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T360 Way After Mid-Night, Apres Ski @ 2:30 A.M.

We had every intention of a full featured Apres Ski with the
final Pic from Sacha Leclair, however....

We experienced Significant Tremblant Regional Road Travel Delays Caused
By Blowing and Drifting Snow, Un-Plowed Highways, very reduced visibility,
to almost Nil at times, and very slow moving Elder-Traffic. All have consumed
time far beyond the normal Transit Times typical for this neck of the woods,
Delays measured in Hours

Thank Goodness for 8,000 Deg. Kalvin, H.I.D. Headlights!
No Salt Added, No Sand Added, Just Un-Plowed, Pure, White Snow Winter Driving!

Absolutely exhausted, so please bear with us ’til Morning, Thanks!, However...

Please Note: “Too Snowy for Safe Road Transit =
Difficult/Challenging Photography...
But Also = Excellent Skiing Boarding!

You Know What That Means... Play Hooky, Get Lost, Take A Hike, Move on
Down the Road.... But Get Your Butt To Tremblant tomorrow if you can!!!

Plus...
ALLOW EXTRA TRANSIT TIME FOR
MORNING TREMBLANT ACCESS HIGHWAYS.

------------------ 8:57 A.M. Orig. Post -------------------


33(*) Open Trails on South and North Sides at #Tremblant.

Imagine this is how your day starts at Tremblant...
Today we are featuring the Field Reporting efforts of Sacha Leclair.

Yesterday morning’s very fine Open Terrain story was over-shadowed by the
Unique Atmospheric Parhelia Phenomenon, also referred to as “SunDogs”, which
we will look at in more depth later on.
For the immediate concern of Skiers/Boarders who are simply interested in
todays conditions though, the functionally important information in Sacha’s
Field Notes is this:

"Conditions were top notch with very little glitches. The best I've experienced
this season. Devils River was run of the day in my opinion with again stellar
conditions and very minimal traffic.”

This “Best Of” reference should continue on for today and the foreseeable future
as the Mountain has remained consistently Sub-Zero over recent days and with the
incremental improvement of overnight Grooming, Surface Refinement occurs
on an escalating basis.
Stable Sub-Zero’s without recent “Thermal” input from Mother Nature allows
Mountain crews to generate finer and finer, as in smaller and smaller Surface Particle
size for both a more uniform coefficient of friction over any descent path, but also
a better blend of the Blown and Natural Snow components in the overall mix
of the top layers we Ski or Board over.

Additionally, we think that any residual or lingering moisture that may have been
present due to the recent closeness of the ambient temps to just under the freezing
mark, will be aerated out to the atmosphere by the surface agitation of the Groomers,
rendering an overall dryer top layer.

Consequently, as Very Fine as Yesterday was, Today should be that One Notch Up
for those very fortunate Alpine Snow Sport Participants at Tremblant now.

There is no doubt about the impressive display of the Parhelia “Sun Dog”
Atmospheric Display. Here’s a repeat from last nights Apres Ski and...
we still have one more of Sacha’s Great Pic’s to process and include in that later on.
Below: This is the generally accepted observational description of the Parhelia
“Sun Dog” atmospheric phenomenon.
Todays Weather Notes:

Overcast, Daytime High of -2C, with light to moderate Easterly Breezes, so coming
up the Mountain from over the Lowell Thomas Sector and headed over the Summit
towards McCulloch. It should stay like this pretty much right through to Last Run.

Possible Fog, Reduced Vision, Yellow Lens Advisory...
Bring ‘em with you, just in case...

At this comparatively Mild South Base Sub-Zero, we would expect the Summit Temp’s
too be around -6C --> -7C, so a very easy early Winter day with every potential
of another notch up “Best Of” Ski/Board Performance.

FRESH SNOWFALL ADVISORY: Fresh Snowfall is expected to commence
this eve., at between 10:00 P.M. and Mid-night. Recent precipitation models
have varied over the past 48 hours, but the possibility is anywhere from
a Stat Total of 6 to 12 CM. The winds are forecasted to stay Easterly, but
may increase slightly in speed overnight so there’s more potential for
some nice fill-in on the whole Mountain, but with a bias towards North
Summit Sectors

33(*) Open Trails on the Archival Copy of Official Open Trails,
Grooming, Snowmaking and Lift Status for December 16, 2014,
Courtesy of Tremblant.ca

scroll ----->>> for complete data display If it’s at all possible, give yourself an Early Christmas Present in
the form of a Day or Days at Tremblant this week.

Make Time And Enjoy!


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http://www.tremblant.ca/mountain/trailmap-e.htm

http://www.tremblant.ca/galleries/webcams/index-e.htm

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