12/26/10 Conditions

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12/26/10 Conditions

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Boxing Day Snow Sale!

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Noon Up-date: Virtually no lines beyond a couple minutes,
light traffic and easy, excellent conditions.
It's a "No Brainer" people, you should be at Tremblant.


(Additional detail will be added in stages, including
Apres Ski Picfile. #Seeyathen)

Proof of Lifts: Green Lights For GO!
Green Lights for NO Lines!
See pic. timestamp
Web Cam Snap Shot Courtesy of http://www.tremblant.ca
Web Cam Snap Shot courtesy of www.tremblant.ca
Web Cam Snap Shot courtesy of www.tremblant.ca
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Official Tremblant Snow Report shows 71(*)
Open Trails and ALL lifts open, except Duncan.


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More Noon up-date:

A reasonable question at this stage would be:

"Why are they running Soleil if there are no runs open there?"

Answer Could Be: With Duncan off-line until accident repairs
complete, Soleil can be brought on-line to supply more up-hill
capacity by connecting to the Resort Village base Via the
"Destination" gondola from Summit du Neige, over to the Soleil
Base.

Soleil did carry passengers today. Pic included in Apres Ski below.

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Revised @ 8:49 a.m. to 69
#15 Gaetan Boucher and #17 Dunzee have been
closed by the Ski Patrol.
Dunzee is a 50 meter connector
from La Crete to McCulloch
and Gaetan Boucher runs diagonally
from the bottom of Dunzee to
the bottom of Zig-Zag/Mid-point
Grand Prix, to the left of the
TGV Quad Chair as you approach
the summit.
In early season conditions it is
not uncommon to see these off-line
between Snow Storms when skied out.
While they can both be fun, they're short
and are insignificant to total skiable area.
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The Alpine Ski and Snowboard Conditions at Tremblant
are excellent for all skill levels. The Groomed surfaces are
immaculate and everyone will be able to find smooth sailing.


For experts, there is a wide range of choice and challenge.
We recommend that you explore the terrain carefully with
all due care and caution before you go ripping around though.

In order to ensure safety when you explore new terrain,
particularly on the un-groomed trails, proceed with reduced speed.
There may be natural hazards that require navigation to avoid.


There are 5 progressive trail openings, all of them on the Edge,
so we'll have to wait and see on that sector.

At the time of this writing (6:00a.m.), the Official published reports may
still be the preview reports from late yesterday, so we'll have to wait
to see if there are any changes in the one that comes out this morning.
(We say "may be" above because the report timestamp says 3:04 P.M.
on the 26th, which obviously can not be yet as it is only 6:00 A.M. now.
The possibilities exists that it is just a mistake on the date, or the P.M.
and the report was actually very early at 3:04 A.M.)
The Official http://www.tremblant.ca Snow Report is usually published at
about 5:15 A.M. and typically if it's late, then there are changes from
the preview.

(F.Y.I. Our report usually gets built over a 45 minute period because
reviewing all the data, formating page and pic's etc. takes a while,
so if there are changes between the preview and the fresh morning
data, that may necessitate a revamp to correct for accuracy.
Sometimes it can take longer because we anticipate more changes
and the info is not yet available, or we have logistical delays on our
end which can be anything from travel, computer or time crunch glitches.)

The fact is that we have exceptionally good
Alpine Snow Surfaces at Tremblant right now.
The abundance of fresh snow that we've gotten so far this
season has put Tremblant in Fine, Fine shape.


For sure, it's too bad about the accidental situation with Duncan,
but the Mountain staff are doing the best they can to put things
in place for compensating.

Today, starting at 11:00 A.M. (according to the last press release
issued by Tremblant.ca), Busses will be available to assist
in the return of guests to the South Side from the North Side.

However...

With the Edge Quad Chair shown as open, as well as Trail #1, Bon Vivant,
there would be a second way to get to the South, besides Lowell Thomas
to the summit.

You can now take the Expo Quad, turn right on Gagnon to Beauchemin,
go to the Edge Quad, then to the top, where Bon Vivant takes you to Nansen.
You can either descend all the way to the SouthSide Resort Village base,
or cut over on Mi-Chemin to the TGV High Speed Quad to get back up to the Summit.
Screenshot of Downloadable pdf Tremblant Versant Nord, North side Trail Map, courtesy of www.Tremblant.ca
Screenshot of Downloadable pdf Tremblant Versant Nord, North side Trail Map, courtesy of www.Tremblant.ca
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Today's copy of the Official, Downloadable, pdf
Trail and Grooming status, courtesy of http://www.tremblant.ca
Screenshot courtesy of www.tremblant.ca
Screenshot courtesy of www.tremblant.ca
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Virtually no lines beyond a couple minutes,
light traffic and easy, excellent conditions.
It's a "No Brainer" people, you should be at Tremblant.



Links:

http://www.tremblant.ca

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

(*) :arrow: Understanding Trail Counts - http://alturl.com/n54py

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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Re: 12/26/10 Conditions

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Boxing day Apres Ski...

(Partial Draft of tomorrow's Conditions Report.)

(We're hoping that this info is going to be helpful.
We also want to encourage anyone with verifiable
information that could add to the usefulness,
please, join up and/or join in.)

You've Got Options.

We're going to address this point first because if you're sitting
in Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal, Trois-Riviers, Syracuse New York,
or Burlington Vermont and you're thinking: "I'd really like to
go to Tremblant this week, I wonder how they're doing there?"

Answer: Just fine, Thank You very much! we're doing so well
that you should simply toss your gear in the vehicle, hit the road
and then hit the slopes, because when you get here...

You've got options! more on that in a minute, but first...

We have one lift down due to an accidental fire in a control cabin.
that is expected to come back on line as early as the 29th.

Until that happens though, the Tremblant operations crew has compensated
by firing up all the other lifts on the Mountain, even before some areas are
ready for Christmas early season opening, in order to maximize up-hill
capacity, so basically, you should be able to rely on getting all the vertical
you want when you come to Tremblant.

Now for those familiar with Tremblant's legendary layout, all the details so that you
can take advantage of the provisions put in place for Holiday traffic.

You've Got Options...

1) Gondola, enclosed 8 passenger from South Side Resort Village to Summit.

2) Flying Mile, Detachable High Speed Quad Chair to top of Flying Mile sector,
South Side, Resort base.

3) "Destination", enclosed 8 pass. gondola from Summit du Neige, South Side
Resort Base to Soleil sector.

4) Soleil, Detachable High Speed Quad Chair to Summit.
It should be noted that with the Destination Gondola to the Soleil base
in service, you could park at Soleil as an option too.

5) TGV, Detachable High Speed Quad Chair from Mid-Point South side to Summit.
Note: TGV can be linked with "Flying Mile" for Base to Summit access.

6) Expo, Detachable High Speed Quad Chair from North Side Base to Mid-Point
North Side.

7) Lowell Thomas, Fixed Triple Chair from Mid-Point North Side to Summit.

8) The Edge, Fixed Quad Chair to top of Edge Sector.
Note: South Side can be accessed from top of Edge Via Trail #1, Bon Vivant
to South Side Trail, Nansen.

9) Shuttle to South Side From North Side for those who choose to return to
the Resort Village by this method, starting at 11:00 A.M.

Experience so far has shown traffic to be easily handled by the in-service lifts.
It would be speculation to say whether the extra shuttle will be necessary for
tomorrow or the rest of the week, however, in a Tremblant.ca Official Press
Release, management has committed to this service, just in case, until the
Duncan Quad is restored to service.

So, there you have it... You've got Options!

...and we haven't even begun to talk about the 69 Options
you have for skiing and Boarding on the Mountain yet...

Just for the fun of it, and a bit of a change of pace for a minute...
Earlier in the week we were talking with a new member here
(thanks for the question Richard!) about grooming.

Anyone looking at the Official Tremblant.ca Snow Report is going
to see "Winch Grooming" on Expo Haut (upper) and on other runs too.
I was going through some file pics and found another good pic of Expo
after it has been just "Winch" groomed. In this process a cable is fixed
to the summit of the run involved and the Groomer/packer is "Winched"
up and/or down the run to produce an extremely uniform surface of the
highest possible quality.

Here's the pic sample:

Any experienced Skier/Boarder is going to instantly recognize
the surface quality story that this pic tells.

Tremblant Skiers and Boarders get these kinds of conditions
almost all the time!
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What's under your skis?
If it's not Tremblant, it's not this!


More on the way...
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Re: 12/26/10 Conditions

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All Web Cam Snap Shots Courtesy of http://www.tremblant.ca

We mentioned that Soleil carried passengers today...

Please note timestamp.
Web Cam Snap Shot courtesy of www.tremblant.ca
Web Cam Snap Shot courtesy of www.tremblant.ca
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At what would arguably be the the busiest time of the day,
this was all the line there was at the South Side Resort
Gondola Base. We would estimate 3 or 4 minutes here.
Web Cam Snap Shot courtesy of www.tremblant.ca
Web Cam Snap Shot courtesy of www.tremblant.ca
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The Trails on the Edge saw some traffic today,
regardless of their operational status.

This shot is at the maximum magnification permitted
by the summit web cam @ X16. We originally were
trying to get a sense of the snowmaking going on over
their, so when we saw people... Wow! Are they having fun?
Web Cam Snap Shot courtesy of www.tremblant.ca
Web Cam Snap Shot courtesy of www.tremblant.ca
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Stay tuned for tomorrows chapter soon!






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