Tremblant360.com's Forums

--------- Please Note: Apres Ski Posted Below In Replies. ---------------

66(*) Open Trails on the Pure Spring, Winter Coverage
of the South and North Sides of #Tremblant.

Notwithstanding the April 18th/19th Bonus Weekend...

The Last Official Day Of The Historic 2014/2015 Wild, Whacky, Cold,
but Totally Excellent, Wonderful Winter Season.

T360 Proof of Snow.

Versant Nord, The North Side, Lowell Thomas Trailside 4/11/15.
The records show there are only a handful of Official Closing Days with this
abundance of retained snow in the bush. By this date, the scene above is
frequently bare ground so even though this has not been a record setting
winter for total snowfall, as we have written here many many times...
in a very positive way, “Cold” trumps all other “Winter” factors.

So, this phenomenal residual snow is the direct product of record setting sequential,
sustained, sub-zero number of days we may never ever see recorded here again in
statistical Weather History for the rest of Human habitation on this planet.

scroll ----->>> for complete images In our observations... the summit never broke into “Plus” temps all day
yesterday as you can see above in this Last Run Temp recording on the
Summit Traffic Signal Board.

There was Snow in the Summit level trees all day long to help prove it too.
The Performance Was Outstanding All Day... as the Thermal energy never
got deep enough to overcome the stability of the Frost Supported Base, so
the Shred Depth at Mountain Elevations was just right for Maximum Fun
without ever getting too soggy.

There were some wet saturated sectors eventually, mostly on plateau’s or low
inclined slopes, but typically, there were also shaded sides of whole runs, especially
on the North, that remained Quick all day long.

By historical comparisons, the most surreal part is the almost flawless Wall-to-Wall
Snow White Coverage which is most evident on the Groomed, but very much present
on a lot of the un-groomed and certainly as the “Proof of Snow” lead pic. in this
post shows, an almost unreal amount of Snow in the bush.
Every Descent from the Summit was on Snow that would be thoroughly appreciated
any mid-season day. To have it on the Official Closing weekend is a Gift from
Mother Nature herself.
Caribou Cup Course: 4/11/15:
Based on the Attendance, above ...

Based on the Entrants, below...
Based on the typical “Finishes”...
We would have to say the Annual Caribou Cup was Wildly Successful!

Weather Notes:

All You Need to Know... But ... the most important detail and not to be overlooked...
is the very low Wind Speed Component...
This Low Wind Speed may allow the Deep Frost to radiate
enough Cold Outward to offset Solar Thermal Energy to a significant degree.

You may actually find Surfaces quite wear resistant for much longer
than expected for the high temp at +14 C...

We’ll get back to you on that...

66(*) Open Trails on the Archival Copy of Official Open Trails,
Grooming, Snowmaking and Lift Status for April 12, 2015,
Courtesy of Tremblant.ca

scroll ----->>> for complete data display By Any 76 Year Tremblant Closing Weekend Standards...

The Skiing is Dreamy! ...
Can You make it today and find that out for yourself?


Page Under Progressive Assembly pending
extensive Apres Ski.

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 the
First 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.)

.

T360 Apres Ski Season, Apres Ski.

Yup It’s the end of the scheduled season...but...

The very recently announced Bonus Weekend of April 18/19
will be greatly anticipated by those who can attend, so until then...

Today was an Extraordinary way to wrap up the Record Setting
Super Durable Winter Season of 2014/15!

To Begin with... It was just one of those rare days of Glorious Sunshine
and Never-Ending, Magnificent, Tremblant Views!

People were Flipping Out all over #Tremblant!

A Very Nice Full Inverted, Forward Flip! The Versant Nord, North Side Summit Sector Park had a constant stream of
enthusiastic participants. The Skill Levels demonstrated while we were there
for a few minutes began with “Expert” and the nicely performed Forward
Inverted Flip above and this Tall Air Jump below. We’ve got a bunch more
from the North Park and we’ll post them as processing time permits.
Then, they were giving “Two Thumbs Up”!

The “Two Thumbs Up” of the person below were completely spontaneous
and we were focusing on the view down the Mountain for this shot’s set up
so we did not realize the “Positive Feedback” was even there until Apres Ski
Pic. processing. We love to find these surprise, happy gestures as they
give us a supportive sense for our own positive experience in sharing the
Tremblant Ski/Board story du Jour.
Excellent Conditions were enjoyed on both Open South, North Sectors
and standing at the shared top entrances of Nansen and P’tit Bonheur
presented a difficult choice! Which “Excellent” do you go with?
Here are Nord, North side samples from Rigodon. Leading down
to the base of the Lowell Thomas Triple Chair, Rigodon is inclined
away from the Suns direct rays and it held very nicely shred-able
conditions all day.
Below: In another instance of expressions of spontaneous joy...

As Amateur photographers, it’s always fun to discover elements
you had no idea existed when you took the shot to begin with.
In this case below, we were focused on the Shred/Carve quality
of the Spring Snow for Boarders on Rigodon, so this Boarders
Wide Smile that came with the shot is ample evidence of the
enjoyment these extraordinary conditions were bringing to
Tremblant Board Guests today.

(This shot was not staged, set-up, or otherwise. It is a pure random
pic. that just happened to capture the expression of happiness from
nothing other than the pure enjoyment of the moment. We do not
know the person, and they may never realize this pic. exists.)
More North... Starting at the North Base, Riding up the Expo Quad...
As you reach the top crest of the Expo Peak, the Duncan Quad as well
as both Duncan and Lowell Thomas Summit sectors come into view.
Considering that South Base Temp’s over Saturday night got down to a degree
either side of Zero C, depending on whose thermometer you were looking at...
basically the whole Mountain gently re-froze at the cooler elevations of the
Trail Network, so the most ideal conditions were just after mid-morning when
things were not too soft and not too froze. Due to the differences in the various
sectors facing the sun as it passed overhead either directly or indirectly, the
sweet spots of ideal were in motion as well, so it was possible to precede the
heat induced very soft surfaces by simply either Skiing the Tree or Mountain
Shadowed Trail Sides until the Sun’s full effect became dominant.

This Heat Induced softness was the biggest difference between Saturday and Sunday.
Saturday’s far cooler Summit High of -1C facilitated the retention of much more
Winter-Like surfaces all day, whereas by Sunday afternoon, as the temp’s at the
Summit peaked at +12C, pretty much everything had water suction drag that
inhibited speed on all descents.

That was not necessarily a bad thing though and Expo, pictured above and immediately
below was Super Soft and for Experts with the Skill Sets, very easy and forgiving Mogul
Skiing that was made even easier by the wet braking effect you could rely on to offset
gravity.
Even with the very soft top layers, the Base remains thoroughly Solid and very
stable. The lack of significant Bare or Brown Spots in any of our photography is
great evidence of the integrity of this mantle of Wall-to-wall coverage and furthermore,
looking to either side of Expo in the full height shot above, you can clearly see
that even at bottom of the North Side of the Mountain, there is still full and complete
Snow in the bush virtually anywhere you look. Of course, that could change to an
unknown degree, depending on weather, over the next several days.

It took a while Apres Ski, to put this into perspective. Some Seasons, there might
be anywhere between a couple of weeks to a month of these very common daily
Spring temp. cycles and it’s very easy to adapt to Skiing steeper pitches when there’s
naturally higher moisture caused friction, but this season it was mostly “Winter” up to
yesterday and really soft “Spring” by Noon on closing day, i.e., today, so the “Adapt”
phase this Season was about an Hour, not a more Seasonably normal Week or Month.

Perhaps the best way to illustrate the very short Spring Adaption Phase is with the
following two Pic’s that are taken on the North Side, within about 35 Vertical Metres
of one another.

The first one is Saturday, and the Snow is pure, wind shaped, dry as a desert bone,
“Winter”...
The second one is today, Sunday and the snow is pure, thermally induced, very soft,
very moisture laden, mashed potatoes “Spring” ...


What a difference a day can make.



Please Note: April 12th, 2015 Apres Ski is under Progressive, Multi-Day Assembly...
So Stop back whenever you can, Thanks!

Draft/Preliminary Content for 4/18/15

Weather/Condition Notes:

For Those Looking Forward To The April 18/19 Bonus Weekend...

As far as retaining Alpine Winter Snow Sports Trail Surfaces for the April 18/19
Bonus Weekend, we are still very confident that the Groomed Trail Base, especially
on more shaded North and Cooler Upper Mountain Levels, should have more than
enough reserve to maintain coverage. It’s difficult to speculate on the exact effects
that the Weather may have as the forecast includes 4 full days of Sun, Wind, Daytime
High’s of 15 C/60 F as well as a day of rain too, so the Trail-side look could be quite a
bit different, particularly on the Lower South for sure.

We are not sure exactly how conditions are going to be because Weather Forecasting
Models could/may/are inaccurate that far in advance and we do not know which Trails
may or may not be on the Grooming List. The Tremblant.ca Official Snow Report
is showing all trails currently Closed and there are no Grooming Icons being displayed.

One very important factor, and a positive one for Trail Snow retention, is the near or
below zero C overnights which indicates temp’s should be quite nicely below zero at
cooler Mountain elevations. This factor alone means there is a break in the daily
Thermal cycles that offsets the heat of day with Cool of night, thereby arresting the
thaw and creating resistance to thaw the morning after.

4.12.15.Marie.Claude.Asselin.2.Metres.Trail.Side.Visible.Top.Right.Proof.Of.Snow.f.jpg

.

Archival Additions To Follow.

Link to Preliminary Bonus Weekend 4.18/19 Conditions:

http://tinyurl.com/omkjsuv





Archival Additions To Follow.