12/20/11 Tremblant Conditions

[T360]

T360 Apres Ski.... Scroll down to Reply below.

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21(*) Open Trails on South and North
Sides of Tremblant, from both open Bases.

More Big News at Tremblant!

So Big, you could even call it "Geant" News!

If you guessed SnowMaking on Geant on the North Side,
then you get 10 points for being correct. Along with Geant,
the Official Trail and Grooming PDF file includes Lower Duncan
which would be needed to complete the path from Geant's
end point, down to the the loading zone of the Duncan Quad
Chair for a return to the Summit.

Not only is this is another key indicator of continued progress
in seasonal terrain development, but we feel it's a "Geant" step
forward because Geant is the main corridor for other runs like
Superieur and Devils River that can be brought on-line with
SnowMaking too.

The Skiing and Boarding which were already
very very good, are getting better every day due to
the additional snow from both Mother Nature and
Mountain Crews SnowMaking efforts.

Additionally, every night, Crews are refining the existing
surfaces with grooming, and that, in combination with traffic,
helps to create finer snow crystals on the trail surfaces.

Slick or icy zones that may have been noticeable days
ago after that short little "thermal" event, are less and
less so now. That's not to say you might not find one or two
still, but we think they're minor in nature and to one degree
or another, depending on the sharpness of your edges,
you should not find anything unmanageable.

We've got the best conditions in the Laurentains...
Get out and have fun on them!

www.tremblant360.com Photo. All rights reserved.

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Screenshot of Official, Downloadable,PDF
Trail and Grooming status, Courtesy of
Tremblant.ca
21(*) Open Trails.

Screenshot Courtesy of www.Tremblant.ca

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This Is Not Today....
...but it's a big part of why we have
todays great conditions!

www.tremblant360.com Photo. All rights reserved.

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Often, we can thank "last week" for "this week".
This pretty winter scene with fresh snow from last week
tells that story better than any words....


Links:

http://www.tremblant.ca

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

(*) Understanding Trail Counts - http://alturl.com/n54py

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

Forum Index: http://alturl.com/r4cco

Bring Back The Memories... Research Future Visits...
If you would like to look up dates you visited Tremblant, or you
want to research days/weeks/months to visit, you can sample what
they look like historically, month by month, year by year.

GoTo: Winter Reports, Index/Archive: http://tinyurl.com/yktelmu

When reviewing dates from any past, numbered, archived index pages,
you can use the "Previous Topic" or "Next Topic" buttons, located
screen far right, in upper date/message bar to scroll through sequential
dates, or use your browsers "back" button to stay on the selected index
page for non-sequential date reviews in either forward or reverse order.

There are approximately 6, 25 day Index pages per season.

( If you "Bookmark" the link above, it will always take you to the
First index page with the latest posts. That gives you an immediate,
current to 25 day past, review scroll of Winter Alpine Conditions by
consecutive date.)


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[T360]

T360 Apres Ski...

Consistent colder temps are Mountain SnowMaking Crews
best friend and we've got those in spades right now so we're
seeing some large scale efforts on the North Side as Geant
and Lower Duncan are under Snow Construction.

Tremblant's Facebook page has provided us with the direct
"hints" regarding Geant's scheduled opening for the weekend
coming up, coincidentally, Christmas weekend, so we're going to add
a bit to today's record for the archives and benefit of those who
may look back to see just how this Winter season of 2011/2012
is taking shape.
Adding up this "one" plus the "one" below, we have picture evidence
of the Top-To-Bottom" Snow Construction on Geant.
SnowMaking at the Summit of Geant, Versant Nord,
North Side, Tremblant.

Screenshot of FB pic., Courtesy of www.tremblant.ca

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First of all, looking at the data published on-line by Tremblant.ca
is one of the best sources of future trail openings. In that sense,
a review of the "SnowMaking" column in either the Official Snow Report
or the Official, Downloadable, PDF Trail and Grooming stays report
tells us where on the Mountain the resources are being dedicated.

This is one of the principle reasons we use the Official, Downloadable PDF
Trail and Grooming status report as a component of our daily conditions
content, as you can see by scrolling up to it in our post above.

This PDF is not just a "pretty face", although we publicly declare that
we think it's a great looking document with it's colour coding that
makes it very simple to identify Trail difficulty ratings, it's simple
effective icons, and it's logically arranged Tremblant sector Trail groups.
More than the attractive layout, is gives us a reasonably precise
window into future terrain openings in the early season, primarily
by the Trails listed with SnowMaking.

We talk about the Trail names from the SnowMaking column at this time
of year a lot because if you're making plans to visit Tremblant, sometime
between "now" and 10 days from "now", there's a high probability that
those Trails will be Open within that time.

Secondly, before we head out the door for the Mountain, we look at the
Web Cams. In the case of this Sample from 7:51 A.M. this morning, we
can see the actual work going on as we look at the foot of Lower Duncan.

Web Cam Snap Shot Courtesy of www.tremblant.ca

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Bottom line today, Geant will probably be Open on the weekend, especially
when the 5 day weather models available on-line agree that there's going
to be overwhelmingly sub-zero temps throughout.
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Archival Edit and Reply Reference to Below From GaboRousseau
We made this Apres Ski Twitter post to feature the content theme,
so "Thanks" Gabo! We love it when we can make you smile!

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[GaboRousseau]

"News So Big It's Geant!"
Best line ever lol Made me chuckle last night.