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T360 Apres Ski Edit @ 8:30 P.M.


Mother Nature Fills in the Blanks...
What was not so white less than a week ago is certainly Wall-To-Wall,
all Winter White now, all the more evident today because this is basically
the first day since the “Big Snow”, that we’ve seen the Sun!...







For about the last week, most of what’s been visible has been Snowy Grey...

...but today, as far as the eye can see, the background is now a never ending
contrast of dark and white, and while we’ve been happy Skiing so far this season,
the reassurance of Winter’s presence is a huge psychologically and very positive
“Mood” enhancer now.







We’ve commented on the favourable North Summit Sector Wind, Snow-drifting
that we were sure would be taking place over the recent days of consecutive
snowfall and if you need to see any more evidence than this one below, you’ll
be needing a new prescription for your glasses.







Soleil’s principle descent path using Franc Sud and Toboggan is wall-to-wall
smooth carving. There was a bit of icy underneath at the bottom, but nothing
that wasn’t easy to handle with some speed control to safely navigate over or around.







By days end McCulloch was showing quite a bit of mogul formation, however most
of it was super easy to work over. The bumps were soft and either adding some more
traverse between turns, or using the soft sided trail edge for short radius turns seemed
to be effective options. Skiing it was actually easier than it looked which is always
a nice surprise!







Another Grooming Cycle tonight will elevate Surface quality for tomorrow
and the overnight lows at -24 C, 11 below zero F, are theoretically going to
render out acres and acres of superlative carving snow, so we think it’s
going to be an excellent day to Escape to Ski at Tremblant!



------------------- 8:27 A.M. Orig. Post --------------------


50(*) Open Trails on South, North and Soleil Sectors at #Tremblant.


Today Is The Day The Serious Ski/Board Season Starts For Serious Skiers/Boarders.

The Holiday Guests had to go back, the kids are in School, and instead of
a 2 minute wait for a Chair Lift, it’s a two minute wait for the exit ramp off
the I-95, or I-81, or the Auto-Route, or the 401.

So, there’s only those serious Skiers and Boarders now... too bad... cool as it is
this morning... if you’re at Tremblant today...

Super Fine, Super Smooth, Super Fast,
Snow White, Winter Wonderful!







Skiing... Boarding... Worth Running Away From Home For !!!

There will be large tracts of very sweet groomed skiing/boarding
that we’re going to be exploring for today, so we’ll get back
to you Apres Ski with a more detailed review.







Weather Notes:


Starts out “KKKKkkkool...” @ -23 C(10 below zero F, for all our American Cousins)...
and rising to -16C(3 F), but at least there’s Sun in the Sky! Have not seen Sunny Sky
in...??? a week ??? On the Mountain it will seem bright enough, but there’s the local
Snowmaking Weather System in action, so the direct sunlight may be obscured to
variable degrees.

Winds are Westerly at moderate speeds that are forecasted to become slower
as the day progresses, so they should end up light and at your back as you
ride up the Soleil High Speed Quad.

As those cool little breezes cross the Summit from over Soleil’s Toboggan,
they’re headed towards Lowell Thomas, but at these low velocities, much
of the North Sector should be quite nicely in the Lee, or Sheltered from
them.

The Cool temps are forecasted to stay with us for about the next 30 hours or so,
until Tuesday at around noon. The bonus then is the expected Sunny Sky that
should remain and actually generate warmth for Skiers/Boarders taking sun-lit,
trail-side breaks.

The best strategy is “Layers” as well as a “Zero Exposed Skin” face mask
coverage. Even tiny slivers of exposed skin today may be prone to frostbite
because of “Air Speed” as you descend.

Local Snowmaking “Overcast”...

This is a telephoto’d portion of the above view showing Beauvallon Bas, lower,
just below the TGV Quad Base you can see in the top Left of this shot. As you can
see there’s a misty, cloudy snowmaking overcast that will be experienced around
many of the areas indicated by the snowmaking icons on the Open Trail data
shown below.







As wonderful and abundant as the natural snowfall of the past week has been,
it’s still very early season, especially when you take into account the unusually
warm Eastern North American Fall that really just ended last week. Rightly so,
Mountain Crews are still catching up with “Infrastructure”, i.e., the base they
would have had in place by now had the weather been average cold and average
snow, instead of all that “Warm” ’til basically, Boxing Day.


It’s a Great Start To Winter... even if it is a bit late.









50(*) Open Trails on the Archival Copy of Official Open Trails, Grooming,
Snowmaking and Lift Status for January 4th, 2016, Courtesy of Tremblant.ca




It’s a wee bit “Cool” for sure, but the Freeze-Dried Cryogenic qualities on todays
Snow Surfaces should soon get the blood flowing with the exhilaration that comes
from exceptional levels of personal performance for all Skill Levels. From Beginners
to Experts, from the Green’s to the Black’s, these are the easy, very fine, Groomed
Conditions that make YOU look good!








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