Through The Looking Glass...
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been inside the Summit Grand Manitou Lodge(#). We understand
there has been a “Run” on the sale of Hot Chocolate...
“Wintery” currently refers to the entire Eastern Half of North America,
and... according to the forecasts.... it’s going to be this way for about
a week, so we may as well figure out how to work with it.
Layers, Layers and More Layers.
Cool Temp’s Notwithstanding...
The Skiing has been Very Fine on an Overall Basis.
There are examples of Icy Bits, but way, way more examples of entire
Sector based Excellence.
Some of the usual places where the wind concentrates over crests
or converging topographical features have shown rapid tendencies
to become “Slick” with daily traffic, but those areas are very small
in dimension when compared to the vastness of Open Trail Surfaces
that are Groomed to the highest standards of smoothness possible.
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between the Gondola and the Skis, the wind generated wave formations on
the Kandahar Trail Surface. In this case, the snow is reacting almost exactly
like Desert Sand in a Wind Storm, leaving these aerodynamically formed
ridges that only appear when there is sufficient driving force. The “Sand-Like”
characteristics don’t end there either. This Snow is just about as dry as Desert
Sand as well. It’s surface resistance to Skis or Board passing over has been
at slightly higher rates that are common to these temp’s, but the advantage
with that is the extra friction allows a more direct facing descent line
because there is more control over gravitational pull.
Steeper runs are literally easier in these temp’s with this predictable,
consistent surface friction that give Skiers/Boarders more speed control
between turns.
The past two weeks has seen an overall Natural Snowfall advantage
on Versant Nord, the North Side, but that has not always been the
same with favourable “Sweet Spots” of beautiful surfaces that can
be found everywhere at Tremblant by those willing to explore the 4
corners of the Mountain. Versant Sud, South, Versant Soleil, Versant
Nord, North and Edge Sector, all have uniquely fine Skiing/Boarding
and in the end, perhaps it’s just a matter of ranging around daily to
find the terrain that best suits your Skills and Style for best results.
A willingness to explore within your rated Skill Level is one of your
biggest assets now. Time, and time again, we hear feedback that
is based on a very narrow range of Trail experience, so when we ask
“Did you try “X” Trail, or “Y” Trail, the answers come back with “No”,
or “Where Is That?”, so we encourage all Tremblant Guests to explore
responsibly.
REMINDER:
Speaking of “Explore”... if you’re new to the area...
Talk To These People:
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not only experienced Local Skiers, but they are centrally “Radio Controlled”,
so when there can be unique daily conditions that make one or another
Sector favourable for any reason, they will know about it.
We consult with the Info-Ski Crews Every Day for this exact reason
and any Tremblant Guest can have this Mountain Intelligence benefit.
Weather Notes:
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going on.
The short answer, in-so-fas-as we understand it is, Localized
Inventory for future distribution.There are probably other reasons
we are not aware of, but from a purely observational standpoint
we see that there is usually aggressive Snowmaking until about
the New Year, after which the guns go silent and from that point
forward, Mountain Crews manage the Snow resources by physically
localized Grooming Machine distribution. When the Season ends
here in Mid-April, and there’s still TON’S of Great Snow and Open
Terrain, it would be hard to argue with the overall strategy when
it shows itself to produce vey high surface quality right up to “Last Run”.
92(*) Open Trails on the Archival Copy of Official Open Trails,
Grooming, Snowmaking, Lift Status and Mountain Conditions
for Dec. 28th, 2017, Courtesy of Tremblant.ca
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(#) Current Digital Camera Technology that we find practical
on an overall basis involves a compromise of Optical Performance
and Quality related to publishing restrictions of File Sizes, in a
device package that is not the dimensional or weight equivalent of
a Boat Anchor. Skiing with a DSLR of the average size and weight
available is not a practical option because its just too big and heavy
with lens’s that have inadequate ranges of zoom. Cell Phone
Cameras are currently unacceptable because “Pin Hole” lens’s
and digital zoom are inadequate in light sensitivity and optical
quality. What We Use... is a Canon SX60 HS “Bridge Camera”.
It has an equivalent 21mm Wide angle and up to 65X Optical
Zoom and weighs 23 oz. It is one of the smallest, quickest, most
powerful Optical Zoom cameras available, but... it is still big enough
to punch the air out of a lung if you fall on it(because they all need
to be kept inside the warmth of a Jacket for the batteries to hold a
charge at -C's), so extreme care is required to safely carry while moving.
The other drawback to all Cameras of today is that you need bare
fingers to effectively work them. The controls are all too small to
be used with gloved hands. At “Winter” Temp’s, that means you
only have a few seconds to get a shot, and some days like we have
now, are an unacceptable frostbite risk, so very difficult, even painful
to work with. We have fun trying anyway! but... there are limitations,
so apologies for any lack of pic’s when “Cool” and “Wind Chill” can add
up to -40C’s.
Links and not-so-fine print:
http://www.tremblant.ca
What’s The Use? Research Benefits of this Archive: http://tinyurl.com/gp5vjps
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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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