101/102(*) Open Trails.
Due to the similarities in the hourly forecast, we think today
may be an extension of yesterday that was a complex day with
a foundation of smooth over the entire groomed network, a
modest coating of new snow, and a fair degree of moisture
induced surface friction, but in general, infinitely better than
the rainy forecast would have led you to expect.
There Were Spectacular Moments Of Legitimate “Awesome”.
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No camera known could ever capture the magnificent scenic grandeur
that Tremblant guests witnessed yesterday. It was etherial, spooky,
wonderful, amazing, fascinating, captivating, breathtakingly beautiful,
and it was changing before your very eyes by the second. These gorgeous,
quickly evolving scenes were not like this 30 seconds before, nor 30 seconds later.
That was not to say they were better, or worse, this very rapid change was
so quickly evolving the spectacular scenery one could only say that from
moment to moment, that the unique beauty was simply different. Mother
Natures weather drama theatre, with you at centre-stage.
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There was so much friction in the new snow that skiing steep runs
like Lowell Thomas, Banzai, Marie-Claude Asselin, all felt like
slow-motion. That made Expert level speed control some of the
very easiest of the whole season, despite the technical demands
of muscling through the what felt like thickness, but was actually
just dampness. Carving rail lines straight down the steepest fall lines
of Duncan was truly thrilling, but were oddly punctuated by traversing
the mid-level plateaus that felt like velcro, so there was a very highly
contrasted descent experience within some of the trails having variable
pitch angles.
Fortunately, It was super easy to identify patterns like this, and consequently
just as easy to adjust your descent line to favour the steeper trail-sides to
generate a more even speed consistency.
This wide-ranging variability in the surface speeds was a unique Mother
Nature close to Zero C phenomenon that we don’t see all that often. Thank
goodness also for the broad scope of grooming because to a large extent,
the transitions between the velocity zones was blended out to a far more
uniform degree wherever there was fresh corduroy.
Once again, regardless of these minor anomalies, any forms of snow are way,
way better than the originally forecast rainy potentials.
Weather Notes:
The best case scenario is that we get a repeat of yesterday
where rainy bits at ground level are all snowfall at Mountain
elevations. We don’t care if it's slow snow, just as long as it’s snow.
At these low, single digit “+” C values, that is entirely possible.
To support that concept, so-far, all we are seeing a lazy, periodic
snowfall in the Old Mt. T. Village, adjacent to the Sud/South Resort Base.
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Below: Sample Of Un-Groomed, sub-category “Recently Groomed”
Versant Nord/North Side Trail # 66, Le Tunnel, a T360 primary
diagnostic zone.
Recently groomed trails are those that typically get a periodic
grooming but are then left to develop a user mogul pattern,
but over that groomed uniform base. The difference is between
that and those Un-Groomed trails that never get groomed and
their base is over what can be more uneven individual ground
conditions. The moguls on recently groomed trails are far more even,
and have far fewer natural hazards, so they are considerably more user
friendly for aspirational skills building. We commonly place skis/poles
within pic’s to add dimensional reference scale.
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Conditions Notes:
Conditions across the board are what we would call technically
challenging in the sense that there is less glide and a bit more
in the way of “grabby” sensations in forward or lateral motion
that are a bit unpredictable, so you really need to be focused
on the basic fundamentals of being, compact and well balanced
over your skis to be ready for momentary variations in the surface
characteristics.
We do expect that there should be some speed mitigation within the
freshly overnight groomed, but to what degree is not so predictable
because there are a lot of possible variables when the temps are
so close to Zero C and precipitation is a component of the mix.
Otherwise, anything steeper is noticeably easier. For only one example
of many similar groomed Expert trails, Versant Nord/North Side Trail
# 65, (Black) Banzai, was arguably the technically easiest it’s been over
its entire top-to-bottom descent in several seasons.
In this case, friction was an effectively perfect offset to gravity. There was
an almost magical automatic speed control that allowed you to execute
perfectly timed alternating parallel style turns in slow-motion sequence
without so much as a twig or a single bump in your path. It was as smooth
as a billiard table for its whole length. Absolutely fantastic.
If you wanted moguls, they were right next door, and in excellent shape,
on Le Tunnel. At the same time, the friction made (Green) P’tit Bonheur
feel a bit thick. It was still totally smooth, but the moisture drag definitely
reduced the glide momentum so in that case, what made the steeper runs
easier made the lesser pitch runs a bit more challenging.
Technical Conditions Summary:
Notwithstanding a bit of slow in the snow, conditions are way, way better
than if it had rained the way it was forecasted, so that takes us to the
point of functionally trying to restore speed. Waxes and base coatings
designed to be hydrophobic, i.e., water repellant are the only answer.
We will point out that there should be a substantial change in
conditions to tomorrow as the temps are forecast to drop steadily
overnight with simultaneous snowfall that should extend throughout
the day, so that sequence holds every promise of delivering more
“typical" in all the regular dimensions of normal winter performance.
Beyond the conditions to attendance and typical weekend busy,
we have no idea what the crowds could be. Normally a mild
March weekend day could mean lift-que’s, but even a couple
of rainy bit icons in the forecast can keep folks at “Theirville”,
so only time will tell on that.
--------------- 3:08 P.M Insert Update: ----------------
Please Note 2 Items:
- Evidently it is not a typical weekend busy.
- Despite Zero C temps, there is a clear snowfall
accumulation visible in the tree bough’s. This is
an excellent indicator of the absence of rain today.
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101/102(*) Open Trails on the Archival Copy of Official Open Trails,
Grooming, Snowmaking, Lift Status and Mountain Conditions
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