101/102(*) Open Trails At #Tremblant .
Currently looking like a Blizzard out there, but...
It All Starts From This:
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The Evidence Speaks For Itself:
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It’s A Late March, Mid-Winter Powder Storm!
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Fresh, deep, thick, heavy snowfall favours legitimate Expert skills.
This is primo “Workout” snow.
Pace yourself for extra muscle demand and
be mindful of endurance limits by run, by day.
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Weather Notes:
All things considered for the back half of March, the 10 day
long range forecast shows remarkable late winter stability
consistent with the “Out Like A Lion” most desirable temp’s
and snowfall potential profile possible.
Even though this season had a bit of a dry spell in mid-winter
snowfall, based on what is forecast at this stage, we think the
annual seasonal total is well within the 500cm’s attainment,
maybe even more if we’re lucky.
Plan accordingly if you have the discretionary ability to
run away to ski for a few days.
For today specifically, it’s quite nearly a “Howler”, at
least so-far, and that means there are going to be
definite wind-shaping characteristics of favour in
terms of where the falling snow is going to end up.
Conditions Notes:
Generally:
It’s the last day of the Ontario School Spring Break
and there’s a blizzard going on. We think there’s a
good possibility the Mountain may empty out early
as the mad rush to line up on the highways home
might start soon to deal with expected weather delays?
Maybe? The “Sunday Syndrome”? Maybe?
In The Groomed:
Very fine winter snowfall happening over fresh grooming that
starts from the base of superb smoothness yesterday, but will
absolutely be influenced by wind-shaping and heavily drifted
accumulations this morning.
Currently, it is pushing major amounts of snow in directly blasting
velocities, right up P’tit Bonheur as the primary source direction is
East. That means the whole upper Versant Nord/North Side is getting
a significant natural snowfall enhancement. Depending on aerodynamic
vortex swirling pushing over the Summit, there may be lee-side drift-in
over Sud/South slopes as well, especially if it can settle in over some of
the steep upper pitches like Kandahar and Erik Guay for examples.
Big wind means big wild-cards though, so ultimately we won’t know
where the best or most is until later on, the main implication being
in the meantime that at least its all snow in very close to Mother Natures
ideal natural snowmaking temps at elevations.
In The Sous Bois/Hors Piste/Glades and Un-Groomed:
Fantastic late March cold-formed winter snowfall, and lots of it.
The primary Easterly direction coming right up over the Lowell
Thomas Quad also tells us that there could be significant
orographic snowfall multiplication generated over Nord/North
and Edge sectors so we could see some really serious depths
build-ups here when its all said and done.
We would also like to point out that there is a grooming re-set
icon on Nord/North Banzai which would truly be the icing on
a very beautiful natural snow-cake, one of the ultimate refinements
at Tremblant, potentially enhanced by a big bunch of powder!
It should also Be noted that typically, when Banzai is groomed
the adjacent MCA/Marie-Claude Asselin, is also done, plus, maybe
even Le Tunnel(we wish/hope).
More fantastic potential. We will be featuring a more extensive look
at the Sous Bois group tomorrow, but if you’re a bushwhacker and
you can run away from home to ski Tremblant in the next few, you’re
CRAZY if you don’t. Period.
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