This is the Defining Pic.du Jour:
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worked out almost exactly the way we wanted.
This sample from McCulloch, almost right under the TGV Quad Chair
at Last Run tells the story. The Surface layer is wind packed, but on
contact, breaks into Dust and small, soft irregular shapes that fall
apart if you try to pick them up.
This Stuff makes Lousy Snowballs ‘cause it won’t easily pack by hand.
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of Open Groomed Terrain, almost flawless.
Here’s the big picture of this snow on the right side(descending) of McCulloch.
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Last Run Corduroy on Johannsen, Sud, South Base Resort Level.
Carve This... if you can...
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We can tell you for a fact that this is the main reason
you want to be at Tremblant First Thing in the Morning.
---------------- 6:36 A.M. Orig. Post ---------------
90(*) Open Trails on the Very Snowy Again... 4 Sides of #Tremblant.
1.19.15"As the Big Fat Flakes were falling in the lower temps at Last Run,
it was impossible not to think about how very fine the conditions
should be tomorrow morning.”
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The New Snowfall was being fairly evenly distributed over both principle
South and North Sides at Last Run. We’re hopeful that with Overnight
Grooming Cycles and the effects of Cryogenic Cooling Forces at -23 C South
Base Level, that may have gotten as low as -27C or so at Mountain Elevations,
the combination is going to produce new, incremental, conditions outcomes.
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Kandahar. Normally, that kind of wind velocity could generate some bare or icy
spots but the base has been stable enough, with enough packed and groomed snow
in the top layers that there is actually much less in the way of Icy bits than one
might expect.
The few surface glitches we did encounter are mostly in the usual places on the
very steepest pitches centres, just below crests and/or where there are concentrations
of Traffic.
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following picture looking up at the Summit Entrance to McCulloch and Kandahar.
Anyone who Skis/Boards here on a regular basis knows that this little
pitch down the South Side of the Summit Grand Manitou Lodge can be
prone to Icy Spots.
We did not find even one, in our descents here. That does not mean that there might
have been one or two there, but we never crossed them. If they are there, they
are far less than usual.
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of McCulloch have some very fine powder lines and they were there for the few
who have the Skills, all day. Of course, below the Pitch, McCulloch, like virtually
all of Tremblant’s descents now, is Wall-To-Wall, Snow White Winter Magic.
Meanwhile, Over On the North Side...
There were quite a few sheltered zones and the scene below on lower Fuddle-Duddle
is a great example of that. This descent path from the top of the Expo Quad is
in generally Excellent Condition and for the most part is like Skiing on Carpet,
smooth and very consistent in performance qualities.
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“Pure Winter” days of no Plus Value Thermal spikes that is at least a couple of
weeks now. With the Open Trail Count in the 90’s, the Fullness of Mature
Winter Seasonal Conditions are upon us.
We hope you get to see that for yourself today.
Weather Notes:
Starts Out Cold, but under a very Sunny Sky with temps forecasted to rise
fairly quickly to -17C by noon, and up to -14C after lunch. The Winds are
Moderate to Strong and from the Nor-West, so moving across the Summit
from La Crete towards Duncan.
Rounding the corner from La Crete to Upper Beauvallon will likely be the
quickest wind concentration, but descending below that point should find
less velocity. Riding up the TGV should have it mostly at your back and you
may even find some Solar Warming Energy on the way up.
90(*) Open Trails on the Archival Copy of Official Open Trails,
Grooming, Snowmaking and Lift Status for January 20 2015,
Courtesy of Tremblant.ca
scroll ----->>> for complete data display
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that stop you from leaving right this 6:35 A.M. second... Go Now, if you can...
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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