T360 Mid-Eve Apres Ski Edit, Under Construct @ 8:56 P.M.
You May Be Able To Figure Out From This That
Things Were A Bit “Breezy” At Tremblant Today...
Things went exactly as we thought they would, “Super-Spring” in the morning
and “Super-Kool” in the afternoon as temps dropped below Zero C quite quickly
and surfaces firmed up just like a giant Physics experiment. You could feel it
happening under skis every single run.
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The “Breezes” were Westerly, so headed right up McCulloch like
a train coming into the station at full speed. Mother Nature reminding
you exactly who is the Boss. What Mountain Crews did that was critically
important was to have everything open, totally smooth. It became slick,
for sure, but at least you were not getting slammed by rough or choppy
surfaces. If you had fresh edges, there was lots of fast carving because it
snowed from about noon on, so where the wind did not push it off the
wide open spaces, it settled in many of the Mountains sheltered contour
depressions and was building nicely in those zones.
The North was in the “Lee”, so very much more predictable as it
was getting a steady over-the-top wind driven fill-in.
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As expected, the return to Sub-Zero C’s started at inherently cooler
Summit elevations, and over the course of a couple of hours, began
to effect even the lower portions of Mountain vertical. Below is
a scene from Nord/North Sissy Schuss, below the Expo Sector peak
at approx. 12:45 P.M. and it’s pretty clear to see there is still very
“Shred-able” softer snow. It was firming up though, so at this moment
it was beginning to feel somewhat thick.
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Please Note: One slight error in the Open Trails list is Sissy Schuss Haut, Upper
that is shown as closed, while Fuddle-Duddle Bas, Lower, is shown as open.
Our experience was that Sissy Schuss was open from the side door on Gagnon,
which we crossed laterally from the bottom of the Lowell T. Trail. As there is no
other access to Fuddle-Duddle, Bas, Lower, other than from upper Sissy Schuss,
we think it was just a minor data entry glitch.
Those In The Know, Know It’s Worth The Trek To Tremblant!
Everyone serious about early season training within about 1,000 Km,
knows the only place you’re going to find reliable training vertical is Tremblant.
This sample below of the Toronto Ski Club, here en-mass, is typical of
the kind of regional support Tremblant gets year after year. You can’t
get any better in Eastern North America!
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-21C in the morning. You will need edge. Period.
Due to the fact that Mountain Crews are grooming tonight, well after
the re-freeze, and there’s quite a bit of fresh new snowfall that can be
integrated into the process, we are predicting positive possibilities of
large Sector Sweet Zones. There will be some icy bits, but considering
the temps are dropping from +6, to -21 C in 18 hours, those will be
understandably inevitable. It will still be great technical skiing and
even easier for Beginners as both Nansen and P’tit Bonheur were
sheltered enough that they both had excellent natural snowfall
retention that was visibly building through the afternoon.
Daytime high under mixed, partially sunny sky tomorrow at -6C, so not
too hard to take at all. Hope to see you on the slopes!
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29(*) Open Trails on Versant Sud/South and Versant Nord/North Sectors at #Tremblant .
They Are Here For You.
When the weather and conditions factors are exposed to totally
normal Fall temperature oscillations, the Open Trail List becomes
what we call “Dynamic”(#). This is when your Best Friends on the
Mountain are the members of the Tremblant Info.Ski Crews!
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(#)The magic word for today and tomorrow is “Dynamic”,
were dynamic is defined as “In a state of change where
the changes are not necessarily predictable in any, or every
detail.”
The Info.Ski Crews are a very experienced Tremblant support team
who are all fully bilingual, and have the added benefit of “Radio
Controlled” connectivity with Official Customer Service/Mountain Op’s.
What this means is that any questions you have about what’s Open,
where to go for Skill Level reference, how conditions may be changing,
new trail openings or closures, Lift hours that may be variable between
Base and Mid-Mountain, Guest Services, Resort Base Information,
etc., etc., etc., can all be addressed by any member of this team, wherever
you meet them on the Mountain. If the team member you meet does not
know the exact info. you need, they simply Radio Request it on the spot.
They are not just here for new guests, regular Local’s and Regional
Tremblant Fans can benefit from consults with them too, especially
when the weather can mean quick changes to logistics and/or terrain/trail
open/closed status on an evolving basis during any given day.
We consult with them practically every single day for a wide variety
of operational detail clarifications and we recommend them to all
Tremblant Guest visitors as a the very best asset for quick and accurate
Mountain Intel.
In A Clear Moment...
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This was about as clear as it ever was yesterday so we grabbed
at the quick opportunity to snap this Full Colour shot of the amazing
Black and White Winter World of Tremblant from our Gondola on
the way up. Photography is always a challenge on the grey days,
low contrast, flat light with billions of airborne foggy cloud particles
all add up to less than optimal images. We love the grey days though,
their uniqueness is often complimented by outstanding conditions
generated by the very fact that overcast, snowy active weather typically
means great Ski/Board conditions on the ground. Not only were the
conditions great yesterday, we did call them as being clinically the
best, pure, technical Alpine Ski/Board Frontside Carving Performance
conditions of the new season, so-far. Hopefully, that’s going to carry
over until about noon, today.
Weather Notes:
From Mild To Wild !!!
Check out the temp range of the next 24hr’s we think you’ll agree
that a 27C DROP in temps is pretty much a “Mild to Wild” swing in effects.
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Conditions Notes:
“Dynamic” is the word of the day for what promises to be
a very “Spring-Like” start, then on to the effects of a quick
plunge of downward temps. The Laws Of Physics apply.
The Open Trail List could possibly change up or down today.
Both real-time conditions and strategic long-term planing
may necessitate changes that can not be fully anticipated
so be aware that almost everything out there today could
be subject to changes without notice.
Certainly to begin with the Skiing will be fabulous Super-Spring
soft. If we’re all lucky, it will initially be a repeat of yesterday’s
almost universal Groomed excellence. We wrote in last night’s
Apres Ski that yesterday was the best performance Carving day
of the new season, and we stand by that call completely. As a
carry-over to today, we think that should go on until at least
noon hour.
This afternoon is a far more complex scenario as temps drop.
Our thoughts are that the degree of user friendly for this afternoon
will be directly proportional to the retained looseness of top
layers as those temp’s drop. One of the biggest factors there
could be traffic volume that can keep those top layers from
settling into a frozen state too quickly, however, there are way
too many “Wild Cards” in this case to predict with certainty.
We think there may actually be a benefit to the very cold overnight
if Mountain Op’s grooms well after the re-freeze, in the sense that
very cold exposure often renders a “Freeze-dried” effect that
generates a light, loose, fine crystalline outcome. ??? All we can
do is hope???
29(*)Open Trails on the Archival Copy of Official Open Trails,
Grooming, Snowmaking, Lift Status and Mountain Conditions
for December 10, 2019, Courtesy of Tremblant.ca
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Regional Tremblant Fans Driving To The Mountain Today...
Driver’s Utility Note:
The temp’s are going to drop from a high of +6 C, down to -21 C.
If your vehicle is equipped with external door/hatch
lock assemblies, spray them full of some sort of WD-40
type product before the temps drop and all the water
they’ve been exposed to freezes up.
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
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http://www.theweathernetwork.com/weather/CAQC0360
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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.
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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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