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The Snow Foggy Summit was a challenge for Experienced Tremblant Fans,
Newbies may have thought they’d been transported to some other Planet...
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Tremblant Mountain Fans found themselves in disorienting situations, particularly
along La Crete and the top of Beauchemin/P’tit Bonheur.
Extreme Caution has to be used with very slow forward motion as you literally
could not see more than double the length of your Skis in places. Surface
Contours were indistinguishable so any speed could boot-jar your shins
and the unexpected kicks were a reminder that anything but a crawl speed was
dangerous.
Below: As soon as you descended to the entrance of Nansen, Toboggan, or
about half-way down Lowell Thomas Haut, a vertical drop of maybe 50 to 75
Metres below the Summit, the density of the fog was either greatly reduced
or almost gone, depending on how the momentary wind shift was pushing
the cloud around.
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Winter World almost stands still in time as you try to take in the beauty
you are surrounded by.
Occasionally, you saw another person or two, but from a Safety standpoint,
the very light traffic was at times, your best hope for collision avoidance.
In this Upper Soleil Sector Toboggan Entrance example below, you could see well
initially...
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... but as you got onto the Trail itself, bands of thick fog swirling around
meant that speed had to quickly reduced to progress downward.
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The Snow Surfaces were close to Immaculate.
Toboggan itself was more fun than a Roller-Coaster because you get to choose
your own line to navigate it’s trademark Dips and Banked Rolling Contours, and it
was a Skiers Thrill of Uniform Consistency and Reliability for the complete descent,
all the way to the Soleil Quad Lift Base.
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to safely get through, the sweetness of the Groomed, Open Terrain as well as the
Overall Etherial Beauty of the Snowy Black ’n White Winter Surroundings, easily
made up for for any initial delays.
It was a poor day for Photography, but an Excellent day for Skiing.
Snowmaking continues on and it seems apparent to us that it is in Strategic
Locations were optimal Base Infrastructure needs to be achieved for Full-Season
Duration.
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a week or so are going to be quite surprised by the very positive Snow Additions
that both Mother Nature and Mountain Crews have put in place.
-6C Overnight, and Snowing, sometimes heavily. Partially Sunny, but mostly
overcast with “Environment Canada Snow Squall Warnings” in place.
Temps forecasted to drop during the day, maybe down to -15 C by late day.
More Snow Squalls!!! Good Thing It’s A Ski Resort!
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74(*) Open Trails on the 4 Sides of Snow White Winter #Tremblant.
Good Morning Tremblant!
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Here are samples of the commonly found level of surface performance
that can be found from Top-to-Bottom and Side-to-Side of virtually
every square centimetre of Tremblant’s Groomed Open Terrain.
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this very stable Base has right now all over the Mountain. In this Specific Trail
reference, the fact that it exhibits this All-Day Durability while being one of the
highest concentrations of Traffic(to Sud, South Side Resort Base), makes it
even more impressive.
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Technically Speaking... they make you look good because they easily respond
to any level of User input with a simultaneous capability to BOTH:
1) React instantly to Control Inputs of Edge-set, Braking, Carving, Skidding,
or any other dimensions of your Skill Levels you can apply.
2) Forgiveness Allowance for any minor Errors/Corrections permits easy
recovery for those moments we all experience, when personal technique
may not be quite perfect.
2 Mountain Utility Notices:
1) We have been asked about the reduction in Open Trails today and as far
as we can see, subject to any Official Tremblant corrections, it may be that
the Utility Functions of Snowmaking and Grooming are quicker and more
effective if the Trails involved are temporarily off-line. If that was the case, we
would support that strategy for those reasons plus any safety concerns you could
include as well.
History and experience show that Terrain Development and Refinement are
vigorously undertaken through January and even longer, if necessary, so
we are very understanding in that regard because the length and quality
of the total season depend on it.
2) Tremblant Parks Fans...
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several Groomers and a whole bunch of people working there yesterday,
so it’s likely you may see that for the weekend?
Below: It Skis as well as it looks!
Versant Sud, the South Side, Erik Guay.
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Semi-Overcast, Snowy, Daytime Mild @ revised up to -7C, Light Variable Winds...
Easy, easy... PLUS... a mild winter week coming up.
74(*) Open Trails on the Archival Copy of Official Open Trails,
Grooming, Snowmaking and Lift Status for January 15, 2015,
Courtesy of Tremblant.ca
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This Winter Season Is Rapidly Maturing To Very High Standards
Of Universal Quality Across The Entire Array Of Tremblant’s Terrain.
For that reason, we encourage all Regional/Local Tremblant Fans to go
as soon and as often as possible. For Upcoming Tremblant Trip Planners
at a distance, your comfort at this stage is the quality of the base as a
foundation for future arrival times.
Links and not-so-fine print:
http://www.tremblant.ca
http://www.tremblant.ca/mountain/winter ... port-e.htm
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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
Forum Index: http://alturl.com/r4cco
Bring Back The Memories... 
Research Future Visits... If you would like to look up dates you visited Tremblant, or you
want to research days/weeks/months to visit, you can sample what
they look like historically, month by month, year by year.
GoTo: Archive, Search Reports by Date: Index: http://tinyurl.com/yktelmu
When reviewing dates from any of the past, numbered, archived pages,
you can use the "Previous Topic" or "Next Topic" buttons, located
screen far right, in upper date/message bar to scroll through sequential
dates, or use your browsers "back" button to stay on the selected index
page for non-sequential date reviews in either forward or reverse order.
There are approximately 6, 25 day Index pages per season.
(
If you "Bookmark" the link above, it will always take you to theFirst index page with the latest posts. That gives you an immediate,
current to 25 day past, review scroll of Winter Alpine Conditions by
consecutive date.)
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