1/26/12 Tremblant Conditions

T360 · Post by **T360** » Thu Jan 26, 2012 7:57 am

T360 Night Shift Apres Ski Below In Reply...

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70(*) Open Trails on the Official List at Tremblant.

Recovery is well under way after the recent "Thermal" event.

Ready...
Set...
Let's Go To Tremblant!

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Scene Above From Last Run Yesterday.

Even though there were a lot of slick zones
created by the flash freeze after the wet weather,
Mountain Crews had made huge progress by yesterday morning.
Look at our Apres Ski from yesterday for more detail.
Anyway, that, plus a full day's Mountain User traffic was
improving the surface almost by the hour. Machines can only do
so much when it comes to breaking up an icy top layer, so the
mixed particle size left by the groomers was being ground up even
finer by Skiers and Boarders cruising over it.

Tremblant Trail Case Study ....
McCulloch, Versant Sud, South Side.

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Riding up the TGV Quad, McCulloch looks pretty good and
the bonus is that if you want to give it a try, you get to see
how others are doing on it as you ride up past them.
This Boarder is getting a good edge and the granular surface
seems to be fairly easy to keep control in.

Lets take a closer look.....

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Firstly, this was a spontaneous telephoto snap-shot, with gloves on,
so centring was not perfect, however, it does illustrate at least a few
things reasonably well. The "granular" surface is a highly variable size
from very small fine snow particles to larger ping-pong ball size loose
clumps. There is definitely a "Shred Factor" meaning the top layer is thick
enough to set and hold an edge and to execute a fairly aggressive turn in.
The Skier shown has nice form!

We did Ski McCulloch immediately and found it to be just the way these
pic's would lead us to anticipate, very skiable, but with deliberate edge
sets and either long traverses, or short skidded, "Stem Christie" style
old school parallel turns, to control speed.

There were definitely a few slick icy patches here and there, caused by
the days traffic, but all in all, very nice to ski, everything considered.

Of Course...
The Views Are Tremblant Magic, Simply Beautiful....

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Weather No Matter, Tremblant is always fun. Sometimes
the conditions require a bit more focus, but that's the way
it goes!

Speaking of Weather, Sunny today, high of Minus 8 C and moderate
winds from the Sou-East, coming up the Mountain from the Duncan
Sector. Easy, easy winter day...

WINTER STORM WATCH FOR TOMORROW...

A big bunch O' Snow will sure help everything,
so keep fingers crossed for good luck!

Safety Caveat:

Please.... Go Slow around others and areas you have not yet been to...

You still have to watch out for areas where the land contours are too
steep or there is high volume traffic, where the loose surfaces get
scraped off revealing an icy base, but those are predictable in the
sense that if you find them in your travels, you can also begin to see
a pattern of where they will occur, so with those observations, you use
your head to slow down and control speed BEFORE you hit the glitches.

Equipment/Safety Caveat:

If you don't have Fresh, Sharp Edges, you're crazy!

.... and you won't have nearly as much fun!

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

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Daily Refinements Of Tremblant's Alpine Terrain
Are Maximizing Surface Quality To The Highest
Possible Levels As Mountain Crews Work Around
The Clock.

Please Note: Page under evolutionary construction.
Sorry about that, but "C'est la vie" somedays....

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T360 · Post by **T360** » Thu Jan 26, 2012 11:40 pm

T360 Apres Ski...

Very interesting day of contrasts....

Skiing was improved from yesterday as Mountain Crews have had
another day to re-visit many of the trails that had an initial resurfacing
yesterday. Perhaps one of the best single examples was Vanier, from the
Expo Sector Summit, down to Duncan.

There will be many that say... "Vanier isn't a real run, it's just a connector"
True or not, the point of referring to Vanier, is to use it as an example of any
number of runs that are reacting to additional grooming. Short or not, Vanier
had a section of beautiful soft turning snow on the right side, descending toward
Duncan that it did not have the same way yesterday.

There were many runs that had vastly improved surface snow quality just the same
way as Vanier. McCulloch was another run to make big progress in surface
improvements too. The solar energy of the sun was probably another reason Vanier
had an advantage as it faced rays all day, which brings up an important point for
future Tremblant visitors, eventually the cold of winters January depth begins to give
way to the longer days of February and sooner or later the increased solar energy
component of the weather mix helps to soften things up like it may have helped on
Vanier today.

Naturally, There Were More "Postcard" Views... A Lot More!

Nothing in the Laurentian's comes close to the
long views from Tremblant's Summit.

This above is an interesting shot looking from the Summit towards
La Crete, on the way to Nansen. Regulars will recognize the big Turbo
Snow Maker, what's different though, is the recent very large "Bump" in
front of it that gives this area a new surface contour/look that we don't
ever recall seeing there in the past.

A Lot More Choice Today... Which Way Am I Going?... hmmmm....

Any Day At Tremblant Is A Great Family Day!

Reality Caveats:
Sharp, fresh edges are essential for control inputs and
you need to really slow down proactively when near traffic
or steeper pitches as conditions could change quickly. If
you were carrying too much speed, the ability to steer or
emergency brake could become impossible if you hit an icy
patch. Very careful edge pressure was also important as
reduced grip on slick sectors required a subtle navigation
technique.

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