T360 Middle of the Night Shift Apres Ski @ 3:13 A.M.
A Genuine Winter Day In Fall.
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In addition to the almost limitless blue sky weather, if you
look at the foreground closely, you will see a rather obvious
looking Beginner. There were a lot of Beginners today and
on any given descent of Nansen or P’tit Bonheur, you knew
immediately that they needed a wide, maybe even a very wide
margin of passing safety. Random directional and speed changes
were typical of Beginners, what was unusual was the outright
number of them. In a sense, it’s a great sign for the Sport, and,
we all had our own Beginner days, so all experienced Skiers/Boarders
need to let the Beginners have their space. Bottom line on this point
is that speed on Nansen or P’tit Bonheur was irresponsible on the part
of Experts and Intermediates within the large Beginner population and
we expect that to be the same for tomorrow. If you want to go fast,
avoid doing it around Beginners.
Let's Talk About The Snow.
The snow pictured below is a wind driven, very light and dry,
fine(as in small) crystalline particle with variable rates of
glide friction depending on thickness or groomed density,
but generally quite fast. The sparkles of white dots are sun
refraction bouncing off individual crystals, very typical of
genuine, dry cold-formed snow and the wind effects are
instantly visible in the surface shapes. When groomed,
this snow is really fast.
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Just for the record, the shot above is a telephoto close-up
of the snow under the Duncan Quad, taken from the Duncan
Quad, as it raises out of the Base station, at the top of the first
crest. It is indicative of the fact that there is genuine Winter
snow spanning the entire Mountain vertical.
Below:
Here is an action shot at the top of the Nansen Pitch sector
that was segregated for Racers today. The performance capability
that is so easy to see here was pretty much universal across
all open terrain. There were very few icy bits and the big snow
that came yesterday morning has now had a second grooming
cycle so compaction has increased its density. We expect this
groomed quality to continue on for tomorrow on the current
Open terrain.
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We Were Wrong On The Date Of New Opening Terrain.
We did not see any new terrain opening today, however
Tremblant.ca in their own F/B video have stated that
there should be 20 Open Trails for the weekend. That
means we were out by a day, but we still think the new
terrain is going to be in the Lowell Thomas sector.
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At The End Of The Day...
Your Friends At Tremblant Hope You
Can Make It Out For The Weekend!
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Tomorrows weather starts Sunny @ -12 C, rising to -7 C
with moderate North to Nor-West winds. It’s going to be
a great performance day with more genuine Winter in Fall!
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16(*) Open Trails with Sud/South, Nord/North, Summit-To-Base Ski-Outs at #Tremblant.
Definition of yesterday’s Night-Shift:
Turning “Great” Into “Excellent”!
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The 2 story theme from last night’s Apres Ski continues on for today
with regard to the excellent Game Changing new snowfall we woke
up to yesterday morning, as well as the absolutely massive snowmaking
effort being undertaken by Mountain Crews around the clock.
Sooner or later the only possible outcome is more Open Terrain, so the
questions are “Where” and “When”. We think the most likely first, is within
the Versant Nord, North Side, Lowell Thomas Sector.
The main reason we think that is the visibly larger natural snowfall
accumulations caused by wind directional drifting that seem apparent
as you ride up either the Lowell T Quad or the Duncan Quad.
Here is a sample from the ride up the Versant Nord, North Side
Lowell Thomas High Speed Quad that clearly shows the huge
deployment of Snowmaking that spans the entire vertical of this
sector.
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In another example, this time on Versant Sud, South Side, you can see
an equally large deployment of snowmaking over the entire vertical of
Trail # 12, Erik Guay. A ride up the TGV Quad gets you a bird’s eye view,
especially as the chair departs the base station.
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Tremblant Mountain Crews have demonstrated very high standards
of trail opening quality in recent seasons, so regardless of specific
dates, or the fact that all visiting guest skiers want as much open
terrain as possible, we are very confident that when these development
areas do open, they will be at the highest levels of performance possible.
Weather Notes:
A very easy early winter day with sun and perhaps best of all,
compared to yesterday, far less windy/gusty.
Not only is today a wonderful early winter day, but we think
the really important message, particularly in the long range
two week outlook, is just how easy early winter things are
looking like in the near-term. If you are sitting at home in
Ottawa, Ont., or Syracuse N.Y.(for only 2 regional examples),
and thinking about escapes to ski over the next couple of weeks,
this forecast is a no-brainer for “Go, Go, GO!”
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Conditions Notes:
We just had the game changer necessary to take early season
conditions from great to excellent. Almost all traces of icy bits
disappeared yesterday and the wonderful new level of consistent
quality was evident across all skill levels of open terrain.
It’s easy to look good in these conditions and it’s easy to learn in
these conditions.
We would have to say that the Thursday traffic was less than we
expected for a normally busy U.S. Holiday time-frame. In this years
case, that might well be due to transit delays caused by the big snow
storm system that put 21Million Americans under Weather/Travel
advisories and restrictions, but so-far, it’s been ski-on at all lifts
with virtually zero line-ups.
16(*)Open Trails on the Archival Copy of Official Open Trails,
Grooming, Snowmaking, Lift Status and Mountain Conditions
for November 29, 2019, Courtesy of Tremblant.ca
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They're Workin' On It !!!
Guests eagerly looking at all the new and blown snow
in the development zones are anxiously waiting for
access to what promise to be primo opening conditions.
Be patient, Mountain Crews are working at full speed ahead,
so when quality and safety reach opening spec’s, you’ll be
the first to know!
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