T360 Early Eve. Apres Ski @ 7:45 P.M.
There was a vast improvement in the Overall Smoothness today.
Many of the Trails that had a tendency to build Moguls yesterday,
were relatively flat all day today.
This was exactly what we were looking for in the increased surface density
produced by last night’s Grooming.
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Above/Below: With all the Fresh Yesterday, McCulloch was an Experts Mogul Field, Today...
really smooth and with very fine Shred Depth for great Edge-Set for those with
the muscle to hold a Carved edge, and for those doing “Parallel Style” turns,
super-easy to swing Skis around on, with an excellent soft cushion to bank on,
as illustrated below.
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In the sense that there was more surface density and far less in the way of moguls,
Tremblant Conditions were certainly a lot more “Forgiving” for those with Beginner
or Intermediate Skill Sets, looking to go up the challenge ladder.
In-so-far-as Speed related only to Gravitational forces, Speed was far easier
just because there weren’t nearly the kind of yesterdays Mogul “Ramps” to
launch you upward.
In-so-far-as Speed related to “Glide”, there was a perceptible and Mountain-Wide
higher friction rate in todays Warmer, and evidently, higher internal humidity Snow.
Plateau’s needed one or two Skating Steps. But... on a functionally positive note,
a bit higher surface friction offset pitch steepness a bit, so for example, the descent
on Banzai Bas was very easy to maintain a Carving edge on for practically the
whole bottom pitch. That makes for more “Forgiving” conditions for the Expert
Terrain as well.
There were some Steeper Pitches that had small Icy Bits where Traffic concentrations
over crests had gotten through the soft top layers, but they were so minor compared
to everything else, and so quickly traversed, that we would not have considered
them significant in any degree. The top pitch of Lowell Thomas was one example,
but in that case it was only a 2 or 3 metre wide single area that we encountered,
and we were surprised that there was only the one turn with a hint of slickness, and
below that, nothing at all, just a perfect, smooth, reliable, shred-able, descent all the
way to the Nord, North Base Via Banzai(bas), Gagnon, Sissy Schuss and Fuddle Duddle.
In the Sous Bois, Hors Piste, Glades, you need to be careful to keep an eye
on the Fall Line and Pitch Degree. Slopes that with normal/average depth
are easy to traverse out of, now have about 12 or 15 feet deep, 4.6 metres
of Seasonal Snow on them and while now compressed by it’s own weight
to much less, it’s still quite thick. A “Sous Bois” Buddy was in snow up to his
waist off the Edge Sector trying to get back laterally to a trail and got exhausted,
winded, sweaty and wore out, just trying to go about a 150 metres that took him
over a half-hour.
There was some definite sun-lit brightness in the day, but it seemed as though
there were also snowflakes floating around too. Gradually, the brightness faded
and the Floating Snowflakes turned into heavy Snowfall.
At Versant Nord, North Side Base, by “Last Run”, the winds were calm and the
peaceful Snowfall was building depth rapidly.
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Weather Details including the Environment Canada Snowfall Warning Attached
Below in todays Original Post.
-------------------- 7:57 A.M. Orig. Post -----------------------
96(*) Open Trails on the 100% Totally Snowy Slopes Of #Tremblant.
More Snow.
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Matching Actual Skill Levels To Selected Terrain Is Critical For Safety And Fun.
What you see above, shot on McCulloch, could have just as easily been on
dozens of other trails as the New Snowfall has been fairly well distributed
across Tremblant’s entire footprint.
What you see above also represents the basic Technical Challenge for Skiers
which is the potential for different degrees of forward resistance created between
your two Skis.
The new snow is as soft and almost as fluffy as cotton and for the most part is
light and dry. This softness results in rapidly forming moguls due to Traffic patterns
and requires the advanced techniques of compensation for different resistance
levels as you traverse across the slope, and as well, the ability to use the tracked
contours to initiate turning either between them, or off them if you have the
skills for using mogul sides or tops as ramps for jump/air turns.
Last Nights Grooming will be today’s User Friendly, at least for most of the morning,
however we will most likely see this Mogul tendency again this afternoon. Each
overnight Grooming cycle adds density, so it may hold smoothness longer, but
we recommend that for Best Results, if your finding things too thick, default down
to more gentle slopes in order to maintain control at all times.
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What you see above on McCulloch’s Upper Pitch was common to almost all
Terrain yesterday and what we’re hoping for, to a lesser extent today. There was
a small overnight Snowfall addition, but only about 3cm’s, just over an inch,
so there’s a good chance that Grooming density may have improved quite a bit.
We spoke about using Mogul sides or tops as the basis for airborne jump turns
and that’s exactly what we were doing in the above. Basically, very mogul is
a “Ramp”, and therefore, an opportunity to jump for either traversing or turning
and what ended up happening for us was a wide traverse, and then choosing a
favourably inclined mogul to execute a jumped turn in the air. The advantage of
this is the complete absence of edge-catching surface resistance for clean
directional changes. Fine for practiced Experts, but for struggling Intermediates
on McCulloch, we recommend “Nansen”.
Intermediates were finding similar challenges within all Sectors and the normally
Wall-To-Wall “Blue” status of Versant Nord “Beauchemin” also evolved into a more
demanding Mogul descent.
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The “Workout” Exercise Values are at very high aerobic output. You need sustained
and durable muscle power to navigate safely and it is a very wise thing to both
stop frequently to catch you breath, and/or pace yourself so that you don’t end
up running out of muscle responsiveness.
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The aerobically high energy demands are another great reason to at least
alternate to runs on lower difficulty Terrain, just so you can let muscles
recuperate but still keep moving.
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Even though there is great technical challenge, there continues to be vast expanses
of superb Green Terrain that’s very easy to look and be good on. Nansen and
P’tit Bonheur are always the best examples, but careful, speed controlled people
such as this very well balanced person above, will find smooth lines in many
sectors like this Beauchemin Bas, lower, sample above.
The “Key” is “Speed Control”. With Speed Control, you actually have time
to see the good lines as you move over the crests where the moguls form
and it is almost always possible to pick out a descent line with the least
number of “Ramps”, i.e., Moguls, for a much smoother descent.
As far as the Un-Groomed is concerned...
If you’re a genuine Expert....
Let ‘em Rip!
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Weather Notes:
A)....
Way Warmer and Less Wind... Excellent Easy Winter Day!
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96(*) Open Trails on the Archival Copy of Official Open Trails,
Grooming, Snowmaking, Lift Status and Mountain Conditions
for February 14th, 2017, Courtesy of Tremblant.ca
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We expect the overall durability of Smooth Surfaces to improve today with
the additional density compression of last night’s Grooming cycle and we look
forward to reporting back on that in an early Apres Ski.
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