This Is What Some Of Your Friends At Tremblant
Are Doing All Day...
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photo’s don’t always have scale that viewers can relate to if they
have not been in that location either recently or ever.
In this case, “Le Tunnel”, we’re looking at a Trail that rarely gets Groomed,
so to begin with, the fact that it is groomed speaks volumes about the
amount of Natural Snow that’s in the base. Over the seasons, observations
suggest that Trail Grooming in areas like Le Tunnel that are not supported
by Snowmaking is only possible when the natural snow is at very high levels
of accumulation that will not be eroded or cause hazards to be exposed
when the wide blade and heavy weight of the Grooming Machine pass over.
The Skis are 160cm’s, so for our American Cousins, 5 feet, and 3 inches, and
represent approximately one third to one quarter of the finished Trail width,
so those who are not familiar with it can visualize and relate to what they would
be looking at if they were here in person . This trail is a Black Diamond Expert Rated
descent and normally, as in most previous season’s, it is not groomed and the moguls
that naturally form with Traffic are large and require not only Expert Skills to navigate,
but also require a level of physical endurance that only a well conditioned athlete could
apply.
We have used this Le Tunnel example as a case study for well over a month now
because the Grooming on this trail has completely changed the character of this
trail in terms of the ease of use, and therefore, the vastly expanded range of
Tremblant Guests that can not only use it safely, but can now experience some
of the most beautiful Laurentian Mountain Scenery your eyes will ever see.
The other significance of Showing and focusing on Le Tunnel right now is that even
after a sizeable “February Thaw”, this trail and all of the adjacent sector terrain,
have survived almost completely intact without undue loss of coverage or increase
in hazard exposure, so it is within all Seasonal Historical Contexts, an exceptional
benchmark of just how mature and well developed trails can be with abundant
raw material that allows this degree of refinement to endure. In this way Le Tunnel
is a very important Tell-Tale or Indicator of healthy, general, Sector and Mountain Status.
So Then...
Great Skiing/Boarding,
Great Mid-Winter Base,
Great Trail Grooming Development...
What’s the best way get on top of the situation?
Two Answers...
1) ... Grab a Lift Up...
Any Convenient Tremblant Lift can get you on top of Great Skiing and Boarding!
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“Best Way To Get On Top Of The Situation”, Answer Number 2...
2) ... Multiple Turn Style Techniques
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all of Tremblant effectively with one technique. An Expert needs a variety of multiple
techniques that best suit the range of conditions, over the span of a day’s fingerprint.
In this McCulloch example above, the Coach/Instructor is demonstrating a “Parallel Turn”
technique to the Student following on the Right-side descent, just beside and
below the TGV Quad. Carving in this location is not practical for the vast majority,
so when you still need to make turns, it’s time to go back to basics with Skidded
Parallel-Style, short radius, swivel turns that make using narrow Trail-edges of
soft snow easy.
The Key Here Is Adaptability.
No one can control the Daily Weather variations, so if conditions call for it,
using any basic Sliding/Riding techniques that get you Safely and Swiftly
down the Mountain with complete descent control in both Speed and Direction
are appropriately useful.
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No matter what your style of Skiing/Boarding, when you have surfaces like those
pictured above, it’s easy to do all your best moves along any descent line where
the consistency in surface quality can be measured in Kilometres over one run.
When you have literally dozens of Trails where each one can represent Kilometres
of Great Descents, you have the current magic of Tremblant!
Weather Notes:
Wind And Temp “Bundle Up” Advisory.
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86(*) Open Trails on the Archival Copy of Official Open Trails,
Grooming, Snowmaking, Lift Status and Mountain Conditions
for March 4th, 2017, Courtesy of Tremblant.ca
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the foundation of Great Skiing and Boarding throughout
challenging recent weather factors.
A return to more Winter-Like temps is exactly what the
Mountain needs to keep the integrity of the base complete,
offset any thermal influence, and to sustain surface area coverage
and the Great Conditions we’ve gotten used to for the balance
of the season.
------------ Web Cam Weather/Traffic Observations ------------
Versant Sud, South Side, Resort Base @ Johannsen, Trail #29.
DEMO DAY!!!
Tremblant360 Strongly Encourages Anyone Who Can...
To attend Demo Day to try the latest Ski/Board design technology.
Many people purchase Skis and Boards without ever trying them
on the snow which is a HUGE flaw in matching skill sets to equipment.
Demo Day allows you to Try Before You Buy, and we have no idea
how a Ski or Board could be purchased otherwise. The nice Kid at the
Ski section in the “Box-Store Sports Outlet” in the Power Centre of
“Yourtown” who actually Skis or Boards 6 days a year, but has a
“Gold Ski Fitter Certificate” from the “Intensive” two day Retailers Course,
and makes a recommendation based on the “Formula” that your
provided info. generates... Has No Real Idea What Will Work Best For You. Period.
Sure... your “Data” will yield an average “Product” fitment, but is it ideal? Not likely.
If nothing else, Demo Day will illuminate the shortcomings of the “Formula”
approach with the realization that real word testing would 80% OR MORE...
put your skill sets on a Ski or Board that is Not The One You Own Now.
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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
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