T360 Mid-Eve., Apres Ski Edit, under construct @ 8:30 P.M.
The additionally Opened Terrain(**) today was just as Smooth
as yesterdays standards, however it had an icier mix in its
base qualities, so it will take either some additional Grooming,
New Snow or Warmer temp’s to generate more soft, loose,
top layers in these newest Open areas.
Expressed as a percentage, due to the square area of the newly
Opened Terrain, the forgiveness level in overall conditions is less
than yesterday because a significant portion of the new is also
steeper terrain which inherently is more prone to either iciness,
or is more difficult to retain loose top layer surfaces on due to
that additional steepness of incline.
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Everything that was an ”Open" carry-over from Yesterday was
very similar today. As we discuss in the original post, there
are variable particle sizes just about everywhere and that has
continued through today.
Basically, most of what was Open Yesterday was “Green” or “Blue”
skill level terrain and a large portion of what came on-line today
is “Black” or Expert and it is certainly fair to say that “Expert”
is the genuine skill level required to safely navigate.
Base Condition Challenges Notwithstanding, the overwhelming
common denominator is still the “Smoothness” that makes
anything else so much easier to deal with.
In consideration of all the aforementioned, it is really important
to match your actual Skill Level with the Skill Rating of the Terrain
you select. It might even be wise to default down a notch in order
to prioritize safety.
Everything we’ve said about the necessity for Sharp Tuned Edges
is to be emphatically re-enforced. Politeness can not supersede
Practicality, so if you’re not coming to the Mountain with good edges,
you need to be bluntly reminded that you risk loss of control because
gravity is easily capable of overpowering grip on steeper slopes without
every “Edge” you can bring.
Everything we wrote about yesterdays Open Terrain was genuine
in our experience and if we seem enthusiastic, it’s because we
appreciate the results. The Skiing is very Technical. Control movements
all need to be made with care and deliberation with gradually
applied force in order to maintain grip over thin top layers, but when
so done, yield great performance relative to the surface conditions.
All the Pic.files documenting that performance herein, are real.
(**) Historical Perspectives: By any Standards of the 20th, and
early 21st Century, the recovery Tremblant Crews have made in
the Open Terrain over the last couple of days is Miraculous.
Part of that is the durable quality of the seasonally established
Trail Base that exists as a foundation for work over the surface.
Non-the-less, it is the combination of all the current resources of
Snowmaking, Natural Snow, machines, retained frost in the Mountain,
and the experience of the People in Mountain Op’s to co-ordinate the
optimization of all factors to give us the very best possible Trail
Surfaces every single morning.
The point of mentioning this is, that despite the very short, temporarily
Icy overtones in the Trail Mix, back in the 20th Century recovery might have
taken +/- 2/3 Weeks, in 2018 we have very fine surfaces back with 2 days.
We’ve identified this fast restoration over the last several seasons as
“The Quickness Of Quality”.
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67(*) Open Trails on the Frosty Cool Slopes of All 4 Open Sectors at #Tremblant .
It’s Been A While Since We’ve Had This View...
And Very Thankful To Have It Back!
...along with all 4 Sectors Re-Openend Too!
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Conditions Notes:
We spent quite a bit of time drafting a technical reference to
the mixture of the particle content in the Groomed Top Layers
that include 10cm’s of Fresh Snowfall and the Ground-up
Frozen rain that have all been integrated into one surface medium.
Then we found this “Mistake”, or perhaps more literally a “Miss-Take”,
as in a photo that was taken by accident when quickly attempting to
hit the Zoom-out function, but hit the shutter instead... We instantly
realized it says loads more, and maybe more accurately, than what
we’d written...
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Above:
This Fractional Moment in time with all the surface particulate flying
around tells you Most, But Not All, you need to know about
the Surface mixture. The “Most” part is the obvious variability in the
dimensional nature of the granular composition. The “But Not All” part
is that as “chunky” as it may look, this mixture Skis as if it was
almost pure powder!
But Wait, There’s More!
The other part of “But Not All” you need to know is that the displacement
of the airborne particles above, is completely dependant on the Style and/or
Technique Skill Levels of the individual moving over the surface.
What we mean by that can be illustrated by showing another Skier
moving over the Exact Same Space within a minute of so of the above.
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Looking at this pic. above, taken of a Skier with a different “Style” or “Skill”,
shows forward movement over the exact same surface, but very few or little
in the way of airborne particles displaced at all, due to less lateral force applied
in a fully carved turn.
This pic. above is why we can legitimately say that these current, Groomed
Trail Surfaces at Tremblant Ski almost EXACTLY like a fine layer of pure Powder!
The Mixed Size and its ability to absorb turning energy
makes it feel like a cushion underfoot.
Below is another static surface sample from yesterday, this time from
Versant Nord, the North Side, on Beauchemin, Bas, Lower, right in the
middle of the pitch below the upper entrance to the Edge Sector.
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So Then... What we’ve shown is that on both sides of Tremblant,
from Summit-To-Base, Mountain Crews have done a Superb Job
of integrating the recent Whacky Weather Precipitation Mixture
into a fully integrated, wonderfully High Performance Snowy Surface
Medium, very suitable for Ripping Turns All Day!
You Have A Part To Play In This...
If you look closely at the Nord, North Beauchemin Pic., you will see
that towards the centre of the Trail, the particle sizes look finer, as in smaller.
That is because they are finer, as in smaller, and that is due to all the
thousands of passages of Sharp Metal Edges of Skier/Boarder Traffic
passing over. That’s where “You” come in. “You” need to go to Tremblant
as soon as possible to help with the “Traffic” component in the rendering
of finer(as in smaller), surface composition!
Bottom Line:
Today should be Similar, But Incrementally Better, due to the
additional refinement of another All-Nighter Grooming Shift.
Weather Notes:
Even with slightly cooler temp’s than yesterday,
the Sunshine is going to be not only welcome,
but maybe more importantly, easier to feel
thermal benefit from because of forecasted slightly lower
Wind Velocities. You will still have to be careful about
forward moving “Air Speed”, which is equivalent to
“Wind”, but... it should be relatively easy to find
sunny, warm feeling Trail-Side shelter from the breezes.
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67(*) Open Trails on the Archival Copy of Official Open Trails,
Grooming, Snowmaking, Lift Status and Mountain Conditions
for Jan. 25th, 2018, Courtesy of Tremblant.ca
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A Classic, Pure, Snow White Winter Tremblant Day!
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