12/18/21 #Tremblant Conditions
Posted: Sat Dec 18, 2021 2:17 am
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35(*) Open Trails On Sud/South, Nord/North, and Soleil Sectors at #Tremblant .
One Of The Single Most Important
Days Of The Season For Serious
Alpine Winter Snow Sports Enthusiasts:
12.18.21.Super.Demo.Day.Ski.Board.Mountain.Testing.a.jpg
Don’t Be “That Person”...
A week ago this past Thursday, we had a crash on the
Mountain(our own fault in a moment of imbalance),
that has necessitated a temporary “Time Out” for
a few weeks while the severe ankle sprain recovers.
This has presented an unusual opportunity to be
stay-at-home for pre-Xmas shopping and Holiday
Season chores which we rarely ever get. A Sale Flyer
came in the weekly Flyer group from a “Big-Box-Co.”
National Sporting Goods retailer that prompted us
to go there the day before yesterday to look for
Base-Layer long underwear that needs replacing.
While browsing we witnessed one of the exact, classic,
and unfortunately typical “Consumer” experiences of Ski
gear purchasing that we want to use as an illustration
of one of the “Wrong Ways” to buy Skis.
A father(mid 50’s), and son(late-teen’s), were standing
beside the Ski display rack with a pair of Brand Name, but
generic design skis in hand, comparing and debating on
this pair compared to other possible selections in front
of them.
The nice kid serving them, who was not much older than
the son, said “According to our fitment formula, those skis
you have there would be the right fit.” The father looked
at the son, the son looked back at the father, the store kid
now stood there and blinked during a long period of silence.
Finally, the father, who you could see and sense was tired of
shopping and just wanted get home for a beer, said, “Well,
you need new skis, so that’s it then.” and off they all marched
to the service counter to ring up the sale.
As they left down the aisle and rounded the corner to the
counter where they were now out of sight, we had a chance
to casually wander over to see what they bought and we can
tell you with about 92.376% accuracy, that the ski’s purchased
were the wrong choice.
Basically, they put a very slender, athletic looking High School
Teenage boy, about 5’ 8”/173cm’s tall, on a pair of 21 meter
turning radius, torsionally wet-noodle, all-mountain, totally
generic, mass produced, 175cm’s “Door Crasher” Sale skis that
have every possible potential of holding back any chance of
potential skills building optimization this kid has.
Don’t Be “That Person”.
Firstly, the tone of “You need new skis”, spoken by the father,
indicates this kid is not a Beginner, if you need new skis, you have
old skis, so you're theoretically upgrading, and that means you have
at least some basic skills. Those basic skills are exactly enough to
take you forward with the right ski, or with the wrong ski, hold you
back, and that’s what we think happened here.
If you ski in Eastern North America, why would you want a 21
metre turning radius when the average trail or descent line width
is between 10 to 14 metres? You can’t effectively carve 21 metre
edges, you have to skid/slide them sideways almost all the time, so
applied technique potential is vastly reduced, and very inefficient
compared to a shorter 12 to 14 metre turning radius SL/Slalom carving
style ski that we would typically recommend.
“Turning Radius?” Whatz That???
If you ask most recreational skiers what the turning radius is
for the skis they have attached to their boots right this second,
they can’t tell you. Essentially, turning radius is the arch measured
in metres, of a circular path that the flexed ski will track in the snow
in an single, uninterrupted carved contact line, with zero side-slip.
It is a mathematical consequence(usually a “Parabolic Curve”), of the
dimensional difference between the large width of the ski tip, the
narrowness of the waist under the boot and binding and then back
to the greater width of the ski’s tail.
This is what gives the modern “Shaped” ski its “Hourglass” shape. You need
to know the “Turning Radius” of your skis as a basic because it is a key
dimension on which you are going to comparatively evaluate any ski you
ever use or try.
The additional beauty of shorter turning radius S/L type skis is that
even if you don’t have fully developed carving skills yet, they can still
be easily side-slided or skidded with old-school “Parallel Style” turning
technique anyways, so while you are learning, you have the gear that can
expand along with your own skills development, without holding you back.
This is the essence of “Versatility” for any person who is serious about
becoming or developing any “Carving” style technique in order to be a
better, more fully skilled, Expert skier.
Some Experts might argue that having the right turning radius could be(within
reasonable ratio’s/ranges), more important than the length of the ski you buy.
This is where “Super Demo Days” comes in. If you are serious about
participating, if you are serious about getting better, if you are serious
about having fun, or building real skills and developing as a better
skier... There is simply no better way to do that other than learning about,
then skiing on, the actual product candidates with the help, assistance,
and guidance of the very most knowledgable people in the entire industry
that can all be found on hand, and experienced in a single, “back-to-back”
testing session at Super Demo Days. Period.
Please Note: If you scroll back up to the Super Demo Days graphic,
on the screen right-side, you will see that there are 3 dates, so if
today is not possible, mark the other 2 days on your calendar now.
Even if you’re not purchasing right away, this form of evaluation
can not be replicated in any other way, so it is an essential tool
for upgrading your personal skills potential. We estimate that
over 50% of recreational skiers are on the wrong gear for individual
optimization of aptitude. You can ski on anything, the real question
is “How Well?”.
Otherwise...
Welcome Back To Winter.
This is a middle-of-the-night shift "Heads Up”
advisory on the rather dramatic drop in temps.
Most everything gunna be “Firm” and we predict,
most everything gunna be wicked-fast fun too.
Weather Notes:
As an extension of the point we made in yesterday’s
weather notes, we want to draw attention to the 14 day
long range outlook which has solid indications of an
established, all winter Sub-Zero C temp. trend. What
this means is we can look forward to a significant
degree of daily escalating refinement in the array of
Groomed surfaces in the absence of any thermal intrusions.
Additionally, the forecasted occurrence of multiple
natural snowfall opportunities, plus the opportunities
for snowmaking, offers an overall potential for rapid
new opening terrain expansion.
This is a great forecast for Ski/Board conditions not to
mention, just about as close as Mother Nature can come to
assurances of a White Christmas!
Conditions Notes:
24 hours ago it was +1 C at the Summit, now it’s -11C.
Grooming will have produced the vast majority of open
trails to very high standards of finishing smoothness
and traction, however, there will most likely be a very
firm base and the loose top layers may be relatively thin.
It’s Saturday, it may be busy, so traffic wear patterns need to
be observed on an evolutionary basis during open hours.
If in doubt, default down one challenge level before ripping
around. Be safe first, and fast later.
------------------- 3:13 P.M. Insert Update: --------------------
12.18.21.Web.Cam.Weather.Conditions.Observations.At.3.13.PM.a.jpg
------------- 11:16 P.M. Apres Ski Insert Update: ---------------------
12.18.21.Summit.Web.Cam.Weather.Conditions.Observations.At.11.46.PM.a.jpg
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35/102(*) Open Trails on the Archival Copy of Official Open Trails,
Grooming, Snowmaking, Lift Status and Mountain Conditions
for December 18, 2021, Courtesy of Tremblant.ca
Thanks for your visit!
Please Note:
A Covid-19 Vaccination Passport Is Required To Access The Mountain.
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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
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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 the
First 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.)
.
35(*) Open Trails On Sud/South, Nord/North, and Soleil Sectors at #Tremblant .
One Of The Single Most Important
Days Of The Season For Serious
Alpine Winter Snow Sports Enthusiasts:
12.18.21.Super.Demo.Day.Ski.Board.Mountain.Testing.a.jpg
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Don’t Be “That Person”...
A week ago this past Thursday, we had a crash on the
Mountain(our own fault in a moment of imbalance),
that has necessitated a temporary “Time Out” for
a few weeks while the severe ankle sprain recovers.
This has presented an unusual opportunity to be
stay-at-home for pre-Xmas shopping and Holiday
Season chores which we rarely ever get. A Sale Flyer
came in the weekly Flyer group from a “Big-Box-Co.”
National Sporting Goods retailer that prompted us
to go there the day before yesterday to look for
Base-Layer long underwear that needs replacing.
While browsing we witnessed one of the exact, classic,
and unfortunately typical “Consumer” experiences of Ski
gear purchasing that we want to use as an illustration
of one of the “Wrong Ways” to buy Skis.
A father(mid 50’s), and son(late-teen’s), were standing
beside the Ski display rack with a pair of Brand Name, but
generic design skis in hand, comparing and debating on
this pair compared to other possible selections in front
of them.
The nice kid serving them, who was not much older than
the son, said “According to our fitment formula, those skis
you have there would be the right fit.” The father looked
at the son, the son looked back at the father, the store kid
now stood there and blinked during a long period of silence.
Finally, the father, who you could see and sense was tired of
shopping and just wanted get home for a beer, said, “Well,
you need new skis, so that’s it then.” and off they all marched
to the service counter to ring up the sale.
As they left down the aisle and rounded the corner to the
counter where they were now out of sight, we had a chance
to casually wander over to see what they bought and we can
tell you with about 92.376% accuracy, that the ski’s purchased
were the wrong choice.
Basically, they put a very slender, athletic looking High School
Teenage boy, about 5’ 8”/173cm’s tall, on a pair of 21 meter
turning radius, torsionally wet-noodle, all-mountain, totally
generic, mass produced, 175cm’s “Door Crasher” Sale skis that
have every possible potential of holding back any chance of
potential skills building optimization this kid has.
Don’t Be “That Person”.
Firstly, the tone of “You need new skis”, spoken by the father,
indicates this kid is not a Beginner, if you need new skis, you have
old skis, so you're theoretically upgrading, and that means you have
at least some basic skills. Those basic skills are exactly enough to
take you forward with the right ski, or with the wrong ski, hold you
back, and that’s what we think happened here.
If you ski in Eastern North America, why would you want a 21
metre turning radius when the average trail or descent line width
is between 10 to 14 metres? You can’t effectively carve 21 metre
edges, you have to skid/slide them sideways almost all the time, so
applied technique potential is vastly reduced, and very inefficient
compared to a shorter 12 to 14 metre turning radius SL/Slalom carving
style ski that we would typically recommend.
“Turning Radius?” Whatz That???
If you ask most recreational skiers what the turning radius is
for the skis they have attached to their boots right this second,
they can’t tell you. Essentially, turning radius is the arch measured
in metres, of a circular path that the flexed ski will track in the snow
in an single, uninterrupted carved contact line, with zero side-slip.
It is a mathematical consequence(usually a “Parabolic Curve”), of the
dimensional difference between the large width of the ski tip, the
narrowness of the waist under the boot and binding and then back
to the greater width of the ski’s tail.
This is what gives the modern “Shaped” ski its “Hourglass” shape. You need
to know the “Turning Radius” of your skis as a basic because it is a key
dimension on which you are going to comparatively evaluate any ski you
ever use or try.
The additional beauty of shorter turning radius S/L type skis is that
even if you don’t have fully developed carving skills yet, they can still
be easily side-slided or skidded with old-school “Parallel Style” turning
technique anyways, so while you are learning, you have the gear that can
expand along with your own skills development, without holding you back.
This is the essence of “Versatility” for any person who is serious about
becoming or developing any “Carving” style technique in order to be a
better, more fully skilled, Expert skier.
Some Experts might argue that having the right turning radius could be(within
reasonable ratio’s/ranges), more important than the length of the ski you buy.
This is where “Super Demo Days” comes in. If you are serious about
participating, if you are serious about getting better, if you are serious
about having fun, or building real skills and developing as a better
skier... There is simply no better way to do that other than learning about,
then skiing on, the actual product candidates with the help, assistance,
and guidance of the very most knowledgable people in the entire industry
that can all be found on hand, and experienced in a single, “back-to-back”
testing session at Super Demo Days. Period.
Please Note: If you scroll back up to the Super Demo Days graphic,
on the screen right-side, you will see that there are 3 dates, so if
today is not possible, mark the other 2 days on your calendar now.
Even if you’re not purchasing right away, this form of evaluation
can not be replicated in any other way, so it is an essential tool
for upgrading your personal skills potential. We estimate that
over 50% of recreational skiers are on the wrong gear for individual
optimization of aptitude. You can ski on anything, the real question
is “How Well?”.
Otherwise...
Welcome Back To Winter.
- 12.18.21.Summit.Weather.Conditions.Observations.At.1.33.AM.a.jpg (1.38 MiB) Viewed 2141 times
This is a middle-of-the-night shift "Heads Up”
advisory on the rather dramatic drop in temps.
Most everything gunna be “Firm” and we predict,
most everything gunna be wicked-fast fun too.
Weather Notes:
As an extension of the point we made in yesterday’s
weather notes, we want to draw attention to the 14 day
long range outlook which has solid indications of an
established, all winter Sub-Zero C temp. trend. What
this means is we can look forward to a significant
degree of daily escalating refinement in the array of
Groomed surfaces in the absence of any thermal intrusions.
Additionally, the forecasted occurrence of multiple
natural snowfall opportunities, plus the opportunities
for snowmaking, offers an overall potential for rapid
new opening terrain expansion.
This is a great forecast for Ski/Board conditions not to
mention, just about as close as Mother Nature can come to
assurances of a White Christmas!
- 12.18.21.Weather.Data.a.jpg (866.4 KiB) Viewed 2101 times
Conditions Notes:
24 hours ago it was +1 C at the Summit, now it’s -11C.
Grooming will have produced the vast majority of open
trails to very high standards of finishing smoothness
and traction, however, there will most likely be a very
firm base and the loose top layers may be relatively thin.
It’s Saturday, it may be busy, so traffic wear patterns need to
be observed on an evolutionary basis during open hours.
If in doubt, default down one challenge level before ripping
around. Be safe first, and fast later.
------------------- 3:13 P.M. Insert Update: --------------------
12.18.21.Web.Cam.Weather.Conditions.Observations.At.3.13.PM.a.jpg
- 12.18.21.Web.Cam.Weather.Conditions.Observations.At.3.13.PM.a.jpg (850 KiB) Viewed 2042 times
------------- 11:16 P.M. Apres Ski Insert Update: ---------------------
12.18.21.Summit.Web.Cam.Weather.Conditions.Observations.At.11.46.PM.a.jpg
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35/102(*) Open Trails on the Archival Copy of Official Open Trails,
Grooming, Snowmaking, Lift Status and Mountain Conditions
for December 18, 2021, Courtesy of Tremblant.ca
- Archival Copy of Official Open Trails,
Grooming, Snowmaking, Lift Status and Mountain Conditions Courtesy of Tremblant.ca - 12.18.21.Trail.Status.Data.a.jpg (614.22 KiB) Viewed 2104 times
Thanks for your visit!
Please Note:
A Covid-19 Vaccination Passport Is Required To Access The Mountain.
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http://www.tremblant.ca
What’s The Use? Research Benefits of this Archive: http://tinyurl.com/gp5vjps
GoTo: Archive, Search Reports by Date: Index: http://tinyurl.com/yktelmu
(*)
Understanding Trail Counts - http://alturl.com/n54py https://vicomap.resorts-interactive.com/map/1711
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.
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.)
.