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---------- Late Night Apres Ski Edit, Under Construct At 10:58 P.M. -----------------


All the performance improvements in compacted, groomed smoothness
and speed/glide were there, pretty much exactly the way we expected. We
talk about the natural speed in the original post below and we think the
increase we got today was indeed due to last night’s super-chill. As far as
the smoothness, this is the reliability that Tremblant guests can count on
after every major snowfall event. With such a large single addition, it can take
an extra day or so to get everything ideally compressed and that was today.



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It All Starts At The Top!



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If Your Preference Runs To Un-Groomed/Moguls...


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More detail in morning, including a Sous Bois/Glade/Hors Piste “Proof Of Snow”
but today was great and we’re super-happy to see the “Speed” back!




------------------- 5:49 A.M. Orig. Post -----------------------



102/102(*) Open Trails on all 4 Sectors at #Tremblant .



Tremblant Is Absolutely Beautiful.



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The new snow is still fairly thick, however with last nights grooming cycle,
we expect a lot of what you see below here from yesterday on Versant
Nord/North Side Sissy Schuss, should be groomed to greater levels of
compacted surface density. If/where that grooming has occurred, the
chances of all-day durable smoothness go way up.



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In the mean-time, anybody that had any doubts about the value of Skiing as
a calorie burning aerobic workout got a slap of reality as the thickness in
the surfaces definitely placed a significant demand on outright muscle power.





Weather Notes:


Obviously easier this afternoon, but we have to say that we do
appreciate these little “Cold Snaps” when they can be expected
to facilitate snow surface performance characteristics as we
discuss below in the Conditions Notes for today.

Otherwise, it certainly appears as though there may be a little
warm spell coming up as a prelude to “Spring”?

Please Note: There is a significant temperature inversion
between Sud/South Resort Base and the warmer Summit
this morning by up to 6 degrees C. With the Base at -23 C
and the Summit at -17 C, there is a noticeable difference,
at least to begin with. We would expect that to work to
more even levels by about 11:00 A.M. when sun and wind
are likely to mix up the air strata.







Conditions Notes:


Overall, conditions are excellent due to the almost seamlessly connected
network of Groomed trails and the new levels of abundance in the seasonal
totals that now benefit the Sous Bois/Glades/Hors Piste and Un-Groomed.

Since the major 22cm’s single snowfall event of the night-before-last, today
is “Day 2” of the grooming cycles that should see substantial improvements
in the compaction rates within the Groomed inventory. Particularly in the “Green”,
easiest trail category, there should be a more ideal level of surface density that
is firmer, with less “Loft” in the top layer, so less likely to show tracking ridges
or have traffic generated mogul formations. Below is one sample of soft tracking
from yesterday morning on Versant Nord/North Side Beauchemin.



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It will still be important, for at least this one more day, to match actual skill
level with appropriate terrain rating. The softness you can see above that can
eventually build moguls or irregular tracking ridges, may be most noticeable
on steeper slopes. Beginners and Intermediates need to be careful in defaulting
to lower challenge first, in order to verify safe control capability before attempting
steeper challenges.


Something we have meant to mention previously, but forgot
to include for the past two days is the higher than average friction
levels in the recent snowfall. We think this may have been due to
the proximity to the very warmest closeness to Zero C, combined
with 100% humidity, that gave it a noticeable sense of resistance
under skis. That was not bad though, because that little bit of natural
braking made steeper challenges easier.

The point of bringing that up now is that with an overnight low
over Mountain Elevations somewhere between -17 C and -23 C,
that quick cryogenic cold-shock could be the thing that “cooks”
out the internal humidity in a Mother Nature “freeze-drying” process,
and we maybe, possibly, could, probably, might see a return of
higher rates of inherent speed in the Groomed trail surfaces.
For the most part if, if, if that occurred, it would be felt simply
as better “Glide” characteristics. Where that would be commonly
noticed, for only one example, would be the plateau on Mi-Chemin,
Trail # 9, between Nansen and the TGV Quad Base. For the past two
days, traversing this plateau on Skis has required multiple skating
strides and/or the use of poles for pushing, for Snowboards, it has
been only “Foot-Out” propulsion. When the “Glide” factor is better,
traversing that plateau can often be done without any significant effort,
simply on the residual speed coming off the pitch from the Nansen/Mi-Chemin
intersection.

We could be wrong, but it is our hope to report back at Apres Ski,
either way. Our experience has been that the single largest chance
for “Glide” improvement is the dominant hand of Mother Nature,
the only single force large enough to alter fundamental physical
properties of snow surface performance over the entire Mountain
in a handful of overnight hours.

It should be noted that glide characteristics are relative in both
time and performance. If you were not here yesterday, you might
not know there was any difference. If you were here only yesterday,
you might not know any difference. If you are here for multi-days,
weeks, months, etc., or if you are Regional/Local frequent flier, you
might probably notice a difference, however, as noted above, it is
important to acknowledge the advantages of low glide when it comes
to easier and even safer descents on steeper pitches with enhanced
natural speed control.(#)


Traffic conditions today and over the weekend are unpredictable
due to the combination of Covid-19 factors. It is somewhat likely
there may be lift-lines because of all the extra spacing that’s required,
however, so-far, that has never translated into trail crowding. It seems
as though the overall attendance numbers are lower than normal just
judging by how uncrowded the slopes always seem to be.

Two things for sure, for personal and group health concerns, you need
to be ready to be well masked and very patient in the lines, when necessary.





102/102(*) Open Trails on the Archival Copy of Official Open Trails,
Grooming, Snowmaking, Lift Status and Mountain Conditions
for February 26, 2021, Courtesy of Tremblant.ca


(#)On a personal note, we would generally favour higher glide because
we enjoy both the low-friction “Floating” or “Flowing" sensations that
seem to occur in linear topographical descents with higher inherent
speed levels, as well as the ability execute almost all control moves over
lower-friction surfaces with less forceful effort. Maybe that’s an “Experts”
preference???, i.e., Experts may want all the natural speed they can get
and prefer to control braking with technique rather than surface
resistance??? On the flip-side, the only time your author here skis Zig-Zag
or Vertige would be days when they’re easy with fresh high-friction snow.




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