Apres Ski Tremblant... There was one "issue" today, and that
was vision. We found out how to deal with that and things got
a lot better... For details on that and other things,
scroll down to "Apres Ski" in about a half hour or so. @5:00 P.M.
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"Smooth Sailing"
Def: an expression used to denote an easy, pleasant experience,
without concerns for problems, delays or interruptions.
Frequently associated with Skiing or Snowboarding at Mont Tremblant.
"Whose dictionary did you find that in?"
Any experienced Tremblant Skier or Boarders, that's who...
We think that pretty much sums up your Tremblant experience for
today, Smoooooth Sailing, on immaculately groomed surfaces of
fine natural and blown snow that have carefully been worked on
overnight by one of the most experienced Mountain Crews on
the planet.
Open trail count this morning up to 8 because Onesime, from the
top of the Cabriolet, down to P1 is back open. Our summit based
Alpine ski and board terrain remains the same as yesterday with
4 main paths of descent, on the South Side, Nansen, Alpine and
Beauvallon to the TGV High Speed Quad, and on the North Side,
P'tit Bonheur to the Lowell Thomas Triple.
The additional natural snow has us very close to opening additional
terrain, the most obvious of which is in the Lowell Thomas sector.
Everyone riding up the Lowell Thomas chair has a great view of
this immaculate white snowfield as they pass over. The unseen
portion which may need more finishing work is La Traverse which
needs to be complete as well in order to get back to the Lowell Thomas
base. This is just one example of the expansion that we will see very
soon.
Sample of terrain opening in the near future. Snowmaking at full
speed on Rope Tow as we approach the summit on the Lowell Thomas
triple chair.
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Lowell Thomas triple chair.
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Work on all the terrain required for the upcoming 24 hour Children's Charity
fundraiser will take priority, to a certain degree, but there has to be
ways an means for the public to get around too, so expansion in all
areas that are open is inevitable. Daily accumulations of more natural
snow are going to help that, but at this stage, it's still a guess about how
much. One things for sure though, the conditions for snowmaking are
almost ideal, so production should continue at full speed for the whole
week ahead.
The weather today is another easy -2C base and -7C summit with a
moderate wind from the west, or up Beauvallon. Less wind than yesterday
will definitely contribute to a more pleasant day today. We will probably have
overcast all day and flurries should be in the mix too.
Today's official Trail and Grooming status.
This very informative document is a pdf, downloadable
file, courtesy of http://www.tremblant.ca
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Lots of Snow, from both Mother Nature and the Mountain Crews
make for "Smooth Sailing" at Tremblant!
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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