T360 Apres Ski Edit Under Construct @ 8:53 P.M.
Sorry for the delay in Apres Ski, unexpected minor ISP issues...
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There were three areas of Excellence within the Limited Open Terrain today.
The First Area of Excellence is a Generalized Conditions Reference
which is the absolutely impeccable Smoothness of the Open Terrain.
We kid you not, “Smooth” with a Capital “S” barely begins to credit
the complete reliability of seamlessly flowing snow surfaces.
The second and third areas of Excellence were the specific Lower portions
of both Versant Nord, North Side, Beauchemin Bas, and Versant Sud,
South Side, Nansen Bas that both had spectacular Grip and Speed.
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If you were not having Mega-Carving fun on these two sectors, you need to
check your pulse because all the expectations of poor weather were simply
blown away by the performance that became very quickly apparent. To
those with un-tuned edges, it may have seemed icy, to those with Sharp,
Tuned Edges, the Open Terrain came Alive with the Speed Potential and with
virtually Zero Traffic, Nansen Bas, Lower, would hold enough lateral grip to put
your inside elbow on the ground through every turn. A Full-Tilt, Tight10M Slalom,
Carving Run on Nansen Bas, Lower, will turn your Quads into Jello.
Better Than Any Gym On The Planet. Period.
Carve This For Rep’s, if you can...
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That is not to say that there wasn’t great performance at Summit Levels
too, there was, but there was more firmness in the upper levels, so in
balance, the soft edge-set capability of the slightly warmer lower sections
just allowed a greater commitment to weighting the carving skis for those
“Hook Up ’N Go” Arch-Ripping turns that give Expert Skiers Ear-To-Ear Smiles!
It should also be noted that there was Fresh Snowfall covering the whole
Mountain. We would estimate about 10cm’s or so. The coverage favoured
the Lower North Side, but there was some everywhere.
Very plain to see there was Fog. We need to tell you that we did not see or feel
so much as a single drop of rain and we finished Last Run on Nansen as dry as
bone, in the total comfort of temps at around +2C.
All this tremendous fun was shared by a very small group. Minutes would
go by with no one in sight and considering how much fun it was, you had
to ask yourself... Where Is Everyone?
A Perfectly Classic Example Of Exactly Why You Never Close The Door
On Potentially Great Skiing At Tremblant... regardless of what the forecasters
are saying.
Limited Open Terrain for sure, but what was available was,
All Weather Factors Considered... Really, Really Fine!
If there was a functional issue today, that might have been Vision
for some people who had inappropriately dark Goggle lens. For us,
no issue at all due to the use of Yellow Curved Lens Safety Glasses
that restore contrast in very grey, foggy light.
Regarding Tomorrow...
You need to review the Weather Notes in the Orig. Post below.
Supposed to be Sunny, But... Basically, it’s going down to -13C overnight,
after being up at +1C(Summit) this afternoon. It’s not hard to understand
that “Firmness” may be present.
If possible, Do Your Edges...
Properly prepared, there will be Excellence in Tomorrows
Surfaces, and we know from todays experience that
Mountain Crews are going to give Skiers/Boarders a
Huge initial Advantage with “Smooth” as a Great Starting Point!
-------------------- 7:59 A.M. Orig. Post ---------------------
23(*) Open Trails on Safety Reduced List after freezing rain over snowfall at #Tremblant .
Evidently, the hopeful Weather Scenario we imagined
last night for "All Snow” at cooler Mountain elevations,
did not work out quite the way we anticipated...
However, we must say that it is far better than the rain
event may areas to the South have received. At least with
freezing rain, there is not the erosive action that occurs
with rain alone. Freezing rain may be inconvenient for a
short period of a day or two, but typically, once ground up
by Grooming, it can often be integrated into the top layers
with an almost transparent net result.
Yesterday we found a lot of the good snow on the Trail sides
where there frequently you could find bands of soft, loose,
very good Skiing that were between 5 and 10 metres wide
for the entire descent.
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We’re not sure where that good skiing will be yet today, but...
there will be good skiing out there somewhere and our mission
is going to be to find it, document it, and prove that it is indeed there.
We have written here for a decade that if the Mountain is Open, there
will always be great skiing somewhere within that Open Terrain and
that theory has yet to be proven wrong, regardless of weather.
We do not expect today to be an exception.
Weather Notes:
At Least The Future Looks Bright!
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Conditions Notes:
In An Odd Coincidence...
Yesterday, we focused on Nansen and later on in Apres Ski,
on P’tit Bonheur, as “Goto” Trail References of dependable,
reliable, Surface Quality examples.
Guess what?
“Goto” the Open Trail List Below... Told ya’...
Otherwise... There are way too many “Wild Cards” in the mix
today to be predictably accurate, so other than the fundamental
descents of Nansen and P’tit Bonheur/Beauchemin Bas, Lower,
(which we think should be safe bets all day), there could be unknown
changes to the Open Trail List by the minute or hour.
CONSULT WITH MOUNTAIN INFO. SKI CREWS.
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Tremblant Info.Ski Crews Are Always The Most
Dependable Source Of Real-Time Mountain Intelligence.
23(*) Open Trails on the Archival Copy of Official Open Trails,
Grooming, Snowmaking, Lift Status and Mountain Conditions
for Jan. 23rd, 2018, Courtesy of Tremblant.ca
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Archival REVISED Open Trail List for this date.
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"We’re not sure where that good skiing will be yet today, but...
there will be good skiing out there somewhere and our mission
is going to be to find it, document it, and prove that it is indeed there."
More later in an Early Edition Apres Ski,
with any luck, before 7:00 P.M. EST...
Links and not-so-fine print:
http://www.tremblant.ca
What’s The Use? Research Benefits of this Archive: http://tinyurl.com/gp5vjps
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Understanding Trail Counts - http://alturl.com/n54py http://www.tremblant.ca/mountain/trailmap-e.htm
http://www.tremblant.ca/galleries/webcams/index-e.htm
http://translate.google.com/translate_t ... =fr&tl=en#
http://www.theweathernetwork.com/weather/CAQC0360
Forum Index: http://alturl.com/r4cco
Bring Back The Memories... 
Research Future Visits... If you would like to look up dates you visited Tremblant, or you
want to research days/weeks/months to visit, you can sample what
they look like historically, month by month, year by year.
GoTo: Archive, Search Reports by Date: Index: http://tinyurl.com/yktelmu
When reviewing dates from any of the past, numbered, archived pages,
you can use the "Previous Topic" or "Next Topic" buttons, located
screen far right, in upper date/message bar to scroll through sequential
dates, or use your browsers "back" button to stay on the selected index
page for non-sequential date reviews in either forward or reverse order.
There are approximately 6, 25 day Index pages per season.
(
If you "Bookmark" the link above, it will always take you to theFirst index page with the latest posts. That gives you an immediate,
current to 25 day past, review scroll of Winter Alpine Conditions by
consecutive date.)
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