T360 Mid-Evening Apres Ski Edit, Under Construct at 8:13 P.M.
Please forgive our optimistic enthusiasm this morning, but...
We were wrong on a few things...
and we were right on some other things...
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Aside from “Wrong” or “Right”...
Spectacular Views!
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The Part We Were Wrong On...
Evidently, there was far more freezing rain on some Sud, South Facing
Mountain Elevations than we got in the adjacent Old Village of Mt. Tremblant.
So, It was quite Icy in “places”(particularly Sud, South Side),
a lot more Icy than we thought it would be, and those icy bits
got decidedly bigger in dimension as the day progressed. Guest
Feedback included “Sheets of ice” references, however, there is
an inherent caution in the consideration of that criticism because
of one of the things we were right about, which is... it was very
“Technical” Skiing. “Technical” in this case refers to the absolute
necessity of remaining within Rated Skill Level Descents, i.e.,
“Green”, Beginners, “Blue”, Intermediate, and “Black”, Expert.
It was very quickly clear that there were many, many people on
terrain way above their Skill Level. People sliding sideways half-way
down steep pitches were not in control, people not in control streaking
in straight lines down steep pitches were missiles of potential collision
that were not capable of stopping or avoiding anything in their path... scary.
There was a clear contest between “Gravity” and “Grip”, and Gravity
was winning in too many cases.
We want to make it perfectly clear, if the "Slip-Sliding-Out-Of-Controllers"
were on slopes with less pitch, i.e., Blue’s or Green’s, instead of Black’s,
they would have had far less, to no problems at all. Please, Please
match actual Skill Levels to Terrain choice and if you are a legit Expert,
pro-actively help all your Intermediate and Beginner friends to use only
safe, easy enough pitches that they can maintain speed and direction
under control at all times.
No One Can Do Anything About Weather Factors So Dominant, but...
We must state that the fundamental Trail Quality of “Smooth” was
totally prevalent across the Groomed Terrain, so that was a tremendous
advantage. Anything, Everything, is soooo much easier when it’s Smooth,
especially if froze... but it’s still the responsibility of all individuals on the
Mountain to remain within limits of available control, and that control was
absent in a far too large group.
Standing Trail-Side to get Pic’s, you could clearly observe...
Sensible Folks were defaulting down a notch in steepness to remain
in control, Sensible Folks were going slowly and scanning pro-actively
to avoid “Close Encounters”.
What We Were Right About...
We also need to clearly state that we were Right about the availability
of “Very Fine Slopes”, of which there were many, many examples,
particularly on Versant Nord, the North Side, where there was noticeably
less icy and more pure snow.
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Our pick for Descent Path du Jour, Best Summit-To-Base Surface Quality
goes to P’tit Bonheur to Beauchemin Bas, Lower, at 90% great carving
snow surfaces.
Overall Perspective Summary:
Things Could Have Been A Lot Worse. We understand that some Ski
Areas to the South had hours and hours of rain and freezing rain, so
at least the exposure up North here at Tremblant was far less.
Looking at Tomorrow...
With an overnight low of -19C, we hope that Grooming will
be able to increase the scope of loose, soft, top layers on
Versant Sud, South Side Trails that had the most noticeable
icy bits.
Until experience verifies hope, we are strongly recommending
a one-level down Trail selection for all Intermediates and Experts
without fresh tuned gear because without proven Grip to offset
Gravity, Gravity Wins and the consequences can be very serious.
For Beginners, follow your Instructor to Nansen or P’tit Bonheur.
For Best Results: Bring Tuned Edges.
More Sun is great news, so Surfaces notwithstanding, the scenery
should be wonderful.
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95(*) Open Trails on the “Just Dodged A Bullet”(?), White Winter Slopes at #Tremblant .
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REVISED Open Trails @ 90(*), Data Attached Below.
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We Think Tremblant Just Escaped
The Worst Of The Nasty Weather.
The confirmation will be at Apres Ski, but so far, initial
visuals indicate very little effect.
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We think the adverse Weather of yesterday had far less
impact here than it did farther South, where things got
quite messy for a while, or... far less impact than it could
have had if the freezing rain had been as severe as the
potential indicated.
If that is indeed the case...
Then here is the basis for a Great Day Today!
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Above:
As Crude and Un-Scientific as it is(#)
We had several versions of this Lowell Thomas Trail-Side
Proof Of Snow, but we decide to run a sort of Cross-Sectional
POV as it shows the qualities of the depth of the current snow
accumulations that have all been Groomed into the immediately
adjacent Trail Surfaces. The highlight is the complete, undisturbed,
and uniform softness of the entire depth we can practically get
down to here, which is Drifted Snow about 102cm/40 inches deep.
(#) The Vertical Ski Pole in frame-right background is 120cm’s/48”.
We could be wrong, but..
If We Are Right About Favourable Conditions...
Then You Are Going To Be Able To
Point Your Skis Down Some Very Fine
Slopes Today...
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And There Are Always The Colours Of Fun!
No matter the Weather, Tremblant Skiers/Boarders
wear some of the brightest Colours Of Fun!
This was a spontaneous long Telephoto, so
a bit “Soft” on focus/detail, but we love
the Splash of Brightness in a generally
grey day!
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Otherwise, if the Weather has had any overnight effect,
it might make the Skiing a bit more Technical, but especially
on the Groomed, there will still be loads of Great Skiing
anyway. We think the worst might be some granular
coarseness if the Sleety stuff built up after 4:30. Frankly,
we think chances of that are remote. Even if there was a
lot more frozen crust than expected, we still think Grooming
would render that out within a couple of overnights.
Weather Notes:
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Conditions Notes:
We were physically on the Mountain for Last Run at 3:55 P.M.
and at that stage the precipitation was no more than very
small diameter, Sleety, Icy, Snow Pellet, only a fraction of a
Millimetre. The worst that did was to generate both a really
thin crusty coating on garment fronts and vision/goggle
lens issues for the last two runs. It was possible to run with
goggles up at low speed without much naked eye discomfort,
so that’s the way we finished up on the very last run of Nansen.
Otherwise, the entire day was very close to flawless Carving on
the Groomed Terrain across all Skill Level Ratings.
The Un-Groomed, Hors Piste, Glade, Sous Bois, et al, was busy
with traffic, so moguls were obvious, but coverage is equally
obvious, so hazards are fewer with seasonal totals closing in
on the 400cm’s mark.
95(*) Open Trails on the Archival Copy of Official Open Trails,
Grooming, Snowmaking, Lift Status and Mountain Conditions
for Feb. 12th, 2018, Courtesy of Tremblant.ca
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REVISED Open Trails @ 90(*), Data Attached Below.
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90(*) REVISED Open Trails on the Archival Copy of Official Open Trails,
Grooming, Snowmaking, Lift Status and Mountain Conditions
for Feb. 12th, 2018, Courtesy of Tremblant.ca
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Page under construction, however it appears
as though we may have missed the most nasty
part of the last 24hr.s.
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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