Nov. 25, 2021
Tremblant 2021/21,
Winter Alpine Snow Sports
SEASONS OPENING DAY, ,
For The Lift Serviced Trail Network.
Please Note: This is a consolidated topic containing
preliminary info. from Mountain winter preparation
time preceding the seasons opening day, as well as the
official opening day itself. This topic does not run in
absolute chronological order due to divisions of category
applicable to weather and technical trail conditions, so
we have labeled inserts to identify time references. Sorry
for the jumble but once we get all our issues settled we
should be able to post in a more organized format.
------------ 11.25.21 - 1:12 P.M. Insert Update ----------------------
REVISED OPEN TRAILS TO 5, Including Opening of Versant Sud/South
Side sector via Beauvallon Haut/Upper and Alpine, with Summit Lift
Service via TGV Quad.
Archival copy of Official Data to follow, posted below.
Great News!!!
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Thursday, early A.M. Update: As you can see above, the
Opening Day Trail is P’tit Bonheur to Lowell Thomas Quad.
Download to Versant Sud/South Resort Base via Gondola.
Ski-out to Nord/North base by Saturday morning. Additional
details posted below.
Please Note The Following:
1) We are experiencing connectivity issues at our field
reporting station.
2) We are experiencing logistical/volunteer participation
issues as Covid-19 protocols require assigned lift access
vs. the transferrable passes we had for volunteers, so we
are down to 1/4 of our normal reporting capacity. While we
hope to be able to adapt, this will unfortunately reduce the
field work ability we have had for the past 13 years.
Please bear with us as we sort through both technical
and logistical support issues.
This topic is subject to repeated editing and revision
as new info. becomes available.
General Pre-Season Observations:
Basically, it’s been cold enough for natural snow to
fall, and be almost completely retained, since November 1.
The snowmaking has been visibly under development since then too.
In the meantime, out on the Mountain today, and over the last couple of days,
the snowmaking coverage and surface preparations have been ongoing.
11.24.21 PRELIMINARY #TREMBLANT CONDITIONS:
Just in case we have any problems in the morning
with the normally scheduled report, we’re including
some prep. work Web Cam observations here just to
set the stage for the start to the season.
A Chronological Lead-Up To Opening Day:
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(Insert edit:
When you read the captions in these two graphics below, you’ll
see that we really got the opening trail potential wrong. These
graphics were prepared 11.22/24, before the Official “overture/what to expect”
Opening documents were published. Sorry about that...
Since we do not have access to the Mountain prior to
opening, what we typically do is compare the weather
conditions to previous years where there is supporting
actual open trail data history to make correlation to. We
talk a bit more about that in the Conditions Notes below, but
essentially, because of the low temps and natural snowfall
since Nov. 1, and the complete absence of the heatwave
we had a year ago(with overnights up to +17 C that caused
the delay of the season by one week), we thought there was
significant potential for greater opening stat’s now. Please
forgive our enthusiasm.)
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Mountain Utility Notice:
You Need To Have A Covid-19 Vaccine Passport To Access The Mountain.
You may need to open this image in a new window
to enable Zoom-in. Please check it out.
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PRELIMINARY Weather Notes:
We are not in the least concerned with the mixed
precip. forecast because at the typically cooler
by -4C at Mountain Elevations, there are very good
chances of being all snowfall over the trail network
and even if it’s not, spring-like skiing in the fall is
not uncommon, and it’s still loads of fun.
Of course, we could be wrong but with the trend being
somewhat cooler than normal for this Fall period so far,
plus the probability of atmospheric strata above the Mountain
being even cooler than summit surface levels, we think
the odds lie in favour of snow.
Normally we have access to the Summit weather station
that generates actual and forecast data for that elevation,
however it is currently off-line, so that information is not
available at this time. The reason it is important right now
is the ability to monitor typically cooler elevation effects on
tipping points that can be critical differences in precipitation
outcomes when the base levels are just around Zero C. We are
told on good authority that the Summit weather service should
be restored by the weekend, so we look forward to that.
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(Please Note: Due to anticipated connectivity issues,
this hourly 11.25.21 forecast graphic was composed
in advance on 11.24.21 @ 5:35 P.M.)
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Environment Canada Adverse Weather Notice:
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11.25.21 - Conditions Notes:
Day One Forecast: Machine Groomed, Primarily Blown Snow.
Tremblant has released the Opening stat’s which includes UPPER Versant
Nord/North section only, until Saturday morning. Unfortunately, conditions
have restricted development to P’tit Bonheur to the Lowell T. Quad on Nord/North.
There may be some coarseness with mixed sized particles due to initial
machine processing, however it will respond very quickly to user break-in
as many passages by skiers and boarders edges quickly helps to render
out finer particles. For sure, it will do nothing but quickly get better with
each passing night shift of grooming as well.
If it snows, better quality progress will be apparent by the hour. Any mix
of natural into blown immediately blends out a finer smoother feel underfoot.
In this case, because the only open trail is located on the Versant Nord/North
side Summit sector, it actually has close to the very best potential for
natural snowfall accumulations over the whole Mountain in these weather
circumstances.
If you scroll back up to the annotated observations graphics above,
obviously our enthusiasm, considering the ambient temps since
November 1, was a bit too optimistic. We thought we’d see quite a
bit more, so in this case we have to take responsibility for being wrong,
especially on the ski-out to base which according to the Official F/B video,
is scheduled to be available on Versant Nord for Saturday morning via
Beauchemin Bas/Lower.
Ski-out to the Versant Sud/South side will commence next week.
We are not sure which day next week as a specific date was not
officially referenced.
It is possible that Mountain Op’s is more concerned with the
potential of rainy bit components in the final mix. We could
understand if there was a conservation effort for the existing
foundational work in order to carry it forward without traffic
stress. Pursuant to the notices published on the T.ca homepage
regarding labour shortages, perhaps the weather generated
more work hours than could be staffed for refined open terrain?
Based on the absence of the fall heat-wave we had last year
(with early 2020 Nov. overnight’s at +17 C), that forced the
1 week delay for opening, we thought we might have actually
been comparatively, several steps ahead with the fairly
consistent sub-zero C cool we’ve had so far for this late fall.
11.25.21 - Opening Day, Mid-Day Update:
Fantastic mid-day news for those in attendance today
as Mountain Op’s opens the Versant Sud/South Side,
Haut/Upper sector with Beauvallon Haut/Upper, as well
as Alpine. The Alpine segment may only be the top 2/3
which is common for the initial days.
This is a very unscientific opinion, however by opening
Beauvallon/Alpine, the Opening Day terrain has doubled
or depending on full width dimensional finishing, tripled,
within the first 4 hours of the new seasons operation.
2/102(*) Open Trails on the Archival Copy of Official Open Trails,
Grooming, Snowmaking, Lift Status and Mountain Conditions
for November 25, 2021, Courtesy of Tremblant.ca
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On a technical data note...
The grooming icons are activated, however the snowmaking
icons are not yet activated. We encourage regular monitoring
of the snowmaking icons in particular for start-up as they are
the single largest indicator of both imminent sector and trail
openings.
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5/102(*) REVISED Open Trails on the Archival Copy of Official Open Trails,
Grooming, Snowmaking, Lift Status and Mountain Conditions
for November 25, 2021, Courtesy of Tremblant.ca
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We will have as much as we can, as soon as we can,
thanks for your patience. All topics are subject to
edited revision as info. is updated.
In the meantime, go Skiing or Boarding if you can.
Every moment on the slopes is precious and should
be fully appreciated for the privilege it is within a
world that often seems to have an uncertain dynamic.
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