102/102(*) Open Trails on all 4 Sectors at #Tremblant .
This Is Real, This Is Tremblant, March 1, 2020.
Snow White Winter Magic.
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If you look at the central Summit sector visible above you can see
Trail # 12, Erik Guay, just to the immediate left side of the “Y” shape
trails that are visible in the upper centre of the frame.
Below is a two-stage zoom-in sequence of trail # 12, and what we
want to illustrate is the visible degree of groomed performance that
can be seen from nearby vantage points. This is the multi-day
grooming improvement in snow surface density since the big snow of
three days ago which is now reaching closer to ideal compaction rates.
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We discuss this incremental daily improvement process in
yesterdays conditions reporting. You can use the “Pervious Topic”
button in the right side of the topic header tool-bar in this post
to go back and review, but here are the pic’s showing it.
Please carefully note the right side of the visible groomed trail #12,
below, where there is a very obvious ridge down the trailside.
Mountain Crews have been able to harvest snow from the right
side to be redistributed across the width of the whole trail to produce
a more flat and level result. This has actually happened on both sides
but with the light conditions here, just easier to see on the right with
the shadow/highlight.
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We further discuss where we think we are at with this
multi-day grooming refinement process below in the
“Conditions Notes” section of this post.
Weather Notes:
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Conditions Notes:
Today is the day we feel that major gains in groomed trail
surface densities will become more wide-ranging over the
entire scope of the groomed array. It is Day-3 of a
Post-Snowstorm weather cycle of sequential overnight
grooming, and it is those repetitions that now begin to render
more ideal, mogul resistant compaction levels.
If there is a benefit to the overnight low temp....
We would theorize that part of the reason for the very high quality
of the freshly groomed we think you’ll find this morning, will be the
mechanical bond between top layers of super-cool overnight
cryogenically shocked snow.
The reason we say “mechanical” bond is that at the level of almost
a complete absence of internal humidity due to freeze-drying, it is
only the pressure generated by very heavy machines repeatedly
passing over it that is pressing the loft out of the base. This is opposed
to snow that bonds with an adhesive quality when there is a high
degree of internal humidity or dampness, i.e., “Snowball Snow” that
easily packs with hand pressure. This very cool snow makes lousy
snowballs that are difficult to get to stay together, but excellent
Ski/Snowboard Groomed Trail snow and excellent Sous Bois, Glade,
Hors Piste, Un-Groomed/Mogul snow.
Super-Cool Snow has unique performance properties with the central
groomed characteristics being very high edge-set grip and virtually
ice-free. All basic and advanced control moves are easy to initiate and
have immediate effect. Forward-friction rates can vary with super-cool
snow, so we hope for the low end on that scale, but even with higher levels,
all that does is make steeper pitch angles easier. You’ll know instantly when
you get out there, the “Glide” factor will tell all.
Of course, in the Sous Bois, Glades, Hors Piste, light, dry, deep fluffy
powder snow is the gold standard of desirable quality, so if you explore
carefully, we think you’ll still be able to find a few fresh lines today.
Beyond that, we think you’ll find everything very soft.
102/102(*)Open Trails on the Archival Copy of Official Open Trails,
Grooming, Snowmaking, Lift Status and Mountain Conditions
for March 1, 2020, Courtesy of Tremblant.ca
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