T360 Apres Midnight, Apres Ski Edit, Under Construction At 12:20 A.M.
It was forecast to be sunny, but that never happened, not even remotely.
The sky was completely overcast, all day, plus there was what we call
“Snowvercast”, a creative term we’ve made up and used previously
to describe the micro cloud-fog generated by snowmaking that can
envelop significant areas where the work is going on.
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The skiing was actually very, very fine and on all sides and sectors
because there was a greater degree of all-day smoothness and
wonderfully soft, skiable top layers that were durable right on up
to literally, last run.
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The current hourly outlook for tomorrow does not look positive
at + 6 C, plus heavy rain icons, however, as we endlessly note
in these circumstances, any single digit “+” temp can have
snowfall precip. over cooler, higher Mountain elevations.
Of course, the lower the numbers, the better the chances...
Nothing to do but hang on for the ride...
------------------- 6:59 A.M. Orig. Post --------------------
16(*) Open Trails On Sud/South And Nord/North Sectors At #Tremblant .
-------------- 11:37 A.M. Insert Update: ----------------
REVISED Open Tails To 14(*).
Archival Data Attached Below.
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If You Believe The Weather Forecast,
Here’s What We Should Have At Tremblant Today...
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But So Far... It’s All Overcast, and looks like
it could stay that way for a while...
It actually looks like an almost identical repeat
of yesterday where even though there was “sunny”
in that forecast too, the reality was this flip-side
view, from the top down, of the Lac T. shot above...
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On the screen-left of the above Gondola POV, you will
see a small red dot which is the annotated location
of the point of origin for the top Lac T. sunny panoramic.
If you scroll back up to the sunny panoramic, you can see
the Gondola line rising to the Summit terminal in the
Grand Manitou Lodge building up there, and this shot
above was taken just as the gondola was approaching
the Summit crest.
Either way, and in any weather, the views are spectacular!
If you scroll back up to the top picture again, you will
notice a line of white in the snowy tree line, just above
the half-Mountain mark where the Summit level has had
far less thermal influence and that pretty much defines
daily retained Sub-Zero C ’s.
Below is a shot from yesterday, within that still white Summit
zone, at the top level entrance to Versant Nord/North Side
trail # 72 P’tit Bonheur, looking laterally across the trail,
opposite the upper entrance to #75, Andy Moe.
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The difference between the top and the bottom, the sunny exposed
Versant Sud/South and the shadowed Versant Nord/North can be
more clearly appreciated when you see how much difference there
can be in the natural conditions observed in all the pic’s of this post.
Even though the temp spreads so far have been mostly within
a handful of degrees C, that fact that that spread has crossed
up and down over Zero C, and at various elevations and sides
of the Mountain, those few degrees C have produced the very
typical, wide ranging variations common to late Fall ski conditions.
As an extension of these concepts of variability in weather and
conditions, we feel it important to also note the idea of “sweet
spots” or zones of the current conditions which may have better
suitability to your skills and abilities. Within the context of any
early season there is always a period adjustment. It’s been 7 or
more months since you used those muscles(in that way), since
you had your feet clamped into ski boots. You may be using new
boots, or new skis and all of these things take time to adjust to,
so we recommend that within the range of currently open terrain
that you select a sweet spot for practice and set aside specific
time and energy to do lap training one one trail for many repeats
to all systems used to working together.
Weather Notes:
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Conditions Notes:
A fully functional shallow top layer of loose, very easily
controllable, fine(small), granular, and fast, groomed
trail surface, over an extremely well established, and
wall-to-wall solid base.
This whole system has “smooth” as a groomed default
everywhere, but... it has been subject to daily traffic
wear patterns that can leave exposed slick portions
where trails converge or have narrowing dimensions
that generate concentrations of passage, or on steeper
pitches, where the loose but somewhat thin top layers
can be displaced by sliding edges to reveal the base
underneath over the course of daily hours of use.
What you have to keep in mind is this is November 29,
and Mother Natures Fall weather oscillations can and do
generate these characteristics within the overall mix
of surfaces that are generally superb for this time of
year.
What makes the overall reference for this time of year,
comparatively speaking, “superb” is the default “smooth”.
No one can do anything about the weather that periodically
floats above or below Zero C and makes the base solid,
but anything and everything else is way, way easier because
when Mountain Crews produce smooth on such a wide
ranging and durable basis, all you need to do is execute
reasonable speed control and for any November 29 in history,
these are very, very high quality trail surfaces and there’s
so much of it.
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We would anecdotally estimate that because of the abundant
early natural snowfall and supporting pre-season sub-zero C
temp’s, that we are somewhere around 10 days to 2 weeks
ahead of historical trail development, a hugely and remarkable
place to be for November 29.
Of course, the solid bits yield the best performance and control
if you have tuned gear, and of course too, the less steep trails
exhibit the least traffic wear, but these are all normal parameters
for November skiing and we are especially thrilled for the “so much
of it” reference above.
The scope of open terrain is amazing for this date and for anyone
wanting to get early season conditioning, or if you have any form
of seasons pass, you’re just crazy if you’re not getting out to take
advantage of this.
--------------- 10:50 A.M. Insert Edit ---------------------
Follow-Up On New Opening Terrain Expansion, Re: NANSEN Bas/Lower.
This is one of the most critically important terrain expansion openings
of the entire season for reasons you can review in yesterdays posting.
Today at 10:50 A.M. we are very pleased to be able to show you this
below:
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Fantastic fresh evidence that this most excellent trail may be available sooner
than we expected, although we still feel that we are a couple or three days out???
We could be wrong, and we’d be happy to be wrong if it was sooner.
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16/102(*) Open Trails on the Archival Copy of Official Open Trails,
Grooming, Snowmaking, Lift Status and Mountain Conditions
for November 29, 2022, Courtesy of Tremblant.ca
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-------------- 11:37 A.M. Insert Update: ----------------
REVISED Open Tails To 14(*).
Archival Data Attached Below.
14/102(*)REVISED Open Trails on the Archival Copy of Official Open Trails,
Grooming, Snowmaking, Lift Status and Mountain Conditions
for November 29, 2022, Courtesy of Tremblant.ca
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