1/16/12 Tremblant Conditions

T360 · Post by **T360** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 7:55 am

Early Edition Apres Ski.... Explores...

"Major Tom" To "Ground Control"...

"Successful Landing On Planet Tremblant.
We Found These Tall, White Life Forms...
They Don't Say Much, But They've Made
Us Feel Welcome."

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Tremblant takes on the appearance of another World of
some form when the snow has bonded with everything
in sight to create a surreal coating of infinite intricacy.
Every nook of every cranny is filled with white crystalline
structure that shaped by the wind, now becomes something
other than its original form. The pic. above is actually from
yesterday but we had not gotten to it yet, so when we saw it
now we thought it would make a good intro. into this "Other World"
look that's so obvious if you're here Today.

Today's Typical Summit Ambience....

Nansen Pitch had extraordinary grip and traction
that could hang on to the most aggressive GS carving
you could do.

It was as Flat, Flawless and Smooth as a Billiard Table.

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More to follow in attached Apres Ski Reply, below.
Should have it all by 9:30 ... 10:00 P.M.

Oh, and don't forget there's a blizzard coming tomorrow...
we hope....

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94(*) Open Trails, Repeat Chilly @-33C...

Repeat Sunny!

Repeat Skiing Boarding Excellent!
This is EXACTLY what you get today at Tremblant!

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Wow Conditions Everywhere At Tremblant!

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Pic's are yesterday A.M., but Today starts out with
virtually identical conditions....

We say "virtually" because the temp is actually 3 degrees Celsius
colder than yesterday, but at minus 30 anything, another 3 degrees
does not make much of a difference in terms of human function.

So then, Appropriate for the Weather...

Full, Cold Weather Warning In Effect.
-Zero Exposed Skin...
-Confirm Seals and Gaps in exterior garment
system are well overlapped to ensure
maximum heat retention.
-Add extra Layers
If you see someone with exposed skin
that looks like a white patch, tell them,
in some cases you can't feel frostbite.

We were riding up the Soleil Quad yesterday and
the two young adults on the chair with us were
whining about cold hands...
They were both wearing short, wrist length gloves
and on one, the gloves were so bunched up frozen
around the wrist that there was a quarter inch visible
ring of bare wrist showing! Excuse Me, But Are You Nuts?
No wonder! Blood trying to flow in and out of a hand with
a bare circumference of skin at -20 some-odd C, is going
to have a severe thermal challenge!

Pull Your Sleeve's Over Your Wrists! or....
Better yet, get Mitt's or Gloves that have a big
gauntlet that provides an overlap to keep the heat
in and the snow/cold out!

This is "Winter"!!! You Need An Effective Exterior Envelope!

Back to The Skiing.....

As grainy as it may be(sorry about that, hand held telephoto's when
you're gasping for breath after a bunch of vigorous turns are always
a challenge when you're trying to be quick to capture scenes...), this
Pic. below illustrates the kind of confidence building grippy conditions
we have right now.
Tremblant360 is a "Thumbnail Free Zone",
so you'll have to scroll --->> sideways to see compete images.
Our intent is to always show the maximum possible amount of
detail in the Surface Conditions for the benefit of all interested.

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Tremblant, The Colours Of Fun!

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94(*) Open Trails on the Official, Downloadable,
PDF, Trail and Grooming status report,
Courtesy of Tremblant.ca

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PDF, Trail and Grooming status report,
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Superb Winter Conditions For All Skill Levels...
But Today, Cold Temp. Preparations Essential.

Tomorrows a different story... With any luck...
A BLIZZARD Story!!!
...Oh, and 25 Degrees Celsius Warmer Too!

Check This Out !!!

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Are You On Your Way?

We sure hope so, if you're close enough to make it.

Without any more snow it's worth it to begin with...

with any portion of the forecasted...

it'll be a dream !!!

Links:

http://www.tremblant.ca

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

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

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

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T360 · Post by **T360** » Mon Jan 16, 2012 8:45 pm

T360 Apres Ski... Late Night Edition...

Started out sunny and ended with the sun visible, but only under,
above, through and around random endless horizon based cloud cover
that seemed to build during the course of the day.

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The Skiing and Boarding were better than yesterday due to another night
of Grooming that really has been working well to compact all our recent
snow into a cohesive sturdy surface layer that carves like butter.

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We often talk about "refinement", and that's exactly what's happening.

Temps did start out below Minus 30 this morning, but it certainly did not take
long for those to rise. By Noon it was up 15 degrees C and even with the thin
overcast, you could feel the thermal energy.

There were some icy patches, primarily in the centres of the big wide
runs where wind and steepness had combined and snow would not stick to
the very firm base.

Expo looked tempting enough to try, but it looked a lot easier from the chair lift
than it was underfoot. The best snow on Expo was 3 or 4 meters either side of
the packer ridge left on the outside of the groomed space. The un-groomed edges
of Expo where prone to thick chunky remains of recent snow, but it was skiable
with a "Safety First" regard for speed as it was quite easy to get turned around
by thick snow that just seemed to randomly try to reach out and eat up your skis.

There was an Upper section of Expo that you could do a thousand
tiny turns on, right down the centre...

...but as soon as you got to the mid-slope pitch, it was wall to wall icy,
and gravity would be the winner over edging for most in that area.

We would have to say that the Trail Sequence du Jour would have to
be P'tit Bonheur to Beauchemin on the North. This is an extension of
the fine shape we found that in yesterday, but the extra night of Grooming
really put a beautiful finishing touch on these two runs that made them
superb cruising today. Smooth, Fast and Smooth!

Beauchemin... Surprising, fast and grippy with flawless surfaces.

Nansen Pitch was a close second, it too was Smooth and Fast!

With the possibility of a blizzard tomorrow, as much as 30 CM of New Snow,
we have a lot to look forward to.

Here's today's Trail-Side Snow Depth Marker.
We'll see how much this big storm adds at the
same place and compare them later.

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