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Yesterday’s Thick And Heavy,
Will Be Todays Groomed And Heavenly!
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A Late Seasonal Game Changer.
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Due a rare set of circumstances(#), here’s a bit of an odd
anecdote to put yesterdays big snowstorm in perspective...
Comments discussed Apres Ski in the Versant Nord/North Side
P-Nord zone:
Banzai Bas/Lower was easier than P’tit Bonheur!
(#) Banzai Bas/Lower was re-set groomed to quite close
to smoothly perfect, P’tit Bonheur had direct wind-tunnel
facing exposure and was covered in thick, choppy, traffic
generated tracking. (Comments made by experienced
Tremblant Expert regulars and framed within respective
rated skill level references for the named trails.)
What made yesterday feel thick and heavy was the way it
got tracked up and made moguls, lumpy clumps and
washboard effected descent lines, not the way it fell.
It fell as a very light, fluffy and lofty cold-formed genuine
winter, big crystal snowflake.
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Here’s the detail:
The ski closest to the bottom of the frame was horizontally
dropped from our standard 1 foot/30cm’s height to test and
illustrate the loft in the new snowfall, the second ski that shows
it’s 160 cm length on its tail was set in place as gently as possible
in order to act as a measurement scale reference. The horizontal
148 cm ski pole was set as gently as possible on the surface and sank
into the snow the way you see it under its own weight. The vertical
ski pole that has the top of its handle parallel with the snow surface
was plunged into the ambient snowpack here and could have been
pushed further downward but we left it visible for visual recognition.
Tremblant Versant Nord/North Side Lowell Thomas Sector
Open Sous Bois Zone Proof Of Snow Summary:
A vey light authentic Eastern powder snow crystal that has
tremendous loft but close to zero weight bearing capacity
and represents a high level of “Workout” effort simply by
volume and the consequent muscle required to offset the
resistance generated by deep or thick accumulations.
In this particular location there are deeply wind-shaped
fresh snowfall deposits of up to 60 cm’s/2 feet however we
could not plunge a Ski into the snowpack because under
all the recent fresh, there still exists a complete ice sheet
membrane from the March 11th freezing rain episode(@) and
we could not physically push the bindings or ski brake through
that barrier. It was only after repeated stabs with the ski pole
that we were able to punch through to get under the ice sheet.
We would estimate the ambient snow pack here at roughly “+/-"
180cm’s/6 feet of snow.
It Is Not Like This Everywhere, BUT... The fact that it exists
anywhere on March 23 of any season is a fantastic reality for
Tremblant Sous Bois fans who still have some sweet prospects
for Spring Skiing to look forward to.
(@) The freezing rain/ice sheet will become a mute point
when Spring temps. cycle upwards to the point of assimilation
into the remaining base, but in the meantime, we actually think
it may be acting as a beneficial thermal barrier/lock keeping this
zone’s Sous Bois substrates, durably, sustainably, super-chilled
for the foreseeable future.
Weather Notes:
The way the forecasted temp’s seem to bump along just
around Zero C with solid overnight lows is marvelous
for late March, especially when you consider that the
typical -4C over elevations may keep conditions up
on the trail network nicely separated from solar energy
that will probably build during late afternoon’s at base
levels.
So-far, great prospects for more snow too!
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Fly Under The Radar Excellence:
Here is a story that needs to be told because it is one of the most
unique skiing attributes of Tremblant’s distinct geophysical profile,
not to mention it is one of the most scenically gorgeous Boreal forest
locations on Planet Earth.
What we say...
“Only Mother Nature Can Shape Granite To Flow Like A River”
and...
“Keep An Eye Out For This Ultimate Tremblant Terrain Refinement”.
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Versant Nord/North Side Trail # 64 is not shown as groomed,
however the evidence shown above speaks for itself as it is
obviously has had a grooming levelling reset, which it desperately
needed because of the very large, very irregular bumps it had
that did not have rhythm. It is our observation that the big
irregular bumps evolve from the different forms mechanical
snow displacements that come from skis and boards. If bumps
are shaped by skiing patterns, they tend to form in a cross-hatch
pattern that you commonly see on a World Cup Mogul course
where they build those shapes in. Board turn wear tends to push
snow outward and “Falling Leaf” survival technique shaves snow
off the tops and generates sharp lateral ridges. Over weeks, these
differences set up what amounts to, a conflict of pattern formation
within the narrow boundaries of these trails that is not ideal for anyone.
As of now, and every time it happens within the trio of trail #’s 64/65/66,
Marie-Cladue Asselin/Banzai/Le Tunnel respectively, that is totally fixed,
because...
What you can see above by the scale of 160cm’s Atomic Sl’s, is that
variably between .5 and a full meter of freely available trail-edge
snow has been harvested to be redistributed over the width and
length of this trail for a completely level, super smooth reset.
Suddenly, and wonderfully, these trails become beautifully
easy and usable on a virtually glitch-free basis for 100 X’s
more guests than they were 48 hours ago.
Symbolic of the highest levels of Tremblant terrain refinement,
"Though They Be Small, Their Significance Be Huge...”
Conditions Notes:
In The Groomed:
A “Night And Day” difference where today is extraordinarily
fine with vast tracts of groomed refinement that will feel
like we’re on a different planet compared to the thick snow
storm tracking that was prevalent in many sectors yesterday.
In The Sous Bois/Hors Piste/Glades and Un-Groomed:
Select excellence with nearly infinite wild-cards of
adventure everywhere open.
The individual characteristics are highly variable,
but all from the basic position of having great
natural reserves for this date in the season.
The overnight low temps in the long range forecast
indicate extended durability through the rest of March
and even if/when they start to climb there should be
what we call thermal momentum for several days to
a week after any significant rise, so there are really
good prospects for Sous Bois Spring Skiing Fans, right
through to the end of the season.
Of course, earlier is better than later for the widest
ranges of Open terrain, so plan to get out as much
as possible and as soon as you can.
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