4 Sides of Tremblant.
With less than a month to go before the
Official Season's end, it's time to...
Kick Off Your Spring With Some Tremblant Fresh Air!
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South resort base, could actually mean that the Mountain may have
briefly achieved a sub-zero temp exposure due to the naturally occurring
cooler temps of the higher Summit elevation . This would be a very good
thing as far as we're concerned. Anything that breaks the thermal
momentum of the thawing process is an advantage. If it has occurred,
the Alpine Trail Snow may have firmed up, allowing for some sweet surface
conditions first thing this morning.
Anything firm this morning will not have much ability to stay that way
for long though, temps are forecast to rise to +16 C under very bright
direct Sunshine.
Spring into action "How To"...
Learning to Ski/Board Moguls...
Soft Moguls form quickly when the heat turns up,
but for experts and confident intermediates learning,
they are easy to blast through and may offer speed
control options for those who have the skills to use
them as a way to reduce velocity through braking
action.
On many groomed trails, the daily, gradual softening
represents an opportunity to learn how to ski moguls.
Basically, because moguls form from use, they start out
small and end up where-ever, the point being that you can
practice as they work up from small to larger, all on
an incremental basis.
What this means is that if you choose a trail that is an appropriate
match for your skill level, if you invest some time to do training laps
on it as daily mogul formation takes place, you can evolve your
skills very easily.
Perhaps, much like learning to play the piano, repetitive
practice of musical scales is what allows the development of
dexterity. Speed, accuracy and technique are all improved by
practice over the same "terrain".
Same with learning to ski/board moguls.
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In this shot above, we can clearly see the force the skier is
using to navigate these soft moguls by the snow in motion
as he passes through one of them. If you were to shoot video
of this progression, a frame by frame advancement might even show
a very brief, fraction of a second, halt in forward progress,
accompanied by a pivoting action, swivel-like turn.
This technique could be thought of as a "Bump, Stop" motion
where the forward motion of the skier is greatly reduced
by the resistance of the soft snow build-up, and in that instant
of braking he uses the pause to safely initiate the swivelled turn.
Successfully and safely navigating this entire mogul run is simply
a matter of linking these alternating right and left hand "Bump, Stops",
thereby very effectively controlling speed.
The stance required to optimize these motions is best described as
low and compact with good utilization of knees and lower body as
shock absorbers with an aggressive forward hand position to
facilitate balance through a well centred placement of body mass
over the skis as well as quicker/better turn timing capability.
Scroll back up and take another look at this skier with these
thoughts in mind and you'll be able to see all these elements
with more focus.
If you invest some time lapping a familiar run as moguls form
the way we've described, you'll be surprised at how quickly and
easily you can learn and master techniques you can take to any
mogul run you meet in the future.
Back to the weather...
This is not the first time we've had a "Hot" weather period. As recently
as two years ago we had a similar run of very warm, with spikes
of +24 C. The big difference then was that we had a far smaller seasonal
accumulation. That season ended up just fine, so any concerns about
premature closing this season should not yet be significant. Don't forget,
we had overnight lows into the -20's C and beyond, until quite recently,
so the deep frost that's still in the Mountain will be helping to hold the
surfaces now.
We'll have more here later on, so be sure to stop by later.
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Mid-Day update....
(Please note time stamps on Web Cam Snap Shots Are Not
Daylight Savings Adjusted.)
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low cloud, it's been the Summit that's been shrouded in dense, thick
cloud, but today, it's the summit that's clear and you ski down into it.
Another interesting aspect of this is that it's usually one side to the other
that gets the fog, but today, it's both...
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burned all but the faintest hint it all off.
Sunny Long Views... as far as the eye can see...
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the +16 "They" said we'd get, got smashed on the way through to +21 C!!!
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80(*) OPen Trails on the Official, Downloadable,
PDF, Trail and Grooming status report,
Courtesy of Tremblant.ca
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PDF, Trail and Grooming status report,
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"warm" wax or base coating will increase your
overall enjoyment 10 X's.
The vast majority of hydrodynamic drag created
by surface moisture can be overcome with this
one simple tuning utility and will give your Skis
or Board greatly enhanced Speed and Responsiveness.
Links:
http://www.tremblant.ca
http://www.tremblant.ca/mountain/winter ... port-e.htm
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Understanding Trail Counts - http://alturl.com/n54py http://www.tremblant.ca/mountain/trailmap-e.htm
http://www.tremblant.ca/galleries/webcams/index-e.htm
http://translate.google.com/translate_t ... =fr&tl=en#
http://www.theweathernetwork.com/weather/CAQC0360
Forum Index: http://alturl.com/r4cco
Bring Back The Memories... 
Research Future Visits... If you would like to look up dates you visited Tremblant, or you
want to research days/weeks/months to visit, you can sample what
they look like historically, month by month, year by year.
GoTo: Archive, Search Reports by Date: Index: http://tinyurl.com/yktelmu
When reviewing dates from any of the past, numbered, archived pages,
you can use the "Previous Topic" or "Next Topic" buttons, located
screen far right, in upper date/message bar to scroll through sequential
dates, or use your browsers "back" button to stay on the selected index
page for non-sequential date reviews in either forward or reverse order.
There are approximately 6, 25 day Index pages per season.
( If You
"Bookmark" the link above, it will always take you to theFirst index page with the latest posts. That gives you an immediate,
current to 25 day past, review scroll of Winter Alpine Conditions by
consecutive date.)
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