T360 Prime Time Apres Ski Edit, Under Progressive Assembly At 8:04 P.M.
This will give you three primary insights into Tremblant Today,
1) Beautiful Scenery,
2) Fabulous Early Season Skiing And Boarding.
3) OPEN Ski-Out To Versant Sud/South Side Resort Base!!!
Today is why you choose Tremblant for great early season conditions.
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There were some extraordinary advances in open trail quality today.
The super-chill, very windy blend of weather, combined with grooming
generated some real gems of near mid-winter quality, overnight. One
great example was P’tit Bonheur. It was velvet-smooth and Ferrari-fast,
a very noticeable contrast in both speed and control from the traffic stress
it had been prone to in previous days.
Today, P’tit Bonheur was as good as you might find any day in February,
in a purely functional way. For sure, in Feb. there will be a ton more
snow evident everywhere, but it will ski then, much the way it did
today, with superb tractive grip, outstanding smoothness, and
lightning speed.
We think our theory about yesterdays heavy, wet, construction
grade snowfall being a good structural strata component into
the base, is exactly what has happened. Grooming integrated it,
and Mother Nature baked a whole freeze-dried cake last night
with “Cool” and “Windy”.
The Ski-Out to the Resort Base via Beauvallon Bas/Lower and
Johannsen was also excellent. More on that in the morning,
but suffice to say, no more downloading on the Gondola, you
now have full and free Versant Sud/South Side, Summit-To-Base,
Resort village access at Tremblant.
On the other hand, the Lowell Thomas trail itself, was
as solid as a 10 year old block of Swiss cheese... It needs a
second course of grooming to get some softer to layers, but
in the meantime, it is as smooth as your kitchen table. It’s
not really icy, just dense. Without good edges, you’d be
prone to thinking it was icy, but it is not clinically icy.
You can fully edge-set on it, but it’s very highly compressed,
quite near solid characteristics, combined with the gravity
of the Summit level pitches are enough to cause blow-out
if your speed is not constantly in check. If you’re a “F.I.S.”
level skier, with “F.I.S.” rated skis, you might think it was prime
for course setting.
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All the solid, and some icy bits that were in Beauchemin Bas/Lower, have
been totally rendered out by grooming tillers, but it has left it in a chunky
state and it will respond very well to tonight’s grooming shift, as well as
more skier/boarder traffic.
All in all, considering the flash-freeze last night, a great outcome with
some genuinely superb sectors of wonderful performance. Tomorrow is
day-2 of this chill cycle, so typically, there’s a big jump in refinement
everywhere with the second pass.
Apres Ski Conditions Summary:
More trails, improving conditions...
It’s literally getting better every day.
-------------- 7:27 A.M. Orig. Post -----------------
16(*) Open Trails On Summit-To-Base Sud/South and Nord/North Sectors At #Tremblant .
These Are The Open Trail Numbers We’ve Been Looking For.
Lowell Thomas Sector Opening!!
Ski-Out To Sud/South Resort Base!!
This Is The Open Access We’ve Been Looking For.
Thank You Mountain Op’s!!!
The Newly Opened Versant Sud/South Side Nansen!
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Unfortunately, due to a combination of thick snow-cloud fog,
plus thick, heavy, wet snowfall, photography of yesterdays
newly opened terrain was at best limited, and in the Versant
Nord/North Side case where the wind driven snow plastered
everything, including camera, in seconds, virtually impossible.
That was an easy, "happy problem" though, because compared
to the rainy forecast that evidently freaked out at lot of recreational
Skier/Boarder folks who did not come out, all it did was snow over
the open Mountain elevations, and we had a wet-n’-wild fun day
of early season lapping exercise.
It’s not hard to see that Mother Nature is filling in the blanks.
We can not Ski Andy Moe yet, but passing by on the way to
P’tit Bonheur, this is the only clear Nord/North pic we got,
but it’s still useful in that you can get a look at the big
differences that the natural snowfall events are adding to
the building snowpack, especially at Summit levels.
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Above:
It looks like early winter because it is early winter,
and sooner or later, whenever trails like Andy Moe
do open, they are going to be very good, right from
the beginning because of that. If you are planning
a Tremblant Christmas/New Year Holiday visit, this
is one of the very best indicators you can see for the
quality of future trail openings.
Today is already 100% more photogenic than yesterday,
it’s windy, but sunny, at least so-far, so we do expect to
get a far better array of pic. updates for posting at Apres Ski.
Hope to see you back here later on for that. In the meantime,
if you can plan to go skiing or boarding soon, don’t waist
a moment debating, just toss your gear in the vehicle and
be ready to go ASAP. Both the access and open trail variety
have expanded dramatically in recent days and it’s time to
get out and activate those dormant Ski Muscles!!!
Weather Notes:
So far, and on a general level, we would have to say that
the early, pre-season forecast models of an early winter
onset have been realized. With very few exceptions that
can only be measured in a few hours, or by a degree or
two, the Summit of Tremblant has been Sub-Zero C since
November 1, 2021.
It is still “Fall”, so while it is totally normal to have some
occasional warm bits, we are fortunate to have had the
degrees of early frost into the Mountain and regardless
of small or short thermal intrusions, the foundational
elements are solidly in place to ensure the basic support
for great conditions anytime you can get here.
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Another Storm Is On The Way.
Please Note: As a policy, we publish all weather warnings
when they are available, however it is far too early to tell
how this will work out in BOTH temperature and precipitation.
In our opinion, there is potential for downward influence
on the temp’s side which could greatly impact the form
of Mountain elevation precip. Driving will likely be messy
in any event. Stay tuned...
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Conditions Notes:
Today marks the first day of the new season that the ultimate
access utility of Ski-Out to both Versant Sud/South Side Resort
Base, and Versant Nord/North Side Base are open.
The very early morning status of some of the new terrain is
“Progressive”, so it may be an hour or three before the ropes
finally come down, but we do expect any of those delays to
be very brief as Mountain Crews will be anxious to allow access
as soon as possible.
The whole Mountain got up to +1 C for a handful of
hours, and the new snowfall was very, very wet and heavy,
so with the overnight drop in temps back down to well
below Zero at roughly -11 C at the Summit, you are going
to need edges that are sharp in order to optimize grip
for safe navigation.
Edge-set performance will be directly proportional to the
timing of grooming in relation to the temperature drop.
Areas that have received the most grooming after the
temps went Sub-Zero C will probably be obvious by
greater depths of rendered loose top-layers. We would
be willing to bet that there will have been high priorities
placed on “Green” Beginner trails, so both Nansen and
P’tit Bonheur should be very fine. Other zones that may
show considerable grooming refinements are those that
may get multiple passes because they are access trails
to other trails or sectors. Versant Nord/North Side
Beauchemin Bas/Lower is a typical example.
Explore carefully on all your first descents. Do not
assume the trails will be the same around the next
corner, or on both sides. Conditions at the beginning
of the season can be highly variable, look for patterns
and use caution with speed until you are completely
confident on your terrain selections.
Please Note: Snowmaking indicated for Nansen Bas/Lower.
Fantastic news for all concerned. A legitimate Beginner
pathway to the Sud/South Resort Base is always a milestone
development in the evolution of every season. Nansen
Bas/Lower is the key to “Easy” for all Beginners as it
eliminates the difficulty of the complex terrain around
the TGV Quad base, so for all readers who are anxious
to get either their Never-Ever friends out to try skiing
or boarding, or for those who are just starting out and
appreciate the confidence that comes with a truly easy
way down, keep an eye on Nansen Bas/Lower, it’s not
far away now!!!
16/102(*) Open Trails on the Archival Copy of Official Open Trails,
Grooming, Snowmaking, Lift Status and Mountain Conditions
for December 3, 2021, Courtesy of Tremblant.ca
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Do Your Part!
All the new open trails respond quickly and favourably
to Skier/Boarder use during a brief “Break-In” phase.
Initial grooming over a firm primarily snowmaking base
immediately gets rendered into finer crystalline surfaces
by repeated use.
Go Skiing, Go Boarding, Do Your Part!
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A Covid-19 Vaccination Passport Is Required To Access The Mountain.
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