96(*) Open Trails At #Tremblant.
Average Is Excellent, And With A -5 C Daytime High... Average Is Easy!
Big, BIG difference in user-friendly temperature ranges as
a warm wave of weather moves across Eastern North America
pushing the last blob of Polar Vortex out for a while.
Technically, we’d be calling the upcoming pattern a “January
Thaw”, but in our opinion there may be no thaw at all over
elevations so we’re thinking it’s just more like a little splash
of easy warmth.
So Easy A Cave Man Could Do It...
Here is the final shot in our recent series featuring
the absolutely brilliant grooming re-set of Versant
Nord/North Side Upper Lowell Thomas Sector
trails # 64 and 65, Marie-Claude Asselin and Banzai,
respectively. This one is of Banzai Haut/Upper, POV up,
from the Lowell T. to Duncan cat track mid-point.
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Even though these trails are Black Diamond rated,
when they are finished to this exquisite degree of
super smooth levelling, we would not hesitate for
one second to take a confident Intermediate with
good side-slip “hockey stop” skills onto this run.
The relatively narrow confines compel deliberate
back-and-forth turning cycles that can be done
at very low forward speeds because the pitch angle
is just right to get a bit of gravity assist in momentum
without being too steep to grab an easy edge-set
for instant stop ’n go speed control.
Due to the fact that in 1948 these were T-Bar lift lines
(so the fall-line’s are quite near perfect), it is a most
excellent learning environment for rapid skills
development for anyone looking to build steepness
challenge abilities without the fear of huge bumps or ruts.
Weather Notes:
Compared to the recent big chills, super easy but still all winter.
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Conditions Notes:
In The Groomed:
Very fine and mostly excellent but with the exception that
there are some front-facing steeper pitches that have some
firm/solid/icy bit exposures. We say this to be objective and
so that we will not be accused of being too rosy.
Minor rant:
Your perception of any glitches will be directly proportional
to your actual skill level, as well as the state or appropriateness
of your equipment for the application(#).
(#) For examples... If you are an actual Intermediate on actual
Expert/Black terrain, or if you have dull edges, or if you are
using long, fat, wobbly, rocker’d skis suitable for powder
at Revelstoke B.C. and trying to navigate Eastern Hard-Pack
where you need a fully cambered, narrow waisted, short, Slalom
“SL” style ski like 3/4 of the Ski Instructors here use...
you will perceive glitches to be far greater than if you have the
right tools for the job.
It frustrates us to continuously observe that 73.659% of complaints
we hear are from genuine Intermediates on legitimate Expert terrain,
and/or as well as people using long, torsionally wet-noodle floppy fat
skis when any serious Eastern Hard Pack skier knows you need a short,
sharp weapon with a reasonable level of firm grip to optimize safety,
fun and turn-ripping performance, anywhere east of Calgary.
Repeat: You can observe that roughly 3/4 of the Ski Instructors
here and at virtually every East Coast Ski destination, use an
“SL” style ski, because they work, PLUS... they are way more fun.
In the groomed front-side terrain it's like the difference between
driving on a road course track with either an “SL” Ferrari, or
a “Fat" Cadillac Escalade.
You need a tool that wants to grip n’ turn, not float n’ flop.
And another thing... Just because you have a big wallet, does not
make you an Expert. Time-after-time we see loud, rich individuals
with thousands of cubic dollars worth of gear, loudly complaining
in lift-lines or on chair-lifts about conditions, then you follow them
and see that they are clearly Intermediates making messy runs on
Expert terrain that is way above their actual skill set.
Beware them that complain loudly, commonly they criticize conditions
in order to deny, divert or distract attention from their own lack of skills.
Skiing is a skill testing sport, so, if you have proper skills matched to proper
terrain, matched with proper equipment in proper tune, you will have an
excellent day. period.
In The Sous Bois/Hors Piste/Glades and Un-Groomed:
Infinitely variable adventure and challenge with well
establish patterns of use because its been several days
since a big single snowfall event.
There will be some hazards and risks, but we think there’s
still a fair degree of forgiveness just because there’s been
so much snow.
But... Keep in mind, it’s January 6, not February 6, so a month
from now its not inconceivable that there might be somewhere
between another metre or two of snow on top of what’s here
now. Just use prudent caution when exploring and stay safe.
96/102(*) Open Trails on the Archival Copy of Official Open
Trails, Grooming, Snowmaking, Lift Status and Mountain Conditions
for January 6, 2026, Courtesy of Tremblant.ca
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