From Yesterday Afternoon, as the overcast began to build.
Please Note: Flat, Low Contrast Light, Photo's Caveat.
This Hand Held Telephoto of the Summit off the Flying Mile Quad as it
bounced over the bogie-wheels of the Lift Towers at the upper crest of
Johannsen was a “Long Shot” in more ways than one... we never expected
it to be usable.
Great Conditions at Tremblant Are Not A Long Shot... they are Guaranteed!
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certain to have an Excellent day at Tremblant.
The Open Trail Count says it all... 100%!
A Tremblant360 “How To” for Today’s Type Of Conditions:
Directed largely to Confident Intermediates and/or anyone willing
to Adapt for enhanced control options.
(**) With More Snow over More Snow... things can thicken up a bit and
that makes extra challenge for those learning to expand their skills, as the
irregular depths and forward resistance levels are less predictable to
cope with when navigating at speed.
For Skiers: If Possible, we’d like to suggest that one adaptation to Technique
as we illustrate below, can make a big difference when there’s this much
New Snow around.
Before Shaped Skis... back in the day... Advanced Skiers used “Parallel Turn”
technique, where the old fashioned straight Skis were held very close together
with ankles almost touching, so the 2 Skis formed a rough Platform and the Skier
using an unweighting up movement that took pressure off the ground, and then
swivelled the Skis around to the new direction of the turn.
This is a very useful technique when there’s a lot of Snow around because it tends
to equalize the Forward Resistance between the two feet so there is less likelihood
of very uneven “Drag” that can catch you unaware and cause a tumble if your
reflexes are not quick enough.
Below:
Here is a pic from Yesterday on McCulloch showing a Wide Stance and an extreme
difference in forward resistance between two Skis.
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a soft spot is totally obvious. This is current wide stance technique and this Expert
person was able to carry on from here, but an Intermediate or a Beginner could have
a different result.
Below:
This next shot, also from yesterday on McCulloch at the same time as above, shows a
Skier with Feet Closer together and what you can see is the Snow Spray from the
Uphill Ski hitting the Downhill Boot. This closer stance will facilitate a more even
distribution of force to the Skiers legs and additionally will generate more “Float”
as the two Skis are supporting a more equal weight.
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World Cup Mogul Skiers Peg Their Knees, Feet and Skis Tight, Tight, Tight, Together...
and while you may not be able to Ski Like that, any narrower, feet closer together
stance, in Thick Snow or Moguls will improve your skills in those conditions.
We see Learners trying to maintain a wide carving stance at all times, when
actually, it’s appropriate to throw in some “Old School” Techniques if there
are BOTH Safety and Utility Benefits.
Ask Your Tremblant Ecole Sur Neige Ski Instructor For Details!
Moving on...
We had hoped to Ski La Griffe yesterday, but that was not possible, however,
in passing on lower Fuddle Duddle, it was very plain to see looking up La Griffe
from the bottom, that the thick, heavy moguls of Sunday have been Groomed
out and the carving tracks are back showing just how much smoother the Surfaces
are there now.
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will be found on the majority of the Groomed Trail List. As the daily Grooming
cycles continue, the rate of surface compaction increases the density of the Snow
in the Base and makes it more Traffic Resistant.
---------- Conditions Caveat ---------------
Excessive Speed for conditions is a critical error with Heavily Falling,
Blowing, Lose, Abundant Snow.
Please Observe the “Code” and Obey all Posted Signage.
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Weather Notes:
Overcast, however the Sun is supposed to make an appearance.
That does not look likely to us right now, but a Bonus if it does!
Not all that cold out @ -3C, but the Snow is Falling sometimes
Heavily, and the Wind is Howling from the Nor-West, blowing
right up Beauvallon/Alpine/Nansen and crossing the Summit
towards Duncan.
Could this cause Lift “Issues”??? Not Sure, but Maybe?
Consult with Tremblant Info. Crews For Updates...
In the Mean-time...
Bundle Up Notice!
96(*) Open Trails on the Archival Copy of Official Open Trails,
Grooming, Snowmaking and Lift Status for March 17, 2015,
Courtesy of Tremblant.ca
scroll ----->>> for complete data display
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Fabulous Expert Snow-Hound Conditions!
Take it Easy out there Folks, Go with the Flow and maintain
respectable distance from others at all times.
Mountain Crews will have Groomed out as much as they could last night
for Beginners and Intermediates, but with this windy weather, conditions
will be “Dynamic”!
Links and not-so-fine print:
http://www.tremblant.ca
http://www.tremblant.ca/mountain/winter ... port-e.htm
(*)
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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