But at least it ain't raining!
Very, very strong Easterly winds cause South Side lifts to be shut
down and/or "progressively" (meaning gradually) opened.
Open Trail Count at 48, 64, 71, 87 depending on time and sources!
The 87 number was the number attached to our subscription to the
http://www.tremblant.ca daily newsletter. That quickly changed though,
when the whole South Side was brought to a halt by the high
velocity wind, and the number plummeted to 48. Customers were
being bussed to the North Side for a while, then the Official website
stated that South Side summit access could be done by the Soleil
Quad chair Via the Casino gondola, or the P-2 parking lot quad chair.
There was some confusion as things were changing rapidly. Under
these circumstances that was understandable as it is difficult to
actually get the info out to all concerned.
Interestingly, "Twitter" had on the go comments by a variety of users
reflecting the uncertainties, but even that was not helpful when Twitter
itself experienced "Technical Difficulties" and became inaccessible.
At 11:30 or so, the Flying mile and TGV on the South side opened and
we know that for a fact as we watched the webcams and saw people
loading and going up.
Conditions continue to be mild, just above freezing at the base level, but
thankfully, and this may seem odd, but there is an overcast sky.
Thankfully that is, because it's keeping the Sun off, so at least the thaw
rate is not being ramped up due to strong solar radiation. The strong,
warm winds will do less damage without the sun to boost the whole effect.
We urge you to review our report from yesterday because we talk about
paying close attention to Mountain signage and careful choice of terrain.
Many people got into trouble yesterday by not paying attention....
When is a "Blue" (intermediate) run a "Black Diamond" (difficult, expert only)?
The answer is when conditions become very soft an BIG bumps come rapidly
out of nowhere due to traffic making tons of turns on steeper pitches, allowing
the soft snow to be piled into large moguls that are beyond the skill levels
of intermediates.
What we saw yesterday were intermediate people winging along on the nice,
flat plateau's, then when they crested the pitches, they were faced with a high
speed entry to BIG bumps and they either crashed, were thrown airborne,
or both. There were a lot of close calls with out of control people and it
was not safe.
So go easy folks.
Other than that, The Skiing is Great!
Lots of people were having fun, But they know their own limits!
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Todays Official Grooming and Trail status report,
courtesy of http://www.tremblant.ca
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Be Careful on the Mountain, variable
conditions require Caution!
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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