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2 Main Apres Ski Points Regarding Today...
1) It snowed heavily at Tremblant all afternoon.
2) It Was One Of The Top 3 Technical Front Side Carving Days Of The So-Far Season.
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We can’t show you any fancy action shots because
out on the trails the snow was falling so heavily and
thickly that the lens became immediately plastered
with sticky wet snow. Believe it or not, the Summit
pic’s in this update were in a relatively calm moments.
Additionally, there were very few in attendance so
you could wait for minutes for others to pass and
never see anyone come or go.
This is primo Snowball snow. Big, fat, slightly warm
snowflakes that instantly pack into a ballistic-grade
sphere. If you got hit on the nose with a snowball
made from this stuff, it would hurt.
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By last run there were noticeable powder lines virtually
everywhere. The wind was shaping them actively so there
were sides that got more, but they were all very sweet.
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Where groomed into the base tonight, this
snow should produce a wonderful and
genuine fresh new strata. In the Sous
Bois, another layer for fresh tracks.
The total accumulation will not be known
until the morning but we think it certainly
is more than forecasters were expecting.
In a situation where every snowflake counts,
this is a big and very welcome addition.
---------------- 6:37 A.M. Orig. Post ----------------
100/102(*) Open Trails.
Forget Yesterday’s Weird Weather And Remember This...
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The weather yesterday could be described as “Bad”.
The low cloud ceiling consisted of sleet-like micro
particle that coated virtually everything. As a
consequence it made the clinically good skiing very
difficult to enjoy because it made vision almost
impossible by coating goggles, but was atmospherically
too dense to ski without goggles as particulate eye-blast
was described as “Painful”.
Nothing to do but move forward and hope for
better things today.
Weather Notes:
Hoping for better things and getting better things
may seem or be only a fond desire with this hourly
forecast profile.
It is not unusual to have a low cloud ceiling here,
it happens all the time and we write about it often,
what was most unusual yesterday was the unique
combination of the temps and the large size of the
air-borne/suspended cloud particulate that coated
everything.
At least there’s “Light At The End Of The Tunnel”,
so-to-speak when you look at the 14 day long
range forecast, one might even say quite a bit of
light, with many consecutive sunny days apparently
ahead...
... “if” ...
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This is the only salvageable photo we have from yesterday.
Virtually everything else was distorted by atmospheric
lens coating.
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Conditions Notes:
In all categories of open terrain it may be necessary
to separate conditions into distinct differences of
“Atmospheric” and “Surfaces”.
Atmospherically speaking this is an “Anything Is Possible” scenario.
In our opinion, one of the very best options for vision,
especially at these temps that are(on a winter scale), “warm”,
are a pair of industrial yellow lens safety glasses that
will both protect your eyes from velocity-blast on
bare eyeballs, and simultaneously restore contrast
and contour definition at descent speeds.
Technically, you do not need goggles when it is this warm.
What you do need is an effective, transparent barrier and
that is exactly what the yellow lens safety glasses are.
We get them on sale at almost any Hardware Store on
sale for around $10.00 and keep them in our ski-kit bag
for exactly this kind of weather.
As an additional functional enhancement, we coat those
yellow lenses with “Rain-X” so virtually nothing will stick
to them and we can rev around, almost as if it’s a clear day.
Another advantage may be that a forecast profile like this may
keep the crowds away, so it is possible you may have the
place mostly to your very own self, all day.
Surfaces:
In The Freshly Groomed:
Excellent, Superb, Wonderful, Smooth, Reliable,
Consistent, High Performance, Easy.
In The Sous Bois/Hors Piste/Glades And Un-Groomed:
Anything and everything from excellent to raw, very,
very individualistic with absolute requirement for slow,
deliberate, cautious explorations as many hazards are
not visible from above.
Genuine “Expert” skills and experience required.
Pay attention and give serious respect to Ski Patrol
hand posted signage. They are not kidding and their
advisories are real.
100/102(*) Open Trails on the Archival Copy of Official Open
Trails, Grooming, Snowmaking, Lift Status and Mountain Conditions
for February 1, 2024, Courtesy of Tremblant.ca
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