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T360 Middle Of The Night Shift Apres Ski @ 1:30 A.M.

This is what made Practical Photography, Impractical.
Not Rain, But a definite sleet-like damp Pellet of frozen something or other!
You can see it below as a”Build-Up” on the Ski Rack.
There were Fog-Free Zones, mostly on Lower, Base Levels.
Ski Surfaces Fabulous! Softening did eventually occur, and Traction Level’s
were Very Good to Excellent, almost everywhere Groomed.


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92(*) Open Trails on All 4 Sectors Of #Tremblant.

What Did We Learn About Tremblant Today, Class?
Tremblant Is... Technical Skiing Of Very Fine Quality.

1.17.17 -- Carving Shred Depth Performance Sample:
Above: This Versant Nord, North Side, P’tit Bonheur, Upper Pitch, Carved Turn
Sample is indicative of the Surface Quality within all of the Green, and almost
all of the Blue Trail Ratings.

At the time, there was no one in sight, so the Speed used to make the “S”
shaped track you see on screen-left, was Expert Level High Velocity. The person
you see closest to the lens is also using Expert Level Speed, and... the reason
that was possible is because the “Grip” Level here is Flawless.

Technical Skiing Of Very Fine Quality.

In That Sense... Carving Performance was inversely proportional to
Steepness, so there were many Experts that could be found on lesser
gradients because the traction was completely reliable, and consequently
the execution of turning technique is generated by nothing other than
pure, uninterrupted, 100% complete Edge Hold, Greater than the force
of Gravity or Centrifugal Loading.

In This Safe Conduct and Control Case Study We Look At...

Skiing/Boarding as essentially planar objects(People on their Skis/Boards),
subjected to centrifugal loads. That is, loads due to angular velocity and/or angular
acceleration about an axis, or as we more commonly think of it as “Making Turns”.

For Skiers and Boarders, the 2 primary limitations to “Grip”, “Traction”,
and “Edge Hold” are Gravity and Surface Resistance or Friction. Where
there were Icy Bits, the Surface Friction Goes to Zero. At that stage “Gravity”
becomes dominant and rather than complain about Mother Natures Weather
Consequences, most Intelligent Experts were just defaulting to lesser steepness
where there were virtually no Icy Bits at all. Otherwise, even the Steeper pitches
have Soft Snow Trail Edges of between 1 to 3 Metres, for those who can be content
with many, many Old School, Short-Radius, Parallel-Style, Swivel Turns.

Smart Skiers And Boarders Are Not Just Along For The Ride.

They Acknowledge(and Make Every Attempt To Understand), The Forces that
BOTH Create The Challenge, And SAFELY Meet The Challenge.

Mother Nature Has All The Forces Necessary To Far Exceed Human Control,
but in the case of “Ski Resort”, those exceptions are often directly proportional to
Steepness. Where Gravity is a less dominant component on the causes or users,
as with more gentle pitches, Humans with BR350 and Pinroth Bison Groomer/Packers
can easily stay ahead of, and keep completely Ice-Glitch Free.

Of Course... Racers can Carve at very high speeds on Ice, with Super-Sharp Edges,
but that comes with far greater risks when forces of velocity and/or momentum
exceed Control Input Force. Either one or BOTH Gravitational or Centrifugal
Loading Forces can cause crashes, but all within the confines of Double-Fenced
Officially sanctioned, and spectator safety controlled Race Courses.

Those “Racer-Expert” High Speed Techniques are not acceptable in Publicly
Open Groomed Terrain because without adequate safety barriers and sufficient
margins around other traffic, they violate Mountain Conduct CODE.

Unfortunately, what we sometimes see is “Bombers”, Expert or not, acting
irresponsibly by acting like Racers, and going so fast they can’t safely stop
or avoid others.

You Need To Be Constantly Scanning EVERYWHERE, but Especially If You Are
On Expert, “Black” Rated Terrain.

Moving Forward...

In last night’s Apres Ski we promised a look at this Locally Very Popular
Expo Quad Nor-East Sector.


1.17.17.Expo.Quad.Views.Nor.East.Trail.Group.Sissy.Fuddle.Windigo.La.Griffe.Dynamite.c.jpg

Look at the back of your Left Hand With Fingers Spread Out.
This Sector is Shaped in a similar way.

“Dynamite” is your Thumb,
"La Griffe" is your Index Finger,
“Windigo” is your Middle Finger,
"Fuddle-Duddle" is your Forth Finger,
"Sissy Schuss" is your Little Finger.

Their Respective Steepness, from Very Steep “Thumb” to Gradual Less Steep,
and "Outside Left Little Finger” is almost linear in reducing graduation. So, if you apply
all the above about “Traction” , “Forces” and “Safety”, you can directly understand
Dynamite is Most Difficult @ Double Black, and very Icy, La Griffe is Super Smooth
but Very Slick and Unsafe at high Speed, Windigo is a la Carte, Multiple EXPERTS ONLY
unspecified Difficulties, Fuddle Duddle is Very, Very Fine Carving Performance, and
Sissy Schuss is Close to Perfect. Period.

1.17.17.La.Griffe.Haut.Upper.Groomed.c.jpg
1.17.17.Fuddle.Duddle.Haut.Upper.Groomed.c.jpg
Sissy Schuss is the Trail on the LEFT in the Top Pic., of this 3 Pic. Series.

Weather Notes:

Easy Winter Mild. Sud, South Base may see Zero C, but very happy to have
Overcast Keeping Solar Energy OFF, to prevent excessive softening.

Winds Light To Moderate Easterly, so up over P’tit Bonheur.

“End-Of-The-Day” Conditions are a bit of a wild card due to closeness to Zero,
but some softening is probable.

Back To Ya On That... Apres Ski.

92(*) Open Trails on the Archival Copy of Official Open Trails,
Grooming, Snowmaking, Lift Status and Mountain Conditions
for January 18th, 2017, Courtesy of Tremblant.ca


More in Progressive All-Day Page Assembly...

Summary: Skiing is Great, if you Select Terrain Wisely, it’s Excellent.


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