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A Lot Of Tremblant Fans Decided To Spring Into Action
For Closing Day...




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“Joyous” might be a word that “Springs" To Mind.

Some Closing days feel somber as dedicated Ski/Board Fans
that are so attached to their sports face a 7 month lay-off... Not Today...

Conditions were spectacular, and we suspect that any of those
somber thoughts were simply blown away by the almost incredible
performance available on the wall-to-wall, summit-to-base, almost
glitch-free super spring snow surfaces.




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The range of Skill Level conditions from Beginner/Intermediate to Expert
was very well represented. From the silky smooth Nansen Haut, Upper,
and our Beauvallon Haut, Upper, Intermediate sample above, to
super steep Expo, there was enough of each respective level
to stay entertained or challenged all day long.

Experts may have had a slight advantage due to the fact that with solar heat
powered softness, mogul formations grew in depth and scope of coverage
quickly, once the morning firmness gave way to thaw. That was particularly
evident on the steeper pitches of the Intermediate and Expert terrain.








If you wrote a script for a movie about an ideal closing weekend,
it would be very difficult to come up with anything better than what
Mother Nature delivered here at Tremblant this year. In any spring skiing
scenario there is always a delicate balance between good speed/glide,
and warming, increasingly saturated snow, that can begin to exhibit
hydrodynamic frictional resistance commonly described as “Drag”,
however, that was never a significant issue in this case as 97% of
the Alpine Snow Sports Trail Network remained “Fast” throughout(!).

We say 97%, because there were some of the very lowest to base levels
trail run-outs that did get a bit mushy, but those were almost exclusively
on the flat portions that we don’t consider to be part of the “Slopes”.

((!)Please Note: Our skis have a base coating/wax for hydrophobic performance
that significantly reduces drag and enhances glide/speed. Google “Ski Waxing
Benefits” or similar, for this basic utility. If you can’t do it yourself, take your
Skis/Board to the Ski Shop at the Chalet Des Voyageurs, adjacent to the P1
Cabriolet Base.)



------- A Short Editorial On Closing Day. -----------

Closing Day is always a complex emotional experience for
passionate Skiers and Boarders who have the privilege of
participating over the length of a whole season, especially when
any given season is so abundantly blessed with 557cm’s of Snow.
So, while there was no “Somber” mood at Tremblant what-so-ever,
it did seem a bit strange for it to be even close to closing day with
nothing but “Snow White" in sight, still blanketing the whole Mountain.

In a sense, it would have been easier to take as closing day if it had been
the far more normal 3rd week in April where most of the snow at every
Ski Resort in Eastern North America is only left on trails, and the Sous Bois,
Bush Snow, is mostly gone on the lower half and spotty on the top.
At least then you can legitimately think it’s time to Spring Forward.
Usually, a lot of the snow is already melted, and it’s obvious the rest will
be gone soon, that makes acceptance easy.

It’s just about the opposite this year, its been snowing up ’til about 2 days ago,
there was snow in the Summit trees until literally noon today, so, as far as your
eyes want to tell you, it’s a very nice, mild, first week of March. It’s a subconscious,
Mid-Winter frame of Skiing/Boarding reference that is automatically set in your
mind when you are completely surrounded by so much snow.

Figuratively Speaking... we have to shed a tear to walk away when it looks
so fine. We also want to put this year in historical perspective, so those who
may look at these records while researching late season weeks conditions in
the future are not discouraged by the fact that typically, there might not be so
much Open. The point there is that regardless of the number of trails or the
total open square area, Mountain Crews at Tremblant optimize whatever can
be open, and you can count on that.

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With no pressure to motivate anyone for “Tomorrow”, we’ll be diverting
time to seasons-end chores, and we’ll build the Apres Ski file up gradually,
so for now, what we can tell you is that it was one of the best Closing Days
ever. Very weird to have so much snow around, yet be forced into thinking
you can’t come back for any of it. There may be good skiable terrain here
into the beginning of June?




------------------------ 6:34 A.M. Orig. Post ----------------------


64(*) Open Trails on the Last Official Day of the Ski Season at #Tremblant .


Are You Ready For This?




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There are some potential “Best Of Season” Trails out there
and this is the reason why:




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Twice in 48 hours we found ambient trail-side snowpack
at between 122 and 154 cm’s, 4 to 5 feet of snow within
the open terrain on April 19th and yesterday, the 21st.
The first time was near the peak of the Flying Mile sector,
the second, as you see above, within the Lowell Thomas
sector. This remarkable situation is the result of the second
highest seasonal snowfall accumulation in 21 years we have
stat’s for.


This Is The Last Day For This:




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We sure hope you’re here to take advantage of it, but if not,
it’s got to be an excellent reason for long distance Tremblant
Fans to think of future efforts to make an April trip to Tremblant
when any season gets near these totals.

This Is The Last Day For This:




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Regional and local Tremblant fans are used to great closing conditions
relative to each years unique profile, but certainly there have been
“I Can’t Remember When It Was Quite Like This” comments from
our local friends, and that simply adds to what we think should be
your motivation to be on some historically high quality and quantity
closing day conditions.

This Is The Last Day For This:




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The performance has run the complete range of Winter Firm to Spring Soft,
all in one day, and that should be a complete repeat today, with the exception
that the softness may be a wee bit quicker to reach saturation in some areas
as the temps are forecasted to get a couple of degrees warmer than yesterday.

This Is The Last Day For This:




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Weather Notes:






64(*) Open Trails on the Archival Copy of Official Open Trails,
Grooming, Snowmaking, Lift Status and Mountain Conditions
for April 22nd, 2018, Courtesy of Tremblant.ca



Unfortunately, The Last Day For This Too:




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Apres Ski Season, Apres Ski...


More April 22, 2018 Closing Day Scenes.

As a mark of winter’s durability, safe ice on Lac T for kite flying
qualifies quite well in our books, especially when it’s got a fresh
coat of beautiful white snow on it.




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The only give-away that there’s any “Spring” to see above is the
thinning bush snow on the low hill-side levels just above the Resort.

Surrounding Base-level ambient snow-pack remains very high
for this date, however, there are definite signs of thaw.




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Other than the short shadows of mid-day April, there’s almost
no indication of spring in this Expo Base shot below. Mogul fans
had to be thrilled with a finale like this!




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Expo is one of those trails that looks way easier than it actually is
from almost any POV, except when you are descending on it.
This detail shot begins to hint at the steepness and the mogul
sizes, but even then it looks tame here compared to a face-to-face
encounter!




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One run down this mogul staircase will turn most skiers quad muscles
into jello, but believe it or not, we know some crazy Expo Fans that
will spend nearly the entire day doing laps here.




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As you crest the Expo Quad to it’s peak, the top portion of Versant Nord
served by the Duncan Quad comes into view and it’s not hard to see
that there is wall-to-wall snow white mountain coverage.




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Below: Trail Surface Performance Detail.

Super soft carving traction was thrilling where speed
could be safely be used. When any genuine Expert looks
at the very evenly radius’d edge of this skiers pressured
outside ski, they’ll have a pretty accurate idea of both
95% of surface characteristics and 100% of the day’s fun!




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Below:

Check out the snow on the roof of the summit Grand Manitou lodge.
Almost every direction you can possibly look has these signs of winter
that defy the date.




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No doubt, the heat in both the air temp’s and the intensely bright sun
combined to generate top surface layer softness, however there was far
less “Drag” than we might have expected. When you scroll down to the
next pic. below this one, you’ll see speed was no problem...




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The sky was a very deep, deep blue, but there was a lot of snow in the air anyway!

Of course it almost goes without saying...

You’d have to be a Lunatic to miss these conditions
if there was any way you could go!




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It was an extraordinary Closing Day by any standards
and the conditions where so overwhelmingly fine that
you were very happily absorbed in the moment without
much thought of “Tomorrow”.

We ended up with over 400 pic’s taken just so we’d have
a good selection of “Best Of”, so more following as time permits.

Thanks for your visit!






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You Can Always Count On Tremblant
For Conditions That Make YOU Look Good!




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If you review the previous entries in this journal, you’ll see
that due to maintenance servicing on the Gondola and its cable,
access to McCulloch was restricted to entrance to the Summit
pitch via Trail # 17, “Dunzee”, descending diagonally in from the
left, originating from the La Crete/Vertige/Zig-Zag/Erik Guay
branch-off.

In the pic. above, that would be coming in from the left at the
TVG Quad tower next in line, up from tower 12 shown here.

Below is a close-up of Dunzee that shows it with very complete
coverage. The moguls on Dunzee are soft, but as usual, it’s the
narrow width and slightly concave cross-section that are the
real challenges using this connector.




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The pitch and narrow width of Dunzee can seem a bit intimidating
to those of lesser skill sets, so to a degree, that may have been acting
as a filter that kept McCulloch traffic lower than normal. The benefit
for those with the skills and confidence, was that McCulloch retained
superb surfaces with small, easy moguls, and very little evidence
of wear into the base.

(For a complete description of the McCulloch access,
including an annotated excerpt of the Official PDF.
Tremblant Trail Map showing Dunzee, please goto the
"4/19/18 Preliminary To 4/21, 4/22 Bonus Weekend”
entry of this Forums dated sequence.)

Random Closing Day Scenes and Notes...

Considering Lowell Thomas opened for the season on November 30th,
there was almost 5 months of this beautiful 1948 classic that was
very fine from start to finish.




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