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It’s Snowing Very Heavily At Tremblant.
When You Wake Up And Have Reason To Suspect
It Will Be A Good Day For Skiing...
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No, it’s not a fancy action shot, but it is every good reason
to anticipate a remarkably fine opportunity for a great, and
surprisingly snowy April winter ski day! Normally, we can see
through the trees from the entire Flying Mile sector to the
Summit and the upper McCulloch area, but not today, there’s
so much snow in the trees and the air that we can’t see beyond
a few hundred metres and that’s a great sign for skiing!
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A 3 Shot Conditions Performance Observations Sequence.
Common Conditions Observations Sample
Versant Sud/South Side Trail # 7, “Alpine”.
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Summary: Due to humidity and temps, the snow is thick and heavy.
The skiing experience is very good at an Expert level, but it does
require significant muscle effort and on a “Per Run” basis is a quite
demanding workout that calls for high levels of extended aerobic output.
As an element of future groomed-in integration, this is a wonderful
and very meaningful construction grade base component that will
absolutely contribute to retained square area and quality for the
balance of the season. We expect the benefit of this snowfall and
the sustained cold temps forecast for the next 2/3 days to act
as a very effective re-boot for retaining stabilizing frost in the
trail base throughout the seasons closing days.
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Weather Notes:
Easy temps, but looks like any great February day,
and by this time tomorrow, it’s going to feel like a February day too!
Please Note:
Especially at these Mother Nature natural snowmaking temp’s,
this could absolutely be an Orographic snowfall event where
warmer air is forced up into colder air masses above the
Mountain where it condenses additional snowfall that may
be substantially more that at ground levels.
With the N/W primary wind direction look for this benefit
plus potential drifting on the upper Beauvallon sectors,
over to upper Nord/North Lowell Thomas sectors.
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Conditions Notes:
Generally:
The snowfall arrived through the middle of the night
at, and sometimes just above, Zero C, so as much as it
looks like a winter day, it is considerably warmer than a
winter day with inverted elevation temps that may peak
just above Zero C briefly by a degree or so. When combined
with humidity and wind, it makes the overall potential to be
thick and prone to tracking with heavy overtones as far as
control goes. Eventually the temps are going to go down,
but the thickness will most likely remain.
Challenge levels may be greater than posted trail ratings.
Deep, fresh, thick snow favours Expert skills, so for
Beginners and intermediates, default down in challenge
until you are warmed up and fully confident before moving
to more difficult terrain.
Chances are it may be on the low scale of forgiving,
so focused attention to technique basics of speed,
braking and directional control will be essential in
all initial explorations.
Chances are that conditions may be highly evolutionary
and you may not assume that things will be the same
from hour to hour so caution is warranted on all repeat
descents. Wind shaping is a factor as is the somewhat
firm base from yesterday and there could be icy bits
lurking under some thinner snow coverage that traffic
may reveal. It is likely that moguls may form rather
quickly where accumulations have been greater.
Slow speeds and a compact “coiled spring” stance
may be advised for enhanced reaction capability
as forward rates of resistance can be wildly variable
in heavily tracked conditions. A slight “sitting back”
bias in your form may be useful because it allows a
micro-second of compensation if your skis hit a thick
bit of instant deceleration, but your upper body wants
to keep going.
On a personal level watch out for premature fatigue.
Extra effort in demanding conditions can result in energy
depletion with quick fatigue onset. Be alert for your own
limits and rest frequently. If you find yourself making mistakes,
stop before fatigue hazard gets you into accidental trouble.
The real potential in this scenario is how much Mountain Op’s
can get done with the night-shift grooming tonight. Allowing
for an abundance of raw material, there is a huge opportunity to
produce a very significant additional strata to the finished
trail quality for tomorrow, not to mention what a big bunch
of snow could do to help reopen terrain within the Sous Bois
group.
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