Please Note:
There Is An Archival End-Of-Day Apres Ski Attached Page Below.
69(*) Open Trails on 4 Open Sides of the Nicely Recovering Slopes of Tremblant.
We expect the Open Trail Count will rise during the day
because of the number of “Progressive”, or Gradual Openings
Officially listed for the Mountain, but more particularly represents
the entire Edge Sector.
It seems logical to us that to fire up the Edge Quad for only
the one currently listed top-to-bottom trail would probably not
be done unless others were very quickly anticipated.
Technically, this is day # 2, Post Freezing Rain, so the quality
of what was on the Open List yesterday will have advanced with
another cycle of Grooming, and the restoration process is being
extended to additional Terrain.
Below: 2.21.14.Summit.Mountain.Crews.Apres.Ski.c.jpg
Crews/Machines were on standby right as North Side Lifts came to a halt
Friday at 4:00 P.M. and they have some “All-Nighters” coming up that they
will be paying very close attention to detail on.
Below: One of the most important elements of this pic. is the fuzzy focus anomalies
that look like distorted patches. This effect was created by wind-driven, thick,
moist Snow that was impossible to keep of Camera lens in the face of peak gusts
of who-knows-how-fast, as it swirled and whipped around.
We think this Thick, Moist Snow is a huge asset in the restoration process as it
becomes integrated with the underlaying icy bits as the powerful Carbide-Steel
Tiller Teeth shown here on the back of the Machine chew it all up. In the absence
of all this additional Snow, the “Raw Material” would have only been the Icy substrates.
- www.tremblant360.com photo. All rights reserved.
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Above: On a single pass basis, a Crew Member and Grooming Machine
can cover about 4 Acres per hour. In this situation though, a single
pass to restore one trail with any significant ice is not usually enough
render a small, fine enough surface particle size, so the time to
cover any given surface area may double. We might estimate
about 575 Groomed Skiable Acres out of the 654 Acres of Tremblant’s
total Terrain, so even with multiple Machines running, we need to be
patient to allow Crews the time to work through it all.
Tremblant Guests have a role in the restoration too, as traffic passage
over restored surfaces plays a very important part in breaking down
the particle sizes. Machines leave everything from very fine, sand-like
granular to larger size that are sometimes referred to as “Golf Ball”
sized that may be mixed in with the fine granular, so each and every
Skier Boarder traveling over these mixed zones, helps to create
finer and finer snow.
A Major Plus in this whole situation is the Stable 24 hour Sub-Zero
temperatures over the last 40 hours or so. That means we don’t have
to deal with any daily Freeze/Thaw cycles. At this stage, that also means
when a surface is restored, it stays that way.
Digging into the specifics a bit, the South Side is the side that needs the most
work because it had the longest, most direct exposure to the warm rain and wind,
so it would be logical to see the largest concentration of resources committed
to the South Sector for not only that reason, but the fact is, the South is the
greatest point of Public Access as well, so getting things in order at the
“Front Door” is essential.
It was after all, the North that not only stayed Open during the adverse weather
but got a Boat Load of Snow too, so there’s less to do over there, and with more
natural snow in the North Side Trail make-up, better “Ambient” conditions.
Below: 36 Hours Ago…
While many were watching rain hit the windows beside the still Lifts
at the South Base Level, the Few and the Brave could actually be heard
“Whooping It Up” with “Hoots Of Joy” ...and some unique displays of Joy
and Exuberance over on Versant Nord, the North Side!
- www.tremblant360.com photo. All rights reserved.
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Those loyal crazy regular readers/Skiers/Boarders here that know us
personally also know how much respect we have for the Versant Nord,
the North Side Classic 1948 Trail “Sissy Schuss” which in our opinion is
one of the finest natural Alpine Snow Sport Descents on Earth.
(Doing Laps on the most excellent, naturally rolling topography
of this beautiful trail, makes you a more “articulate", stronger skier.)
The whole situation of these perfectly normal seasonal weather events
as it affected Mountain Users is also an excellent example of the
Tremblant360.com 3rd. Rule Of Skiing… “There will Always Be Great
Skiing/Boarding to be found within the Open Terrain."
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We Cheerfully go out in any weather, and always find forms of great Skiing
within the Open Terrain. After decades of hearing “Whiners” gripe and
complain, many of whom never show up to see or find these nuggets of
enjoyment(as pictured above), we have not yet once failed to find this Rule true.
Conditions Notes:
Please Note: Review trail status icons/legend in graphic below
for individual trail detail.
69(*) Open Trials on the Archival Copy of Official Open Trails,
Grooming, Snowmaking and Lift Status for February 23rd, 2014,
Courtesy of Tremblant.ca
- Archival Copy of Official Open Trails, Grooming, Snowmaking and Lift Status for February 23rd, 2014, Courtesy of Tremblant.ca
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Page under progressive assembly during the Canada Vs. Sweden
Gold Medal Hockey Game on the final day of the 2014 Winter Olympics,
in Sochi, Russia. No wonder the page views seem small this morning as
people from Coast to Coast and around the world are focused on the game.
…. @ 9:30 A.M. on a Prime Winter Sunday Weekend Morning,
no wonder there are no line-ups at lifts yet either…
Olympic Fever … it’s the only reason we think is keeping folks
from Skiing/Boarding so far today…
- Web Cam Snap Shots, Courtesy of Tremblant.ca
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Links and not-so-fine print:
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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