96(*) Open Trails on the 100% 41 Cm’s Blizzard Snowed-In Slopes of #Tremblant.
Based on some casual, early A.M. Weather Observations...
we concluded it was going to be a good day on the Mountain.
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Regional “One Day Snowfall" Records For 130 Years Broken.
In the 130 year era of daily statistical precipitation records, yesterdays snowfall
has become the new mark of accumulation across many areas within a spread
of over a 1000 West to East, linear Kilometres.
To be fair, 130 years ago when those stat’s were first being recorded, they were
not recorded at nearly as many locations as they are now, so it is possible
that within the passage of those 130 years, particularly the early ones, say the
first 75 or so, that there may have been a day or a spot that has gotten more.
The point is though, that regardless of the absolute accuracy of rudimentary,
historical data collection... this is still by any measure a very very big Snow Event
that represents a Seasonal Game Changer that will beneficially effect the rest of
the Season at Tremblant.
This is a Snow Event that takes an "Average Season" and in 24 hours elevates
it’s status to a “Great Season”.
For those like us, who have to clear their own Snow, this is also the kind
of Snow Event that will take us, and the community at large, 3 or 4 days
to dig out from.
Conditions Complex:
To begin with, Tremblant Mountain Crews will have very well packed and groomed the
main boulevards such as Nansen, P’tit Bonheur, Beauvallon, Beauchemin, etc., etc., for
just a handful of examples. You can look at the “Groomed” Icons on the Archival Graphic
Copy of the Official Trail Data below to see what’s been listed as Groomed.
Beyond the simple act of running a 12,500 Lbs. BR350 Groomer over the fresh
new snow is how the snow responds to compaction and that’s a completely
separate and distinct phenomenon. Compaction of any new fresh snow into
the pre-existing base can take from as little as one, but more typically 2 or
3 days of repeated overnight Grooming cycles when there is a significant depth.
The New Snow has initial “sponge-like” characteristics when it’s thick to begin with,
so it retains some soft springy-bouncy for the first day or so and then it benefits
from traffic and additional grooming to get to a less malleable, more optimal
density that becomes more mogul resistant to turning/traversing traffic.
Beginners may find a certain thickness to even the Groomed Green Rated Trails
and even though it only happens a couple or three times a season, even P’tit Bonheur
can have a tendency to become mogul’d for a day or two after such a huge snowfall.
So, we encourage courteous patience while Crews cope with such a wide ranging
task of integrating so much new snow into the entire array of Groomed Terrain.
There is no doubt that those with true Expert Skills will have the widest range
of “Fun” as their ability to adapt to highly variable snow depth accumulations
and rates of friction while encountering tracked up portions will be very easy
for them. Experts will also be able to take advantage of the Un-Groomed
terrain and with all the new snow, there will be fewer hazards to be concerned
with.
Regardless of Skill Level, deep new snow and the softness it has until
well compacted means that it is typically a very good workout requiring
both stamina and outright muscle power for just about everyone on the
Mountain.
Eat well, get lots of Apres Ski Protein and rest well, a good nights sleep
goes a long way to tomorrows energy needs.
Weather Notes:
Daytime high temp at -1 C, with partially sunny sky, although we’d be quite
happy to see overcast as solar energy at anything close to Zero is not an asset
after big snow.
Speaking of assets, one of the biggest ones is the very light winds forecast today.
We love light winds almost more than any other single factor except Sub-Zero.
Speaking of Sub-Zero... -20 C forecast tonight is a big positive as the new snow
is going to get a freeze-dry treatment along with more compaction in the night-shift’s
Grooming cycle.
Tomorrows Groomed Snow surfaces have some very fine incremental improvement
potential, especially for the Beginner(Green) and Intermediate(Blue) Skill Level Terrain.
Conditions Notes:
Please Note: Review trail status icons/legend in graphic below
for individual trail detail.
96(*) Open Trails on the Archival Copy of Official Open Trails, Grooming,
Snowmaking and Lift Status for February 17th, 2016, Courtesy of Tremblant.ca
- Archival Copy of Official Open Trails, Grooming, Snowmaking and Lift Status, Courtesy of Tremblant.ca
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41 Cm’s of “Official” New Snowfall and we can tell ya for a fact...
There will be Wind and Contour Shaped Drifting over well over 120 Cm’s(**).
It’s your mission to get out and find it!
(**) Our experience shows that whatever the statistical total is, wind
and contour drifting can create up to 3 times that depth, particularly
in concave contours, ravines, below crests and within the Lee-side of
narrower or sheltered tree-lined trails. These deep drift lines tend to
be short and sweet and run laterally except for the Lee-side drift features
that can run the fall-line for many dozens of metres. Lee-side drift lines
are often enhanced by Groomer Trail edge ridges. Lowell Thomas, trail #67,
is one of the best examples, and after a big snow like this it is not uncommon
to get powder face-shots as you cross back and forth over the Right Side
Descending Groomer ridge between the top crest and the mid-point Cat-track
that traverses over to Duncan. Devils River, Trail # 57, right side descending
is another fine and frequent example of deep Lee-side drifting. Obviously,
genuine Expert Skills required.
Links and not-so-fine print:
http://www.tremblant.ca
What’s The Use? Research Benefits of this Archive: http://tinyurl.com/gp5vjps
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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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