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---------------- PLEASE NOTE(a): ------------------

11.12.24 Official Tremblant.ca Notice Of Seasons
Start Postponement To 11.28.24 Included Below:


Please also see the companion 24/25 Winter Forecast article in this
Tremblant Geographic section.



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This topic includes updates to November 27, 2024
as an added “reply”, page 2, below. The entire topic
is basically a chronological stack starting at 11.3.24,
and ending at 11.27.24. Opening Day 11.28.24 will be
a standard entry in the Mountain Conditions journal at:


http://tinyurl.com/yktelmu



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November 2024 Ski Season Start-up Observations.


As of November 3, 2024 Tremblant Mountain Operations
has commenced functional snowmaking that has been
posted as sharable social media so we are including
excerpts herein for archival annual record keeping.


Please Note:
a) Pic’s Below Courtesy of Tremblant
Shareable Social Media.
b) We expect to add additional
pre-season weather and conditions
observations as time and updated
images become available so please
check back periodically for developments.
All additional updates will be date marked.





11.3.24.Snowmaking.Observations.Beauvallon.Haut.Upper.Sector.a.jpg





11.3.24.Snowmaking.Observations.La.Crete.Above.Ptit.Bonheur.Sector.a.jpg




11.3.24.Snowmaking.Observations.Flying.Mile.Sector.a.jpg




11.3.24.Snowmaking.Observations.Beauvallon.Bas.Lower.Sector.a.jpg



If we see challenge in the early establishment of this new season,
it would certainly have to be in the most essential and basic Mother
Nature permission of sustained temperatures below Zero C/32F.

For that reason, we still see value in this function cycle as both a
snowmaking system testing episode as well as a moisture injection
into the absorbent top layers of Mountain surfaces that will accelerate
freezing and cold temperature transfer into those Mountain substrates
when the sustained sub-Zero C finally arrive.

What we see here below is the considerable upward spike that
may peak at 20C with rainy bits, within the next few days. That
heat with wet is maybe, could, possibly going to make retaining
what we see here now(11.4.24) a bit uncertain.








Winter will come, but the rate of Mother Nature’s implementation
is maybe just a wee bit outside human control...


Additional and ongoing Weather/Conditions Observations
as date annotated below.





11.8.24.Weather.Conditions.Observations.At.12.22.PM.a.jpg


What is important to note, particularly in the one
below are both the very beneficial elevation differential
currently shown at -5C to the Summit, as well as
the very visible increase in natural snowfall coverage
that indicates frozen substrates capable of that
snow's retention. Getting the ground well and deeply
frozen is a key element in initial trail establishment
so seeing these cool temps is a very good sign.




11.12.24.Weather.Conditions.Observations.At.7.28.AM.a.jpg





------ Tremblant.ca 11.12.24 Official Notice Of Seasons Start Postponement To 11.28.24: ---------










On November 4th, we wrote:


"If we see challenge in the early establishment of this new season,
it would certainly have to be in the most essential and basic Mother
Nature permission of sustained temperatures below Zero C/32F."


Evidently we may have been on the right track with that observation,
however we do expect that as of November 13th, there are far more
favourable windows of temperature opportunity, especially in the
sub-zero C overnights that should extend down to base levels.







As far as snowmaking down to base levels, the next
time period highlight we’re looking for is to see those
snowmaking guns placed along the lower Versant Nord/
North Side, Expo Quad base side runout of Trail # 77,
Beauchemin Bas/Lower, activated. In our opinion,
Summit-to-Base ski-outs are the gold standard of
Opening Day features. Fingers crossed for that most
visible sign soon.



--------- November 18, 2024 - Weather Factors Update: --------------



Please note: Due to the delay in the seasons opening because
of weather to warm to facilitate early snow accumulations,
we are also including this NOAA data in both our pre-season
conditions observations and 2024/25 seasonal forecast article
as an explanatory component.










---------- 11.24.24 Update Weather Conditions Observations: ---------------













Quotation From Our 2024/25 Seasonal Weather Forecast Article...



"Just because the Fall season has been unusually warm
up to mid-November, there is no reason yet to think that
winter itself is going to be any less intense. As any experienced
Tremblant fan can tell you, things can and do become very,
very cool and wintery around here in a heartbeat."





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------------ 11.27.24 Weather Conditions Observations: -------------



So Far... at 11:38 A.M.


Tremblant.ca often publishes the Open Terrain availability
the day before Opening Day(that’s tomorrow @ 11.28.24),
however at the time of this posting(11:38 A.M.), that has
not yet occurred.

Based on our observations with the establishment of
snowmaking to skier-usable degrees primarily at Summit
levels, we think the probabilities for Opening Day are
likely Versant Nord/North Side Trail # 72, P’tit Bonheur,
to the Lowell Thomas Quad Base, and maybe, possibly,
Versant Sud/South Side Trail # 8, Beauvallon Haut/Upper
to the TGV Quad Base. Additional possibilities could be
Nord/North Trail # 71, Beauchemin Haut/Upper and
Sud/South Trails # 7, Alpine Haut and Trail # 4, Nansen
Haut/Upper and Mi Chemin, all leading to the TGV Quad.

We could be wrong, but historically, Nord/North # 72,
P’tit Bonheur has been the reliable Goto for decades.
It is one of the most versatile multi skill level trails
in Eastern North America, so we think that will be the
start point. Everything else would be a bonus. It is also
our speculation that ski-out to base may not occur for
up to a +/- week or so.

The side that may first have ski-out public access
is debatable we think because of the logistical needs
involved with the construction of the F.I.S. Women’s
World Cup GS course down to the Sud/South Resort
Base that may cause restrictions . In that regard, there
is some chance that Summit-to-base ski out might be
on the Nord/North sectors first as there are no conflicts
with event support over there and as well the base
Nord/North levels are inherently cooler than Sud/South
base levels by -2 or -3 degrees, so there may be more
or longer opportunities for base level snowmaking
on Nord/North.




------------ 11.27.24 - Official Tremblant 2024/25 Season Opening Detail: ---------------



This came to our in-box, mid afternoon - 11.27.24








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