11/25/2010 Conditions - Opening day, Winter Season

T360 · Post by **T360** » Thu Nov 25, 2010 12:54 am

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Apres Ski Update:

It's 18:00 Hours, or 6 P.M. and just got back from the Mountain
after a few Apres Ski errands....

There are 4 main stories to follow here, with a fair bit of detail.
As this post is ultimately an archive as well as general info, we will try to
make it complete.

Story # 1... What we have, right now.

Story # 2... The very good quality of what we have.

Story # 3... What's going on on the Mountain

Story # 4... What to expect in near future, if everything goes well.

We took over 250 Pics today, sort of the "ShotGun Approach", and glad
we did because there are a variety of decent quality images applicable
to the above 4 themes and we are going to include the best for the record
in the form of replies here.

Please note that there are only 3 images per reply, standard for this
type of forum platform. For greater detail and future historic review,
they will be as big as possible, up to 256MB pic files for wall paper,
real window size pic's. Sorry, no thumbnails here, so there are multiple
replies.

Scroll down to "Replies", attached here below.

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Bonjour Skiers, Boarders! Here we are all lined up at
opening day for another great season at Tremblant!
The season of 2010/2011.

Snowmaking at the summit and on select NorthSide runs has been
going on for about 10 days... read on for details...
This web cam Snap Shot was taken yesterday at
20 after 5 and snow making continued all night

: Web Cam Snap Shot courtesy of www.tremblant.ca; 11.24.10.Summit Snow Making.4.jpg (15.07 KiB) Viewed 7873 times

After a long, hot summer, we're ready to hit the slopes right now and
unlike last year with the opening delays, there are no disappointments
this year as Tremblant fires up the lifts today, just in time for
American Thanksgiving.

According to the Official Tremblant Snow Report, we have 3 runs open
today which are La Crete, the Summit connector that gets you to the other
2 open runs, and Beauchemin Haut/Upper as well as P'tit Bonheur.
Both Beauchemin and P'tit Bonheur are North Side, top half runs that will
take us to the loading zone of the Lowell Thomas Triple Chair, which is going
to be our way back up until more of the Mountain comes on line on the
weekend.

In a press release we read earlier today, Tremblant management is
forecasting to have as many as 7 runs open for the weekend. We see no
reason that can't be done, as we've got nice cold days and even nicer,
colder nights, on top of which there's about 20 some odd CM of natural snow
in the forecast for Friday and Saturday.

Back to today... The weather is going to be cold to begin with, the low
temp at -18C at 6 a.m. this morning, then as the sun blasts out its warming
rays, temps will rise to -13 by 9 a.m. -7 by noon on the way to -5 by 2 p.m.

The good news there of course, is brilliant sunshine with all its up-lifting
ambiance. It's going to be a very good day for pictures, so make sure
you've got a fresh charge on your camera and be ready to admire the view!

Tremblant Mountain crews have been working day and night to get us here
and we're excited to get to see what they've been able to accomplish.

All through the night the snow making has been going on at full tilt and
while most of us are snoring away in the pre-dawn hours, the Mountain
Crews will have already been spreading the precious white stuff over
the surfaces we'll be on shortly.

Looking North East at the summit to la Crete. The yellowish light
on screen left is the top un-loading zone of the TGV.
All these snow guns have been running all night on "Max"!

: Web Cam Snap Shot courtesy of www.tremblant.ca; 11.24.10.Summit Night Shift.jpg (12.34 KiB) Viewed 7873 times

PLEASE NOTE: We're including this following incomplete document
because at the time of this articles publishing, it had not been
up-dated yet. We have been including it for the record since last season,
every day, and when/if it is up-dated, we'll add the corrected version.
This document is a downloadable pdf file and is very useful.

: Downloadable pdf file courtesy of www.tremblant.ca; Picture 9.png (179.57 KiB) Viewed 7873 times

Have a great day, Sun, friends, skiing, boarding...
How can you go wrong when you get to spend the first day of
the season at Tremblant!

Oh, and by the way.... stay tuned later on today for a bundle
of Apres Ski Pictures and comments, we'll seeya later, right back here!

Article reference link: http://tinyurl.com/36357xb

Links:

http://www.tremblant.ca

http://www.tremblant.ca/mountain/winter ... port-e.htm

http://www.tremblant.ca/mountain/trailmap-e.htm

http://www.tremblant.ca/galleries/webcams/index-e.htm

http://translate.google.com/translate_t ... =fr&tl=en#

http://www.theweathernetwork.com/weather/CAQC0360

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T360 · Post by **T360** » Thu Nov 25, 2010 6:59 pm

Story # 1... What we have, right now.

Story # 2... The very good quality of what we have.

Note: In order to show you pic's of what we have, it's very easy to tie in
the Quality story because the pic's show it so well.

What we have, Right Now...

Basically, we had 1 path today utilizing 3 runs, or portions thereof, to get us
from the summit to the base loading zone of the Lowell Thomas Triple Chair.

First, getting off either the Gondola or from the top of the Lowell Thomas
chair, you head down La Crete, the summit connector run, to the "side door"
of P'tit Bonheur.

: www.tremblant360.com Photo. Allrights reserved.; 11.25.10.La Crete to P'tit Boneur.jpg (137.66 KiB) Viewed 7789 times

Here's a shot, a little farther along showing people headed down
La Crete, screen left, towards P'tit' Bonheur.

: www.tremblant360.com Photo. Allrights reserved.; 11.25.10.La Crete.left screen. to P'tit Bonheur.jpg (78.71 KiB) Viewed 7789 times

About 1/2 way down La Crete, looking back toward summit.

: www.tremblant360.com Photo. Allrights reserved.; 11.25.10.La Crete to P'tit Bonheur.jpg (112.7 KiB) Viewed 7789 times

One important thing to notice in all these pic's is the quality of the snow surface.
We are very lucky it has been cold enough that the fine granular nature
of the blown snow has a very dry, silky characteristic. We'll have more on that following below...

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T360 · Post by **T360** » Thu Nov 25, 2010 7:34 pm

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As you approach the end of La Crete, take a hard right, out of this pic...

: www.tremblant360.com Photo. All rights reserved.; 11.25.10.End of La Crete at Nansen.P'tit Bonheur.jpg (67.84 KiB) Viewed 7789 times

and you end up....
at the entrance to P'tit Bonheur.

: www.tremblant360.com Photo. All rights reserved.; 11.25.10.P'tit Bonheur.Entrance.jpg (110.74 KiB) Viewed 7789 times

Once on P'tit Bonheur, you can look back up at the entrance
from the first turn and see the wooden fence, way back up there,
from the end of La Crete.

: www.tremblant360.com Photo. All rights reserved.; 11.25.10.P'tit Bonheur.jpg (125.99 KiB) Viewed 7789 times

As you can see from the surfaces, the quality and grip levels are very
high, suitable for great carving for all skills!

Bottom line on the first 2 stories, while today we had the 1 path using
La Crete, P'tit Bonheur and a bit of Beauchemin to get you to the Lowell
Thomas Chair, the quality was very high and http://www.tremblant.ca
is now showing 6 open runs for tomorrow, including the "TGV" Quad Chair
and Alpine(that will have some Park Features) on the South Side,
so that addresses "Story # 4".

We will add more here shortly and fill out all the "Story" categories.

Basically, it was an excellent day and we should all be thankful for
the huge effort of the Tremblant Mountain Crews!

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T360 · Post by **T360** » Fri Nov 26, 2010 8:14 am

The Quality Story.....

Page 1

Here are some of the elements that we feel make the difference
concerning the quality of the snowmaking.

In the cold temps of today, the snow gun patterns seemed to be perfect.
this shot illustrates the strong, well atomized spray patterns
that the Tremblant Mountain Crews had going everywhere.

: www.tremblant360.com photo. All rights reserved.; 11.25.10.Snow Making.Perfect.jpg (51.75 KiB) Viewed 7774 times

More Pics to follow...

T360 · Post by **T360** » Fri Nov 26, 2010 8:15 am

The Quality Story.....

Page 2

Here are some of the elements that we feel make the difference
concerning the quality of the snowmaking.

The ideal nature of the snowmaking efforts resulted in a very
fine satin like snow particle that was dry and held edge very well.

: www.tremblant360.com photo. all rights reserved.; 11.25.10. Opening Day Snow Quality.jpg (90.5 KiB) Viewed 7774 times

More Pics to follow...

T360 · Post by **T360** » Fri Nov 26, 2010 8:17 am

More opening day P'tit Bonheur to Lowell Thomas triple chair Pic's

Mid-point grip. The whole run was high quality carving. All these pic's tell
the same story.

: www.tremblant360.com photo. All rights reserved.; 11.25.10.P'tit Bonheur.Beauty.Carving.jpg (120.53 KiB) Viewed 7776 times

: www.tremblant360.com photo. All rights reserved.; 11.25.10.P'tit Bonheur.Carving.jpg (91.85 KiB) Viewed 7776 times

Look at the foreground in this one. The reliable "grippy" surface
meant you could really lean into and "work" your turns.
Great exercise and Tons of fresh air!