Please accept our apologies for very late Apres Ski Posting.
Unexpected delays in Easter Weekend Regional Family Travel...
Anyway, as indicated below in our noon update, there were substantial
improvements in surface quality enhancing carving performance.
These Improvements were the main point we had hoped to elaborate on in Apres Ski,
so we’ll have more on that in the morning now.
Additionally, the Bonus Extended Open Lift Op’s ’til 4:30 P.M.
was very much appreciated!
Merci Tremblant!
4.5.15.Summit “Last Run” Time/Weather Observations:
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As expected too... Temps remained All-Winter, All-Day at Mountain elevations.
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With an Overnight low of -14C, and another Night-Shift of Grooming over the
Very Stable, Excellent Base...
We expect conditions to be Very Fine for tomorrow!
Daytime High forecast at +2 C, but not until late aft. Mostly Sunny with cloudy periods
after lunch for a couple of hours. That’s fine with us, just think of it as an “Umbrella”
keeping excessive Solar energy off the precious Snow Surfaces! Winds slight, to moderate
and swinging around from Sou-East to Sou-West during the day, so basically moving
between Duncan and Soleil across the Summit.
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Apres Lunch Update @ 2:15 P.M.
Much Excellent News to report on when time permits on very busy Family Holiday
Weekend, but we simply MUST pass this one on as it represents one of the finest
most reliable Day-in, day-out EXCELLENCE in conditions and Learning environments
known on Planet Earth...
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----------------- 6:00 A.M. Orig. Post -------------------
66(*) Open Trails with 11(*) Progressive Trail Openings Pending Ski Patrol Certifications
for a Total Potential of 77(*) Open Trails on South, North and Soleil Sectors at #Tremblant.
Please Note:
Open Hours Extended to 4:30 P.M.as per Archived Official Trail/Lift data below.
The Scenery is “Post Card" Spectacular!
...but beneath the appearance yesterday's surfaces here, substrates have
very firm, Icy characteristics, so...
All Skill Levels are going to realize critical benefits from Overnight Grooming.
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generate and the necessity of Grooming becomes the equalizer. Yesterday was proof enough of that...
The Laws of Physics applied to Water Based Snow Surfaces that two days ago
were warmed up to +11 C and within hours got down to -17C.... Yesterday was proof
enough of that...
At least there’s still a mostly wall-to-wall coverage to work with and that is
a rare thing to have on the 4th of April most years, so we’re already ahead
of the game on that score alone.
Wall-to-wall... Comparatively speaking... a HUGE benefit for both Mountain Guests,
i.e., the amount of Open Terrain... and Mountain Crews, i.e., not much in the way of
natural hazards to have to compensate for.
The Challenge for Mountain Crews now will most likely be the very simple Logistical
issues associated with getting to all of it. With the vast acreage on the Groomed List
below, probably covering over 400 acres, working at just around 4 acres per hour/per
Grooming Machine, the math is pretty simple at 100 Hours required. Divided by the
number of machines available, it’s not hard to see that it could take a couple of
Night Shifts to reach all the far corners.
When it comes to the Smoothness Factor... Nansen and P’tit Bonheur, as might be
expected, lead the list, however, yesterday showed the top layers were not getting
enough thermal energy to soften them, so as smooth as they were, the slickness made
speed inappropriate because there was just not enough grip to harness any significant
lateral turning force.
As a matter of fact.... by the end of the day... there was a horizontal line, roughly
about the vertical of the Flying Mile Peak, below the line things became quite soft,
above the line, they remained “Firm”, “Solid”, but....
as we’ve written many, many times before in numerous seasons...
“Icy" is way, way better than “Gone”!
Mountain Crews can restore “Icy” and the Night-Shift holds the key to that now.
Any long term readers here will know how much we elaborate on the incremental
improvements that sequential Grooming Cycles make and we are hopeful that
last nights Grooming Cycle will create depth in the top layer that is typical of that
process.
The Softening Line on Versant Nord, the North Side, yesterday, got up
to about the elevation of La Griffe and it additionally enjoyed Lee Side
shelter from the wind so it was quite pleasant and the Moguls were soft
and easy to turn through.
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La Griffe as case-study examples and what we anticipate for today is that with
the dramatic drop in the temps and overnight grooming, they will need good,
sharp edges to navigate on. It has been 3 and 4 days respectively since these
two trails have been on the grooming schedule and the moguls formed during
the warm ending yesterday are going to be predictably solid, so the posted Expert
Skill levels they are rated for will be needed today.
Weather Notes:
It’s a Beautiful February 28th Kind of Day on April 5th. We say that because the temps
are only forecasted to reach -4C, which will put the Summit somewhere around -8C
if everything is normal with the elevation spread, but no doubt, it’s quite a bit
cooler than the average for April 5th, so it will feel much like a nice late-winter day.
One of the nicest, most user-friendly aspects of the day are the way lower
wind speeds forecasted. They should be low to moderate and from the Nor-West
so coming up the Mountain from Beauvallon/La Crete and crossing the Summit
towards Duncan.
With the height of the Sun in the Sky any wind sheltered zones like
Devils River, the Lowell Thomas Sector, La Griffe, Fuddle-Duddle and
Sissy Schuss as potential examples, should all be very enjoyable with
very perceptible solar energy.
66(*) Open Trails with 11(*) Progressive Trail Openings Pending Ski Patrol
Certifications for a Total Potential of 77(*) Open Trails on the Archival Copy
of Official Open Trails, Grooming, Snowmaking and Lift Status for April 5, 2015,
Courtesy of Tremblant.ca
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The Incremental Refinements we hope to see today will be the
obvious subject of tonight’s Apres Ski, so we hope to see you
later on for that.
In the Mean-time, there will be numerous Sweet Spots, Zones and even
Sectors in todays Open Terrain, so your mission is to get out A.S.A.P.
and find them!
Hard to believe with this much Terrain Coverage and current Weather patterns,
but there’s only a week left in the Season! Yikes! Wow! ... best get out now...
it’s a long time ’til next November!
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
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