1/9/10 Conditions

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Beautiful, Classic Tremblant Winter Day!

Web Cam Snap Shots courtesy of www.tremblant.ca

Picture Perfect Winter Day.

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Why, Oh Why, are you not in this picture!

76 Open trails with a fair amount of Snow Making continuing.
Our surfaces should be quite grippy. This will be a day when
the snow has that wonderful "squeaky" quality as you ski or
board over it and typically, it also means conditions may be
"fast", so use caution around the Mountain until you have
verified safe places to use speed. Please be careful around
Trail intersections or any other high traffic zones in particular,
there may be beginners out there that need extra space.

Take a look at todays Official, Printable Grooming and Trail
Status Report, courtesy of http://www.tremblant.ca The
three columns following the Trail name show "Open", “Snow
Making" and "Grooming". As you can see, the grooming list
is extensive for all skill levels, so you should not have any
trouble locating good surfaces that will suit your style.



Official, Printable Grooming and Trail
Status Report, courtesy of http://www.tremblant.ca

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Beautifully sunny, but Winter Weather returns, as far as temps are
concerned with a nippy -22C at dawn. There is a gusty little breeze,
which is only forecast to be at 10km, but when it peaks, it swirls
the snow around, so there's enough there to feel it, for sure.
Today will want you to have all the critical seal areas of your
external layer well secured. Thermal heat loss from around
Head, Neck, Wrists, Waist and Boot Tops are altogether a
"Tipping Point" in your comfort.

The use of the word "Critical" with reference to external garment
seals is entirely appropriate as on a cold day, the combined thermal
heat loss from these areas can, and probably will, make all the
difference in your enjoyment of a day long outdoor experience.
Hands and feet, of course are very sensitive, but these are 2
areas where overlapping cuffs make a huge difference.

While there is the ongoing debate about "Mittens or Gloves", for
days even down at these levels, high tech fabrics and layers have
come along way in bringing gloves, with the added versatility of
independent finger action, up to par with mittens. Combine that
with a glove that has really big, long cuff that overlaps the sleeve,
and hand comfort jumps way up while you can still operate zippers
and buckles etc. without taking hands out of mittens.

If your feet are temp sensitive, the equipment shops in the
Resort Village have lots of options ranging from single use
toe warmers, all the way up to electronically operated thermal
footbed inserts. You can literally dial up heat to your feet if
you so desire.

Bottom line on this is: There is no better place in North
America(that we are aware of), that can help you as effectively
as the Pro's at Tremblant, in terms of being properly outfitted
for Skiing or Boarding on days like today.

Just a quick word about pricing. Tremblant's shops are not
as expensive as some may think. The quality of products offered
is very high, so both durability and function will typically be
much superior to the "BigBoxCo." discount outlets. You get
what you pay for and we still have gear we got at Tremblant years
and years ago that are use a few times a season. They outfit
Instructors and other Mountain Pro's with gear that WORKS,
and you can get that too, so when it comes to price, remember
that VALUE is actually the key for functional winter sports gear.

Wonderful Sunny Conditions!

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The Burton El Nino. Young boarders ages 15 and under will be
able to hone their technique with guidance from members of the
Burton team, while pitting themselves against other boarders in
a friendly jam.


Links:

http://www.tremblant.ca

http://www.tremblant.ca/mountain/winter ... port-e.htm

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




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Apres Ski Edit:

It was a very good day. The sun was full-on spectacular and
riding up the North Side with the snow makers blasting
upward was quite a sight. If it was not quite so cold, it would
be a good photo opp., but exposed fingers to operate a camera,
experience discomfort in less than a minute at those temps,
and when you get them back in the glove, warmth takes a
long time to come back into them. It's not like it's too cold
out there, it's just too cold to be taking your hand coverings off.

Draft of Conditions Report for tomorrow:

There is a benefit to these temps though and that is the dry,
grippy, squeaky quality of the snow that only comes in the
crisp cold of Winter. Cold snow is great to ski in and fortunately,
as we reviewed in our conditions reports earlier in the week,
we have not had any significant thaw at all this season,
so the base has not been compromised.

Our surfaces are holding up quite well considering the traffic
they are getting. Some of the beginner terrain has very sure
grip and with the cool temps and accumulative snowfalls
over the last week, has a very nice slip factor, which makes
it easy to progress in. As mentioned above, there is a very
"firm" base underneath though, so if you flip at all, there’s
not a lot of cushion.

The intermediate terrain is a carving paradise for the most part.
A fresh set of edges, as is part of a ski or board tune-up, will
definitely improve your ability to hang on to the control of
your turns, both in shape and speed. If you are washing your
turns out today by skidding through them, you may not have
enough edge sharpness necessary to maintain mechanical grip
and/or the turning radius of your skis might be too big for the
conditions.

One opinion is that these conditions favour a good Slalom Ski
with a fairly tight turning radius, say between 11 and 13 meters.
Cranking off endless tight slalom turns is both good exercise and
excellent speed control. It helps you keep warm on a day like today
too. To ski todays conditions in a "Super G" style, would generate
a lot of speed, probably too much. To use a ski with a 18 to 22
meter turning radius today in a pure carving mode, might be
impractical from a safety standpoint because the surfaces are
very "fast".

Moving on to a favorite, Banzai is skiable, but there is wear
showing in the middle. If you can do lots of small high-side
turns, the right side on the lower pitch still has a couple of
meters wide slot of good snow, but you need to take your
time to be safe. This is typical of some of the "out of the way”
runs where it is not possible to have snowmaking.

Summary: The whole Mountain is holding together quite well.
We should be thankful for what we have here.

More snow would be nice, for sure, but a basic focus on technique
for all skill levels with attention to speed control is still lots of fun.



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