T360 Late Eve. Apres Ski Edit Under Construct @ 10:12 P.M.
Relax... You’re At Tremblant!
(After a full day of lessons, the short little climb up to the peak
of Trail #66, Le Tunnel, had this student dramatically “paused”
for a moment to express her end-of-day exhausted condition
and there was a lot of light-hearted laughter with the point being
well made. She did not know we were right behind so when she
heard the camera shutter action sound, there was more laughter
and we promised to put this pic. in our Apres Ski so she could
offer proof of the effort to friends and family back home.
Very happy to do so!)
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Wow, what a surprise day... Mother Nature delivered very close
to a Skiers Miracle... a magic conversion of a largely frozen state,
transformed into a fully integrated, refreshed, all winter, total
Mountain coverage state, and one of unexpected excellence.
We have a consensus theory about how the complete Mountain,
including all groomed, and all Sous Bois, were literally transformed,
far beyond what we expected. Basically, what we think happened
was that last night, between 4:00 P.M. and 8:00 P.M. as most of the
new snow fell, the very special part of that was the quite near Zero C
it came at.
As we stated in the original post below, the Weather Network had
rain icons going at the time it was actually snowing here very heavily.
We think the dampness in the thick new snow bonded with the frozen
rain ice sheet, almost immediately rendering a fully integrated assimilation
of the frozen sheet, which in essence, ceased to exist as a functional
impediment. In other words, the icy strata everyone though would
take a couple or 3 days to absorb, got almost totally rendered in 4 hours.
It seems clear to us that only Mother Nature could treat a whole Mountain
in such a short time. Of course... Mountain crews subsequent grooming
through the night-shift was a total compliment.
If anyone else out there has a better or more legitimate explanation,
please get in touch with us on F/B or Twitt and let us know, but...
regardless of the exact process, the net result was amazing, fabulous
and universally changed the whole Mountain for the better.
Otherwise(a), just as we forecast this morning, there were some traffic
generated mogul zones that became more pronounced in later afternoon
but with keen attention to speed control, they were all easy and soft,
so not difficult to navigate.
Otherwise(b), There was far more than we could have ever hoped for
in the vast expanses of groomed excellence like our Last Run sample
below, that lasted for all day.
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Lots more in the morning, but the main benefit we see for
tomorrow is the additional compaction and enhanced density
of the groomed terrain that should result in higher rate of all
day mogul resistant smoothness.
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75/102(*) Open Trails
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REVISED Open Trails To 102/102
Archival Data Attached Below.
Please Note: Going from yesterday’s last run at 47 open trails
to this update at 102/102 is fantastic news and a remarkable
achievement. We can not recall having ever recorded such a
dramatic restoration and we want to highlight this update for
that reason. More at Apres Ski.
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Recovery Mode - Day 2.
16cm’s Of Fresh Overnight Snowfall.
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Weather Notes:
As complex as the consequences are of the very mixed recent
weather profile, at least it’s warm by the standards of this winter,
so that single factor alone makes everything else much easier to
cope with. Additionally, one look at the long range 14 day makes
the onset of Spring seem quite evident.
Planning A Tremblant Spring Skiing Visit?
Oscillating temp ranges above/below Zero C tell you...
“Solid” mornings... “Soft” afternoons...
Get Your Skis/Board, Edges/Bases, Tuned Up NOW!
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Conditions Notes:
Of course... 16 cm’s of new snow is excellent news, even more-so
because anyone looking at the Weather Network hourly icons last
evening and seeing rain symbols, will be happy to know that there
was no rain at all and it was actually thickly falling, big, fat, snowflakes
for the entire time,
however... in the sense that even from a neutral previous position,
16cm’s is above the threshold of the 10cm single pass assimilation
standard of overnight grooming we have observed over decades,
and considering Mountain Crews were already in recovery mode from
freezing rain the day before, this is now a more challenging multi-layer
recovery project that has 2 distinct integration factors.
For these reasons, we would encourage patience on the part of
all Tremblant guests for the next couple of days as the scope
of restoration gradually expands the open terrain.
The guest group served best and earliest are Beginners who need
the most support in order to have a safe and positive first experience
on skis or board, so it is typical to find the most refined quality within
the traditional, reliable, dependable “Greens” such as Nansen, P’tit Bonheur,
Algonquin, Beauchemin Bas/Lower, Beauvallon Haut/Upper, Bas/Lower,
Roy Scott, La Passe, et al.
In our opinion, it will be a far greater a la carte scenario for Blue’s
and Black’s.
There will be a considerable degree of excellence, simultaneously
a considerable degree of evolving complexity, so generally we
think conditions will favour Experts because of the “Evolving” part.
16cm’s typically means that there can be lingering softness that
may be prone to traffic generated moguls, but it is also a relatively
quiet mid-week Tuesday, so with 75 Open trails to begin with, that
will definitely help to spread out the traffic circulation.
The group we want to encourage careful/cautious explorations for
are the Intermediates who should default to lower challenge levels
to warm up with before jumping into any deep or steep. Until there
is another day of grooming compaction, the forgiveness level is
reduced between speed and soft. What that means is that too much
speed entering into a soft bump zone can trip you up in a heartbeat,
so absolute speed control and forward awareness are essential
because the soft bits are not always visible within the running
contours of some descent paths.
Obviously it is the Sous Bois/Hors Piste/Un-Groomed zones
that are the most sensitive to Ski Patrol safety concerns and
that is reflected in the initial list of closed areas. The challenge
as far as we know is the underlaying sheet of frozen rain that
inhibits turning ability as skier/boarder weight has been sufficient
to break through it, but once ski tips or front of board are
below the ice sheet, it is very difficult to break them back out.
The force necessary to overcome leverage between your feet
and ski tips being held under by the ice sheet are immense,
and physically beyond most human output at any sustained
level.
For the time being, until the Ski Patrol certifies safe passage
elsewhere, we shall have to be content with the quality and
the challenge within the trails listed as open. There will be
substantial degrees of excellence and rewarding safe challenge
for all skill levels, and the scope of open terrain should see
increase overnight, maybe even during the day, today.
As major, major indicators of “Canaries In The Coal Mine”, hugely positive
signs of very quick recovery, we want to point out the Grooming icons
on Versant Nord/North Side trails #’s 64 and 66, Marie-Claude Asselin
and Le Tunnel as supreme elements of early recovery and refinement.
75/102(*) Open Trails on the Archival Copy of Official Open Trails,
Grooming, Snowmaking, Lift Status and Mountain Conditions
for March 8, 2022, Courtesy of Tremblant.ca
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------------------- 10:38 A.M. Insert Update: ------------------------
REVISED Open Trails To 102/102
Archival Data Attached Below.
102/102(*) REVISED Open Trails on the Archival Copy of Official Open Trails,
Grooming, Snowmaking, Lift Status and Mountain Conditions
for March 8, 2022, Courtesy of Tremblant.ca
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