102/102(*) Open Trails At #Tremblant.
First Day Of 100% OPEN!
But... maybe, depending on what the actual
weather experience is over the next 18 hours,
there could be temporary changes to the Open
trail status count for either later today or
especially tomorrow.
Weather Notes:
Nice and easy right now, but the weather is going
to become the news very shortly as a return of the
Polar Vortex is making it’s way into the East Coast
region and it’s going to have effects all the way to
Florida.
For us, it’s just another great authentic winter
experience and it’s going to be an additional
component of long term seasonal durability
as all injected cold into the conical, core mass
of the Mountain, becomes stored refrigerant
for timed release in late March into April.
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Conditions Notes:
Generally:
Thick heavy abundant fresh snowfall can generate
challenge above standard trail ratings due to
lofty uncompressed softness prone to tracking
or early and quickly forming mogul formations.
Start with low slope/pitch angel gentle terrain
and warm up throughly before working up in
steepness. Start with easy and be mindful of
quickly evolving patterns to stay safely within
your range of skills.
For confident learners, there are fantastic
opportunities to build skills but just be aware
that it’s delicate balance between speed and
control so go slow to begin with anywhere you’re
taking on new steepness.
Caveat: Anywhere you can’t clearly see below
a contour or crest, slow way down or stop
because just below where you can’t see is
exactly where the biggest moguls can happen
and too much speed going into big ramps
can send you skyward.
In The Groomed:
Exceptional fresh snowfall quality but surfaces
may tend to be soft to the point where forgiveness
is reduced in places as edge sets may sink in due to
loft that is not fully packed out yet.
There has been 20cm’s of new snow in 48 hours and
typically ideal groomed compaction occurs in a single
pass at around 10cm’s, so it may take a day or two
before some of the steeper slopes achieve groomed
surface density that holds more durable smoothness.
In The Sous Bois/Hors Piste/Glades and Un-Groomed:
We generally consider anywhere around an accumulated
attainment of 300cm’s as mark for what we’d call
“seasonal maturity”, so not only will the 30cm’s of new
snow in the last 3 days be extraordinary fun for genuine
Experts, but the overall Sous Bois forgiveness level shoots
upward as hazards get truly buried under the most recent
rapid and deep coverage.
The thrills and challenge may now be found in wind-shaped
contour drifting where we can tell you for a fact that there
will be powder lines that will exceed the Official new snow
depths by up to double because of the way the wind vortices
generate backfilling, lee-side deposits of deep snow.
However... This is not the high altitude light powder of
Revelstoke B.C. and at elevation temps just under Zero C,
the internal humidity is typically much higher making it
heavier on a per-cubic-unit basis, so it will likely be genuine
heavy workout snow and therefore may demand higher
levels of muscle reserve.
Watch out for fatigue thresholds that may be reached
suddenly and without a lot of advanced notice. Muscle
demands may peak quicky in cycles working through
variable thickness so enthusiasm needs to be tempered
with self-awareness for energy reserves and respect
for absolute safety.
Take lots of refuelling breaks, stay properly hydrated
and watch out for lactic acid buildup that can make
differences in muscle responsiveness literally in moments.
Otherwise, for legitimate well conditioned Experts...
Have Fun And Go Nuts!
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