1/9/12 Tremblant Conditions

[T360]

Late Evening T360 Apres Ski, posted below in "Reply"...

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77(*) Open Trails on all 4 Superb Sides of Tremblant

How "Superb" is "Superb"???

Spreads Like Butter, Skis Like Satin.

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The Holidays are over....
"This Is The First Day Of The Rest Of The Season."

Yesterday we wrote:

"For All The Truly Dedicated Tremblant Fans
Out There, The Next 12 To 13 Weeks Are The
Sweetest Days Of The Year."

The significance of these words can not be over-emphasized.
Despite a bit of a slow start back in late November, early
December, a very high quality season has gradually
gathered momentum and we now find ourselves with a
well established base that has seen very little thermal shock,
and has remained below freezing for several weeks, not always
a lot below freezing, but enough to keep it stable. There have
also been enough Minus-Teen's and Minus-Tweenties Celsius
Over-Nights to drive a good frost into the Mountain so
we've got a well established ambient cold storage going on
for some added protection and durability too. All this, plus
the skills and talents of the Tremblant Mountain Operations
Crews who have added both snowmaking and grooming to
create surfaces that are optimized for quality.

These are indeed, some of the sweetest days of the maturing
winter and every effort should be made to participate in the
passion that genuine Ski and Board freaks share in it.

Life is Short, and so are the prime, sweet days of Tremblant's
Alpine Winter season.

While on on hand, it seems as though there's lot's of time
to fit in visits to Tremblant, for some, time slips away and
before you know it, opportunities often disappear. We just
want to suggest that with a season as fine as we have that
you don't let any of your opportunities for what we have right
now, go unused.

Bottom Line on this point: Now is when the serious Tremblant Fans
get serious about spending as much time on the Mountain as
they can.

On to other Tremblant News....

From the Official Snow Report:

"T-66 DAY! The first phase of the Adrenaline Park is open
with the first series of features in the Curé-Deslauriers,
for the pleasure of the most adventurers! The Park pass is not
required for the first phase, but a helmet is mandatory in order
to use the features!"

This is BIG news for all the legions of Tremblant Park People
that are itching to get some Air, and Park Module time.

Other REALLY BIG TREMBLANT NEWS!!!!

SNOWMAKING ON UPPER EXPO!!!!

You Know What That Means!

Expo, the "Showcase" run that dominates the view of the Mountain
from the North Side Base, is finally getting the benefit of Mountain
Crews efforts and it won't be long before it opens now.

We could not be more thrilled! Everyone who "Knows"
Tremblant, has their favourites, but Expo has the most dedicated,
loyal fans of perhaps any single run here at Tremblant. We know
people that come out to ski Expo ALL DAY! We know people that do
"EXPO Marathons" (30 some-odd runs on Expo in a day for at least
one of our T360 Team members).

There are going to be a lot of Very Happy Campers with this great news.

GET READY FOR THIS!!!
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Let's Talk About The Weather!

-11C , rising up to somewhere around -6C, easy winter temps after
some of what we had last week at this time. Overcast with a nice
additional fluffy layer of fresh snow.

Here are a couple of Web Cam Snap Shot Samples
to illustrate and record.
All We Can See Is SNOW! looking North over the
Summit of the Lowell Thomas Triple Chair.

Web Cam Snap Shots Courtesy of www.tremblant.ca

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It might not look like much of a scenic pic., looking at the
deck of the North Base lodge, but it tells us a great story before
we head off to the Mountain for the day...
enough fresh snow to make tracks in... every bit counts!
Experienced Tremblant regulars will know exactly how
fine this coating will make our morning surfaces.

Web Cam Snap Shots Courtesy of www.tremblant.ca

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Near Future Tremblant Trip Planners:

Everyone likes stability and it looks like we've got that
for quite a while!

Screenshot Courtesy of The Weather Network.

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What this means is that Tremblant's very fine surfaces
will continue to get better, and will also continue to expand.


77(*) 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 Tremblant.ca

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Summary:

There's every good reason to get your butt
to Tremblant A.S.A.P.!


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: Archive, Search Reports by Date: Index: http://tinyurl.com/yktelmu

When reviewing dates from any of the past, numbered, archived 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...

The very high quality surfaces we have are holding well.
There's terrain for all skill levels and the selection across
all 4 sides of Tremblant is more than enough variety to not
only keep you going all day, but to keep you thoroughly
entertained with Tremblant's signature views.

Temps are a fair bit warmer than we might have expected,
but at -1C, we're fortunately on the right side of freezing
to avoid any effects.

We'd say we're lucky that this temp peak is occurring at night,
if it was during the day with any sun, things would probably be
different.

The hourly Weather Network forecast is predicting an overnight
low of -3 C which should carry through the morning, after which
the temp's are expected to steadily decrease to about -6C by last run.
Tomorrows low of -17C is forecast to be at midnight.

Supporting the notion of dropping temps and a shift back to "winter"
like conditions is the projected change in the wind direction from the
Southern patterns we've seen all day today, to Northerly patterns by the
morning.

There may be a few flurries in the morning, but the Sun should be
visible through partial, and diminishing cloud cover through the
afternoon.

As long as the temps drop, as or if the sun comes out, we should be good
to keep the Alpine Snow Surfaces in good condition. The cooler Summit, by
virtue of elevation, should be good throughout.

The Official Preview Snow Report for tomorrow shows 77 open trails with
only one "Progressive", Trail # 43, Tiguidou, on Soleil.
There are no "Race" designated trails on the list and who know's, maybe the
"flurries" will turn out to be a bunch of "Snow".


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