T360 Early Apres Ski Intro. @ 7:45 P.M.
Based on Today’s Observations, Experiences, and Photographic Evidence,
Everything at Tremblant Was Better Than Yesterday...
Due To:
Two Primary Natural Factors, and Two Man Made Factors.
Apres Ski Posted Below in “Reply”...
In the mean-time, this end-of-day pic below summarizes the two natural
factors. One you can see, the other you can’t see, but it’s there.
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The two Natural Factors are:
1) Cold
2) No Wind.
The “No Wind” is the one you can see by the complete reflection of the lighted
shoreline in the still, quiet Lake surface that does not have so much as a tiny
ripple on it, absolutely calm.
You can’t see the cold, but the Summit(we think the North too), never got
warmer than -1C. With no wind, the cooler, sinking air from Mountain Elevations
washed down on all sides and even though the South Base got up to +4 C...
The Snow At The Sud, South Resort Base Gondola NEVER melted a flake.
Apres Ski with more detail below in “Reply", Posted at 8:50 P.M.
----------------- 6:07 A.M. Orig. Post --------------------
12(*) Open Trails on South, North Summit-To-Base Sectors at #Tremblant.
The Mythical Tale Of The Quest For Good Eastern Skiing...
And when they asked where they could find good, early season Ski/Board conditions,
Mother Nature Replied...
"I will shine a light for you upon the place that you should go,
for you will find the best early season Ski and Board conditions there,
and it is called “Tremblant”.”
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Thusly, they followed the light and found that Mother Nature had
spoken truth and they took great joy in the discoveries she had shown them.
There ends the lesson.
So, once you’ve made the decision to go...
Conditions Wise...
Tremblant’s conditions stand out among Eastern Ski Areas as one
of the most desirable places to go for reliable early season training.
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All the reasons this group above are here for, are exactly the same reasons
you want to be here too.
Quite simply some of the very best East Coast Ski/Board conditions available.
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In some comparison based conditions assessments, you may also be able to say
not only "some of the very best East Coast Ski/Board Conditions Available”, but
Some of the ONLY East Coast Skiing, Boarding Available” as the mild fall weather
has prevented examples like Ontario’s Blue Mountain from opening at all and
their scheduled Nov. 27th start-up has now been pushed back to Dec. 12th(?)
How lucky are we then to be able to take Pic’s like the ones you see in this forum
when regionally, there are still many looking at “Green”? We think... Very Lucky Indeed.
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Additional Conditions Notes:
Everything that gets overnight Grooming starts out very smooth, and for the most
part, remains that way for most of the day. Traffic volume does move loose top
layers around though, so where people are doing a lot of tighter turning on steeper
pitches, mogul formation takes gradual shape.
The flip-flop in temp cycles since Opening day means that there is a very solid base
where ice may have formed and that substrate can be revealed to one degree or
another in those same steep sections, but for those with the skills, the loose stuff
gets pushed to the sides and if you can do short radius turns, it offers a very soft
alternative to dealing with the slick trail centres.
Otherwise, the vast majority of the evenly pitched wide open spaces has very good
Carve/Shred performance and as a workout, you can turn your legs into Jello by
the end of the day for sure. You can also Choose to Cruise... and a relaxed pace
recreational day at Tremblant is just as much fun!
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Weather Notes:
A nice crisp -5 C overnight, so the summit probably saw somewhere around
-9C, excellent for Snowmaking, so check out the Snowmaking Icons on the
Archival Trail data below...
Partially sunny, with an afternoon high, South Base Level, at +2C
The Summit, TGV, and most of the whole North should stay at or below zero
all day, so another day of fine, spring-like conditions.
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12(*) Open Trails on the Archival Copy of Official Open Trails, Grooming,
Snowmaking and Lift Status for December 8th, 2015, Courtesy of Tremblant.ca
- Archival Copy of Official Open Trails, Grooming, Snowmaking and Lift Status, Courtesy of Tremblant.ca
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We Love The “Snowmaking”(**) Icons!!! ...and they’re back on the report above!
Repeat from last night’s Apres Ski...
Snowmaking on Nansen Haut and Mi Chemin !!!
(**) In the case of expanding the Open Terrain list,
they tell us most probably, “What’s Next”.
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Please Note: due to lighting conditions, some pic’s today have
altered saturation, highlights, and contrast to show snow surface
detail as a default.
Despite the mild fall, Tremblant has been just on the right side of “North”,
enough to have sufficient Sub-zero’s to establish a very solid base.
Limited early season terrain, but very fine quality on all of it.
Links and not-so-fine print:
http://www.tremblant.ca
What’s The Use? Research Benefits of this Archive: http://tinyurl.com/gp5vjps
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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