Christmas Day Tremblant Alpine Slopes!
Yesterdays Preliminary report for today showed 33 and we've
awoken to 35, so there's a Christmas bonus of 2 on top of
those already promised, a great way to start the day!
Still "Brisk" at -15C this A.M., but without the thermal addition
of the suns rays, so in trade what we get is an overnight dusting
of Fresh Snow!
- Web Cam Snap Shot, Courtesy of www.tremblant.ca
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this will produce surface conditions that are of the highest possible
quality.
We forecast Carving Excellence as the real Christmas Present for
all in attendance today!
"For Best Results", and considering that the Summit will be cooler
than the base, you will need to make sure that all the potential
heat loss gaps in your outer layered system are well secured.
We know of some fortunate people who are getting Boot Warming
systems for Christmas this morning. They will be well pleased today,
that's for sure!
We also read that these efficient low voltage electrical warming grids
are being applied in Jackets and Gloves too, so evidently, as time and
design permit smaller, lighter technologies to evolve, Winter Alpine
Sports are going to become more comfortable for those who want to
build a thermal cocoon to rip around in.
A Tremblant "Before and After", Trail Case Study with a
Wild, Whacky, Holiday Wishful Conclusion.
Before: McCulloch 2 weeks ago:
- www.tremblant360.com photo. All rights reserved.
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- Screenshot of FB Album pic., Courtesy of www.tremblant.ca
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a portion of Charron, (trail #19 on the Official Tremblant
Trail Map) as a connector.
Now Then... on to the Wild, Whacky, Wishful part...
Look at the SnowMaking column below.... with particular
attention to Vanier, Trail #60 on the Official Trail Map....
It's just a Wild, Whacky, Wishful Speculation, but when we see
Vanier, as a connector, on the SnowMaking list in the early season,
that sometimes leads to the 2 stage development of EXPO.
The first stage is sometimes the bottom of Expo with the entrance
off of lower Duncan, ... oh say, is that Duncan Bas (lower) on the
SnowMaking list too? ... Why yes it is!
The second stage would be SnowMaking on Expo's upper pitch,
right back on up to the offload zone of the Expo Quad Chair, which
is technically speaking the start of Vanier.
- Excerpt of Official, Downloadable PDF Trail Map, Courtesy of www.tremblant.ca
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Courtesy, Tremblant.ca
This is where our wishful thinking could be wrong, because Expo's
not yet on the Snowmaking list, but if it was in the next day or two....
McCulloch first appeared on the SnowMaking
list on Dec.9th, and it opened "progressively" on the 13th, that's
5 days later, But, we had 10CM of natural snow on the 8th,
...so check this out....
- Screenshot, Courtesy of The Weather Network.
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Progress In Terrain Development...
with a week 'til New Years .
Wild, Whacky Wishful Conclusion Speculation:
Could we see Expo for New Years or soon after?
We have no idea whether or not this is possible,
but it's always fun to dream!
35(*) Open Trails on the Official, Downloadable, PDF
Trail and Grooming status report, Courtesy of
Tremblant.ca
- Screenshot of the Official, Downloadable, PDF
Trail and Grooming status report, Courtesy of
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We Hope All Your Christmas Wishes Come True!
Links:
http://www.tremblant.ca
http://www.tremblant.ca/mountain/winter ... port-e.htm
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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 theFirst 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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