95(*) Open Trails On All 4, Sud/South, Nord/North, Soleil, And Edge Sectors At #Tremblant .
Tremblant Is Simply Gorgeous!
And So Is The Skiing!
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As an excerpt from above...
A Tremblant Experts Only, Trail Opening Case Study:
First Versant Sud/South Side Double Black Experts Only
Seasonal Trail Openings, This Weekend:
Trails # 14/13, “Zig-Zag” and “Vertige” Open!
These two trails are visible in the above photo as the “Y” shaped
trails right at the Summit below the Observation Deck with the
Tremblant flag. They are the steepest trails on this side of the
Mountain and they are two of three at Tremblant with a pitch
angle of around 40 degrees. The only steeper trail at Tremblant
is Trail # 83, Versant Nord/North Side “Dynamite”.
Here are two close-up/zoom-in pic’s, the first being a direct
zoom-in from yesterday of the top photo:
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The second pic. below, is from the day before yesterday, just
after the big 18cm's snowfall, shot while standing at the top
of Trail # 14, Zig-Zag. If you look closely at the zoom-in
above, you can count from left to right, 6 skiers standing
across the top of Zig-Zag. This pic. below was taken from the
exact position of the 6th skier, on the very right side, looking
down over the big bumps.
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The interesting points are primarily two-fold.
Number 1 begins with the assumption that early season
conditions favour groomed Beginner and Intermediate terrain
as those zones may have the highest absolute numeric attendance
as “skill sets” population demand, plus, they are often the easiest
type of terrain to cover and develop.
Consequently, the real essence of number 1 is that you know
the Mountain is reaching seasonal maturity when these types of
Expert really steep trails open and all the brave daredevils now
have no excuses for complaint. These trails are so steep that if
you hang your ski tips just over the edge, you can see the bottom
of the trail between the tips. That’s really steep.
Secondly, they have not yet been winch groomed, which they
eventually will probably be, so this is a unique opportunity to
experience a genuinely thrilling terrain park style opening.
There are virtually zero terrain parks in the world that we know
of at anywhere close to 40 degrees of pitch angle, so if you have
the legitimate skills and abilities to do these runs well now, you
certainly will have some bragging rights at the Apres Ski bars later on.
Conditions Caveat:
We should also note that due to the laws of physics, placing
conical bumps on anything close to a 40 degree pitch means
that the uphill side of any bump will have a shallower ambient
pitch, and the downside will have a steeper, closer to vertical,
pitch. In this case, on the downward bump sides there is a
distinct gravitational hazard. If you fall on the downside with
any significant speed, there could be substantial risk, so these
zones are exclusively for serious, experienced Experts and
no responsible person should dare or take any other person
to descend here who is not competent. Serious injury may be
possible for anyone other than genuine Double Black Experts.
Serious injury may be possible for careless Double Black Experts
too. Razor sharp fresh edges are required. Be aware, go safely.
Weather Notes:
Another very cool start, for sure, but fairly quickly warming
up, plus, our favourite winter weather co-factor, very low wind.
Initial conditions will be so much easier because of low wind.
The effects of “wind chill” are so well documented that there
is no dispute regarding the potential of high wind exposure
time to outdoor human endeavours, however not many comment
on the surprising ability to withstand cold when there is no wind.
As photographers who must have hand out of glove for activation
of camera control button function, we can tell you for a fact that
at these temps, with an average amount of wind/chill, exposure
time may be less than 45 seconds to pain register. With no wind
it can be 2.5 to 3 minutes.
The important functional difference here is the ability to recover
internal heat while at rest, i.e., stopped at trail-side. You will
always have descent velocity net air speed while moving and
that will effectively produce wind chill, however in the absence
of any wind while stopped, your internal heat begins to build
immediately within your garment envelop. This makes a huge
difference in the ability to sustain outdoor time and effort.
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Conditions Notes:
In the Groomed:
This is day-2 after the 18cm’s of the last snowfall, so the second
grooming night-shift should have consolidated the surface density
within the top layers to significantly higher levels of compaction,
and consequently, much greater all day durable mogul resistant
smoothness.
Pitch angles should have less sensitivity to traffic as the additional
firmness can support higher volumes of passage without showing
bumpy wear patterns, so it should be a good day for confident
Beginners and Intermediates to carefully extend challenge levels
in a more forgiving overall environment.
In the Sous Bois/Hors Piste/Glades And Un-Groomed:
Day-2 after a big snowfall is a completely different scenario
due to traffic volume that ski out all the fresh snow and
leave tracking patterns with well defined bumps. We are
getting to the point where a lot of the natural hazards are
nicely covered, however the size and spacing of the bumps
definitely generate their own Expert challenge and caution
is still warranted with speed in initial explorations because
the hazards that are still out there are sometimes not visible
from even one bump above, so the only way to be safe is
absolute speed control for last second navigational alterations.
Otherwise... it is possible that today may see a common Sunday
attendance pattern where it is a very busy morning, followed by
a mass exodus beginning at noon, followed by a steady decline
in lift traffic til last run. We could be wrong, however today is
a not included day in the regional discount lift pass bundle,
and if, if, if... once the long haul folks from New Jersey, NYC,
Penn. State, Boston Mass., Toronto, Cambridge, Bellville, etc.,
etc., decide to take off, we think there’s a strong possibility it
could be a quiet afternoon for those wise enough to stick around.
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95/102(*) Open Trails on the Archival Copy of Official Open Trails,
Grooming, Snowmaking, Lift Status and Mountain Conditions
for January 15, 2023, Courtesy of Tremblant.ca
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