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T360 Late Eve. Quick Apres Ski Edit Under Construct @ 10:23 P.M.


Today was the text-book case of where temps at Zero C,
sun, shade and wind generated very noticeable differences
between Nord/North and Sud/South sectors.

This first one is the softest conditions produced at the
Resort Base where the sun was able to crack over into
single digit “+” C’s.



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The Summit was a literal dividing line. As the sun moved over to the
west there was a progressively increasing thermal influence descending
down towards the Resort Village.


This is a surface sample about half way down Taschereau and you
are just beginning to see hints of softness here, although very, very
minor in terms of any effects on performance, maybe just a touch
of friction that made the steeper pitches easy.



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In the mean-time, over on the shadowed Nord/North Side, there were
entirely different conditions that really never deviated from all winter.
In this sample below on La Griffe, there was not even a smidgeon of
warmth in the surfaces. Like most of the Nord/North, it was cool and
fast all day.

Sorry for the grainy pic. here, it was facing right towards the brightness
of the sun behind the Summit so the camera struggled with the contrast.
What you can see very clearly though is the snow-dust off the skis and
we can tell you this was all winter crystalline fine dry snow over a firm
but grippy base.




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Each side of Tremblant had very fine technical skiing and by alternating
sides you could experience winter and spring every 15 minutes by simply
crossing back and forth over the Summit. It was a great day with light traffic
and throughly activated muscles from a genuine, authentic, excellent Alpine
Skiing workout.




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102/102(*) Open Trails On All 4 Open Sectors At #Tremblant .


For today, very close to a functional copy of yesterday...


All Winter, All Day.



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What you are seeing here below is a fantastic display of
displaced snow-dust off the passing snowboard that has
almost no chunky “Shred” that would have likely been there
with temps even a degree or two higher. This is especially
remarkable considering the bright sun that made the air
feel warm, but just never made it into the snow surfaces.

The key point here is that this pic. is on Johannsen, the
lowest, warmest point on the whole Mountain adjacent
to the Resort base. If it was “winter” here all day, you
know it was “winter” everywhere else.




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Just before the time when the sun could have made a
thermal surface difference, a slight overcast came in and
a perceptible umbrella effect occurred at exactly the right
moment. It never made the day seem overly cloudy, it just
filtered out the radiant intensity.






Weather Notes:


Winter Marches On...

We expect the entire day to be just a touch below freezing
up over the open trail network with the common -4 C elevation
differential.

The temps are very easy by the standards of winter ranges,
but just enough below zero C, especially at cooler Mountain
elevations, to keep the snow from much thermal thickening.

The 14 day long range outlook continues to show an
amazingly level daily high mark just bumping along at
Zero C, so combined with the solidly sub-zero’s of every
single overnight, there is a huge indication here for the
continuance of very stable base conditions.

Long term readers here will recall that we’ve periodically
seen temp. burps into the +20 C’s within this historic time
frame, so we are eternally thankful that just does not appear
to be the case for this season.





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Conditions Notes:


In the Groomed:

Very fine to excellent within all ranges and skill levels
with a high degree of seamless transition between
challenge that facilitates easy learning progression
during the course of a days practice.

You are going to run out of muscle way before you
run out of Tremblant. Period.



In the Sous Bois/Hors Piste/Glades and Un-Groomed:

Unique and distinct differences between the sector sides
that have largely been generated by tipping points associated
with wind, sun and ambient temps close to or at Zero C, where
in particular Versant Nord/North Side shaded zones have
retained a noticeably drier powder snow that in some cases
does not appear to have been effected at all by the +7 C
of a couple of days ago.

There are still Nord/North Sous Bois zones of light, dry, deep
untracked powder, not a lot, but the point is that it’s a bit
amazing to find ANY such areas after this passing time and
weather profile and since the last snowfall.



Special Groomed Utility Refinements:

This is a special focus on only two examples of many
that we feel are very important to draw attention to
because they represent fundamental adaptations by
Mountain Op’s that HUGELY improve user friendly for
AVERAGE skill level Tremblant guests.

1) Versant Nord/North Duncan Summit crest and its
pitch below. What you see here below is the integration of
the upper portion of trail #62, Sautés-Moutons, into the
total width of trail # 59, Duncan Haut/Upper at the Summit
crest and pitch. Since 1948, this zone has been prone to have
icy hazard and sometimes be a very difficult descent due to the
narrow confines that concentrate traffic into a very high volume
over a very small square area.

By widening this section out to the full width it is now, Mountain
Crews have instantly fixed the access challenge and this zone
is 10 times easier for 10 times more AVERAGE skill level guests
who will benefit.



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2) The Sud/South Resort Base Groomed Integration Of
Trails # 26, St. Bernard, and # 29, Johannsen.

This zone has always been prone to high volume traffic
mogul production over the top of the narrow Johannsen
crest and we think this total width integration is absolutely
brilliant for AVERAGE Tremblant guests. By basically doubling
the width of the crest here and doubling the smooth width
on the pitch below, this zone instantly becomes a less
intimidating descent for Intermediates who have struggled
here, particularly at Last Run, when a days worth of traffic
has typically generated a field of sharp bumps and ruts.

This is a fantastically useful, effective, and in our opinion,
very welcome, grooming utility enhancement to the main
Versant Sud/South Side access to the Gondola and Resort base.



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As mentioned above, these are only two of many
thoughtful, refined grooming touches you are going
to discover at Tremblant right now. If you are a past
seasons visitor, you will definitely notice them as you
circulate. If you are a regularly attending seasons pass
holder, you have been noticing them here and there in
incremental stages . If you’ve never been to Tremblant
before, these are excellent examples of how better quality
is evolving on the basis of continuous utility improvements
here for the benefit of your future plans to attend.





102/102(*) Open Trails on the Archival Copy of Official Open
Trails, Grooming, Snowmaking, Lift Status and Mountain Conditions
for March 9, 2023, Courtesy of Tremblant.ca




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