early season hazards that on trails designated Groomed this morning
should be as different as “Night” is to “Day”.
This shot below is from about 200 meters down from above on Sissy Schuss
at the point where it diverges in two directions, over to Gagnon, and straight
ahead, where you can see it was left completely natural. Based only on the
appearance of a Grooming Icon on the Official Snow Report, we think this
might be the best case for our “Night” and “Day” trail quality difference.
Hopefully, we can put an “After” shot in either here, attached at Apres Ski,
or included at tomorrow mornings posting.
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Tremblant Fans Overjoyed with the Au Natural above who really enjoy those
opportunities to have raw, unprocessed conditions any time they can get them.
Tremblant recognizes that there are Guests with wide ranging preferences and
we see efforts to rotate natural conditions over the Mountain periodically
for the benefit of those who like it that way.
The wind direction that came with the recent Snowfall favoured
the Nord, North Side and Edge Sectors with vortices over the Summit
generating a Backfill that literally dumped large amounts of Snow
onto portions like the Peak of the Expo Quad zone.
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Mountain, so there was benefit everywhere, but some of the wind-facing
Sud, South pitches did not retain as much, and you could sense the odd
little exposed icy bit here and there near the usual Crests where
the concentration of wind force had enough energy to work. Very Minor
in the overall balance though, and we think the Night-Shifts Grooming
should take care of most of that.
Rave Reviews Everywhere...
Snowy and a wee bit Snow-Cloud Foggy did not hinder enthusiasm
for the Newly Opened Versant Soleil Sector. We hope to get back there
today and get some better detail pic's with the Sunny part of the forecast.
Toboggan was very good from top to bottom, another great Trail Opening
from your friends at Tremblant Mountain Op’s.
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yesterday, but will make every effort to do so for Sunny pic's today.
In the Mean-time, our Expert Friends spent much of the day there
and had nothing but very high praise for the abundance of Natural
Snow and how much fun it was.
Weather Notes:
Of all displayed factors, and considering there’s nothing we can
do about the temp’s, what we like best in this forecast is the
combination of Sun and Low Wind Velocity. There will be quiet
Trail-Side places today with complete wind shelter, where you
will be able to feel “Heat” in the Sun.
There are some weird Precipitation Models in some Monday
Overnight forecasts, including freezing frizzle at -12C??? how
is any kind of “Drizzle” possible at -12C??? We’ll just have
to wait and see on that one....
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The “Cool” in the overnight lows has resulted in very dry, large crystal,
cold formed Snow that has moderate surface friction. Glide is slightly
lower than normal, but that is not a negative because on the Open Trail
Network it simply seems to offset gravity just a tiny bit, and the Edge-Set
Carving Grip for Lateral Hold is at an impressive level of performance
across all Skill Level Terrain. Beginners will enjoy the ease of effectively
controlling speed and directional changes and Experts will enjoy Carving
Traction like having a Ferrari on a Racetrack.
Snowboarders will probably want to exit pitches with as much safe speed
and edge as possible to transit plateau’s without having to take a foot out.
The established Groomed Trails are very close to glitch-free perfection.
Newly Opened Groomed Trails may have the odd early season little
debris, but Tremblant Mountain Crews have generally been able to
deliver initial surface quality that is directly comparable to Mid-Winter
on day one, so all you really need to do is keep eyes open for any
very small issues that could happen anyway.
The Hors Piste, Sous Bois, Glade Skiing/Boarding is full of “Wild Cards”.
It is not mid-February accumulated depths... yet. Careful Exploration
at conservative speed is absolutely essential for Safe Descents in
Un-Groomed Open areas. Natural Hazards of both Organic and
Igneous Rock exist and the rate at which they may be apparent
is not necessarily predictable. Daily Traffic and Wear can change
those factors at any time. Use your head and be totally focused
when you are in Un-Groomed areas. Experts Only Please.
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Grooming, Snowmaking, Lift Status and Mountain Conditions
for Dec. 17th, 2017, Courtesy of Tremblant.ca
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in todays Groomed Trails.
Experts, Intermediates and Beginners should all find
Fabulous Smooth and very high Traction performance
from Side-to Side, and Top-to-Bottom.
Hors Piste, Sous Bois, Glade Skiing/Boarding will have
a lot of “Wild Cards” in-so-far-as both Excellence and Hazard
and should only be explored by legitimate Experts.
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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.
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