T360 Apres Ski Early Evening Edit Under Construction @ 7:11 P.M.
Wow... again, but in this case we unfortunately have to report
the amount and thickness of the new snow at first tracks was
overwhelming for some Beginners and Intermediates(#).
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Above: Beginners were taking skis off and walking through
some of the thickest buildups on Nansen Haut, Upper.
We added a Fan submitted pic/update below in the body of the
original post below, taken on Versant Nord, North Side, Trail # 94,
La Griffe from about 10:00 A.M. and at that time, even Experts were
affected.
Too Much Snow?
Never, at a Ski Resort, however, there’s no doubt that it would
normally take between 1 or more grooming night shifts to assimilate
the new snow into the base.
All Mountain Guests be to be patient while Crews work an All-Nighter,
and there may be extended time of multi All-Nighter’s required because
of the sheer volume of snow from not only last night, but the snow that’s
forecast to arrive tonight(see Environment Canada Heavy Snowfall Warning Below).
One Grooming Machine can normally do about 4 acres per hour,
so if there might be 500 acres of groomed terrain(estimate for
illustration purposes only), and you have say, 10 machines in
service for a shift, in 10 hours you could groom 400 acres,
in 12 hours, 480 acres, etc., etc. This assumes that you can
process terrain “Normally”, however, the machines are subject to
extra load weight in this heavy snow as well, so the point is that
this grooming environment may take extra time due to those
extra load factors.
(#) As a footnote to the above logistical point and reply to questions
we’ve been asked, it is possible that the reason there’s so much
un-groomed thickness today is perhaps the the bulk of the snow came
after grooming was already done and there were not enough hours before
Opening to re-groom such a large square area(?) and/or the amount
of snowfall was not in any forecast model we were aware of(?), so the
unexpectedly huge amount was not able to be processed with the
available staff/machine resources(?), and/or all of the above(?).
Otherwise...
Mountain Crews typically prioritize Green terrain where the need
is greatest, so we’re quite confident that tomorrow morning should
see big, big, positive changes in Green examples like Nansen, however,
there could still be more refinement necessary depending on the
duration of the storm system moving through tonight.
More later on, but the summary is:
Tomorrow’s User Friendly Is Tonights Grooming Night Shift.
---------------------- 8:01 A.M. Orig. Post ---------------------
102/102(*) Open Trails on the Snow-White Refreshed Slopes of #Tremblant .
So Far, All The “Wild Cards” Of Weather Have Turned Up “Aces”.
For example, when they said it would be raining all day, here’s what we got...
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With specific additional regard to the “Rain” component forecasted for
last evening/overnight:
Yesterday morning we wrote:
"With the typical elevation differential of -4C, there are
at least some possibilities for the indicated precipitation
to be all Snow over the Mountain."
15 cm’s of Fresh Overnight Snowfall!
Basically, everything we’ve recently written about in terms of favourable
tipping point potential benefits, have become reality. The principle elements
of favour are firstly, where “Warm” was forecast, it’s been relatively “Cool”,
and secondly, where “Rain” was forecast, the precipitation has been “Snow”.
Good thing it’s a Ski Resort...
If there is a drawback, it is that at these close proximities to
just under Zero C, there is high humidity content in the new
snow, so it is comparatively thick, and where significant
accumulations are drifted, quite heavy to move through.
Clinically, it’s “Ballistic Grade” Snowball Snow, it packs
super-dense, and it’s going to be a totally integrated layer
of thick stratification over the existing base when groomed in.
Some might call it “Wet Snow”, but considering the difference
that 2 or 3 degrees C warmer would have made rain, this is a
great “Wild Card” outcome! When all this new snow is groomed
into the base tonight, plus all the additional “Heavy Snowfall Warning”,
WOW, things could get almost unbelievably shot up to a new level of
full Winter fun status in less than 24 hours!
The tricky part is due to all this heavy thick stuff that is going to
mean a temporary reduction in “User Friendly” while Mountain Crews
work around the clock to get as much groomed as possible.
----------- T360 Fan Submitted Update @ 10:00 A.M. ---------------
Regarding Expert Terrain:
"Snow up to your knees in many places, but very thick
and even Experts are having trouble navigating. There
are some exceptions though, Fuddle Duddle appears to
have been groomed after the bulk of the snow fell and it
is in great shape.”
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Applicable to Friday night, over to Saturday morning:
* ENVIRONMENT CANADA HEAVY SNOWFALL WARNING *
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Weather Notes:
Things could have been a lot worse...
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They called for rain, it came as snow, so even if it’s thick,
that’s still a way better alternative, especially when you consider
the contribution to the groomed base this will make.
As far as today is concerned, we think the formation of
snow in higher elevation atmospheric strata is going to
continue for the daytime, but it will likely also continue
to be heavy wet snow. That’s fine with us, the net result
with this density is literally a structural addition to the
base when groomed in.
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Conditions Notes:
Thick, deep, high humidity snow can be heavy where accumulations
build quickly, so it is imperative that Beginners and Intermediates
default down in terrain challenge until complete control over descent
lines can be verified.
These conditions favour well conditioned Experts, so Anyone
from Any Skill Level who is not a frequent “Seasons Pass” type
Skier, needs to be careful. Experts who are either weekend warriors,
or have not been out for a while will need to pay particular attention
to personal limits that can be very suddenly reached by the extra muscle
demand of thicker, heavier snow.
This is the kind of day that All Mountain Guests, of All Skill Levels,
should be very careful with in terms of conservative individual
challenges, especially if you sense oncoming fatigue.
102(*)Open Trails on the Archival Copy of Official Open Trails,
Grooming, Snowmaking, Lift Status and Mountain Conditions
for March 22, 2019, Courtesy of Tremblant.ca
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Rain? What Rain?
We called for the possibility of Snow,
and that’s exactly what happened.
We think it will continue as snow,
so plan to go Skiing ASAP.
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