T360 Mid-Eve. Apres Ski Edit @ 9:20 P.M.
There Are A Lot Of People Here That Are New To Tremblant, Welcome!
Boston, Trenton New Jersey, Cleveland, Chicago, Detroit, Wilmington,
Boca Raton, New York City, just a few of the “Where Are You From?”
responses.
For the benefit of all “New To Tremblant” Guests:
Pictured below are staff members of Tremblant’s “Info.Ski” Crew
with the big “?” on their unique uniforms. Fully bilingual, these
helpful folks are shown here at the Summit Gondola Off-Load Zone
where their sole purpose is to provide you with answers relating to
any Tremblant Mountain User Information you may require. We
consult with this team virtually every single day because their
knowledge of current updates is unmatched. For those new to the area,
their friendly guidance relating to appropriate terrain/trail selection to
Skill Levels is an invaluable asset for safe and enjoyable descent planning.
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It was a day of Technical Skiing due to the firmness of the base.
Shallow top layers are fine for generally cruising around, but for any
degree of Performance, a soft touch with a razor sharp edge is what you
need. The only way to get any significant lateral turning grip is with a
gentle and progressive edge-set because any sudden, jerky or jammed
manoeuvres were almost instantly not happening. People without tuned
edges were finding it Icy. People with tuned edges were finding it Firm,
but with a subtle edge applied, still responsive.
This Lowell Thomas sample below was an example of virtually ice-free
on the pitches. Not to say it wasn’t slippery, because over the very firmest
base, it was solid snow so with too much speed you could loose traction
quite quickly, but if you held your speed in check a bit, no problem hooking
up for fully completed big swoopy carved turns all the way down to the
Duncan Cat Track.
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There was less outright icy than might have been expected, so our thanks to
Mountain Crews who rendered out very fine Post-Thermal-Event Slopes with
shallow but very turnable snow. For the most part, what’s below the top layers
highly compacted snow that is a very solid base. Sharp Edge Condition is critical
to safe navigation.
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The Temps did not get as warm as might have been expected on the Mountain,
so there was much less softening than was expected as well. The wind velocity
definitely felt briskly cool at times too. We thought there might have been enough
solar energy on Soleil Sector to generate soft surfaces, but it was not so. Maybe
on the last 100 metres, maybe, otherwise “Firm” was everywhere. Toboggan,
pictured above, was quite solid, but with sharp edges, definitely doable, especially
on the Trail Outboard Edges where there is good margin of soft snow.
Tremblant Resort Ski-In, Ski-Out P2, Porte Du Soleil Utility Note:
All Systems “Go” at PorteDu Soleil from P2.
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Tomorrow Weather starts with -8C and under a Sunny Sky, rises up to +1 C
by Noon. Moderate East winds, swinging around to South in the afternoon.
Cloud building in afternoon, Precipitation possible after about 5:00 P.M.
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94(*) Open Trails.
We’ll Start The Review With the “Snow” Part First....
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It seemed to be snowing somewhere at Tremblant all afternoon as the weather
was passing over from the Nor-East. We also had Sleety Rain twice while at
the Nord, North Side base. The first time for about 3 or 4 minutes, the second
time, for about 90 seconds... other than that... Snow.
The Skiing was fabulous on the Groomed Terrain of all Skill Levels. The surface
softening was exactly as we had hoped for, very shallow, and just enough to
allow for aggressive carving edge-set angles, without being so soft as to
allow much in the way of moguls to form. We think the explanation for that
favourable performance combination is the supporting frost below that is
still capable of withstanding quite a bit of heat without losing its ability
to soften at all.
Please Note: Photography has been very challenging in predominantly Grey,
Overcast, Low Contrast, Flat, Low Definition, Snow Obscured, Cloud/Fog Obscured,
and generally darker weather. Some images have been modified to show snow
surface detail as a default for Ski/Board Conditions. As difficult as it makes for
pic’s... all the Snowfall has been fantastic, so very happy to have the “Problem”.
Below: The Sissy Schuss Haut, Upper, to Fuddle Duddle Bas, Lower, descent path
was not only smooth, but fast as well. Surface softening here was exactly enough
to support fine carving but never so much to generate any drag at all. Great
for all Skill Levels that want to use optimal edge control from very basic to
very refined. This Trail was typical of all the Groomed Green and Blue Levels.
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Of course... with the overnight drop to well below Zero C at around -10C or so,
the whole picture is likely to be different today, but not necessarily worse in any
way, rather we think you may find similar performance today but in different
places and ways due to the fact that much of the Mountain was already Sub-Zero
before Night-Shift Grooming started.
We could be wrong, but at the least, we are very thankful for the typical level of
Grooming that seems to go on around a re-freeze that leaves things “Flat”, because
froze Flat is always way better than froze Lumpy. Regardless about our initial
conditions forecast, with the Sun out and temp’s rising to -1C, there will be some
softening as the day progresses on Sud, South, and Soleil Sectors. In this case,
the Nord, North Side has more uncertain outcomes because of the shading it
gets and there may not be enough solar energy to warm the air sufficiently to
soften anything. Surfaces on the Nord, North and Edge Sectors may therefore
be related to only the top layers produced by Grooming, not softening.
This is the beginning of the Seasonal shift in Warm/Cool cycles, in terms of
both Day to Night and longer periods of multi-day generalized Warm/Cool
that will eventually materialize as Spring, but in the mean-time...
We think that just as yesterday gave some truly excellent, somewhat surprisingly
and a bit unexpected Top-of-Season Groomed Carving performance, today will
also positively surprise us with Sweet Spots that are a joy to discover and may well
hold similar Best-Of performance.
Trail Conditions Case Study on Devils River, Versant Nord, North Side.
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This is a regular point of reference for us as an indicator of Sector Health
and we found it to be superbly groomed, without so much as a single
snowflake out of place. 100% uniform carving depth and consistency
from top to bottom. Devils River is a thrilling run to take when it’s this
close to perfect. The changes in pitch and contour make it a joy to carve
on and the shape of the land is very easy to read ahead on to help
with turning radius that can be used offset to slope for high speed
traction.
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Seen above, the final two small pitches on Devils River just above the runout
are like Rocket Launchers as each one not only adds acceleration, but the traction
allows the very obvious Edge-hold visible above, so you can shoot out of the bottom
with enough velocity to glide all the way out to Duncan.
One of the most amazing re-occurances for us is the continuous joy of discovery.
Even though we might have done a thousand runs on Devils River, finding it
a wonderful as was yesterday is like finding it for the first time all over again.
Familiar in location, but unique in the days fingerprint of weather and condition,
we think it makes for just as much fun for us as it would be for you if it was the
first time you’d ever been on it.
This point applies to virtually all the Groomed Terrain and it is a fundamental
component of our ongoing enthusiasm for Tremblant, that it seems to find new
ways of getting better almost every time out on its fine slopes.
One Final “Conditions" Note:
Do Not Think We’ve Ever Seen This Contour Wind Drift This Big... Ever.
We hope to expand on this point later on, but for now, we want to
get it recorded here for this date as a meaningful benchmark of just
how much snow Mother Nature can pack into a space with her wind
shaping. If it wasn’t for the groomers excavating it, this Contour Drift
would extend all the way down the upper pitch of P’tit Bonheur and at the
top, just below the fence on La Crete, it’s close to 10 feet high.
Anyone with concerns about “Enough Snow” for Great Spring Conditions
should be able to set aside any fears with this kind of evidence.
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Bottom Line On Above:
Tremblant has more snow on 2/20/17, than 12 out of the past 16 Years TOTALS.
Weather Notes:
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94(*) Open Trails on the Archival Copy of Official Open Trails,
Grooming, Snowmaking, Lift Status and Mountain Conditions
for February 20th, 2017, Courtesy of Tremblant.ca
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Tremblant is now Open Until 4:00 P.M. each day,
so for those who may only be able to get out later,
it’s an extra 2 or 3 runs if you know how to time it.
Additionally, anytime there’s a Cool Overnight to Warm Afternoon,
coming out a bit later gets you the most consistency in the Surfaces
after they respond to Sun and Air Temps.
Links and not-so-fine print:
http://www.tremblant.ca
What’s The Use? Research Benefits of this Archive: http://tinyurl.com/gp5vjps
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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.
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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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