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T360 Late Night Apres Ski Edit, Under Construct At 11:37 P.M.


A Somewhat Foggy, But Still Fun, Dry Day With An Overall
Guest Consensus That The Performance Was Notch Up From Yesterday.



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Everything we said about “technical” skiing is accurate.
The surface conditions exceed rated challenge levels in
many areas and for best results, a conservative speed
and a lower challenge level trail selection is entirely
appropriate for all but genuine, real, “Can Handle Anything”
Experts.

On the flip-side, if you chose terrain you found easy to handle
there was great fun and control, the soft surfaces had very good
lateral grip potential, so we found many examples of lesser pitches
that could take aggressive edge-set angles, and would easily
hold a fully flexed, ski carved line with complete reliability.




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There was a bit of snow in the air periodically, but it was
a thin cosmetic layer that did not significantly add anything
to the trail depths.

The fog was either a lot less or not a visible factor at lower
elevations, but as far as we know, not a drop of rain fell
anywhere on the Alpine Snow Sports trail network.




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For tomorrow, 1C, and overcast all day, so at least
dry and with any luck no fog. When there is any
degree of “+” in the temps. we’re happy to see
overcast as it functions as a very effective umbrella
to keep intense solar energy from amplifying heat.

Depending on how much fresh grooming there is
we think the overall conditions for tomorrow will
be quite close to a duplicate of today, lots of fun
if you stick with well matched skills and terrain.






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56 (*) Open Trails On Sud/South, Nord/North And Soleil Sectors At #Tremblant.


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REVISED Open Trails To 53(*).

Archival Data Attached Below.


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There’s no doubt that all the recent whacky windy, warm,
cool, wet, snowy, rainy, weird weather has generated uniquely
challenging conditions. However, the primary groomed trail
base is quite nicely intact and has enjoyed a tremendous
benefit in durability through the current warm/rainy bits
from the big snowstorm they called Elliott.

A lot of what you can see here below is similar across
the whole Mountain footprint. What you can also see
is that there were periods of snowfall yesterday where
the new snow is a very small/fine particle coming from
cooler upper atmospheric levels above the Mountain. That,
plus a light overnight additional dusting, should help tweak
the quality for today.




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Above/Below: What we’re trying to illustrate here is the
common degree of soft surface challenge that is typical
of groomed open terrain. The reason we make repeated
references to “technical” skill requirements is the slight
saturation of those top layers that want assertive control
inputs to overcome the damp thickness.

It’s easy enough to navigate with a touch of speed and
momentum but for some timid Beginners adding velocity
to overcome resistance may seem counter-intuitive until
a bit of experience builds confidence.



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Things could be a lot worse, but fortunately the grooming
compaction after the big snow has facilitated a substantial
retention that has been quite resilient through the warm/wet
bits so far. But... those current wet bits and temperature
oscillations across Zero C have definitely contributed to
this technical challenge across the entire groomed array.


What you see below is the simultaneous presence of sun,
overcast and light snowfall, all at once, in this upward
Versant Nord/North Side POV on Beauchemin Bas/Lower,
just below the Edge Sector.



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Weather Notes:


One of, maybe our very most favourite weather co-factors today...
very low wind speed. It doesn’t matter quite so much when it’s
warm out to begin with, however, it is still and advantage with
temps that float just above Zero C because hot wind is like a
heat gun on snow surfaces, so there is much less likelihood
of thaw or saturation without warm wind-blast.








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Conditions Notes:


For absolute Beginners, our call is going to be Versant
Sud/South Side Nansen and La Passe as the very best
options for super smooth predicability.

For everyone else...

It is critically important to start, warm up and remain in
Skill Rated terrain that is matched to your realistic abilities.
Default to one level lower for initial explorations because
a lot of recreational skiers/boarders overestimate personal
skill sets and there can be technical demand beyond posted
challenge levels, especially as traffic generates unique bump
patterns within the lingering softness from the big snowstorm
of 10 days ago that is still very perceptible in many zones.

When Versant Nord/North Side P’tit Bonheur is still prone
to small mogul formations for over a week, you know there
is still some settling left to do. In that specific case, there are
still trail-side snowfall deposits within this POV below of over
a metre deep softness, despite all the recent wetness.



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There is a high degree of internal humidity in the current
snow surfaces, some might even call it a noticeable saturation
level. It is what we might call “Ballistic Grade Snowball Snow”.
It instantly hand packs into a density that a Softball League
Pitcher could easily break a residential window with. This results
in some tracking thickness and weight that is especially noticeable
in, and probably part of why(in addition to some loss of coverage
from the warm/rainy bits), the Sous Bois/Hors Piste/Glades and
Un-Groomed categories are most affected by closures.





56/102(*) Open Trails on the Archival Copy of Official Open Trails,
Grooming, Snowmaking, Lift Status and Mountain Conditions
for January 2, 2023, Courtesy of Tremblant.ca



-------------- 10:03 A.M. Insert Update: ------------------

REVISED Open Trails To 53(*).

Archival Data Attached Below.

53/102(*) REVISED Open Trails on the Archival Copy of Official Open Trails,
Grooming, Snowmaking, Lift Status and Mountain Conditions
for January 2, 2023, Courtesy of Tremblant.ca


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