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90(*) Open Trails on the "Bunch Of Fresh Snow"
4 sides of Tremblant!

Forget Orange Juice!...
Start Your Day with This "Eye Opener"!
10 Cm, or about 4 inches of Fresh Snow
will go a loooooooong way toward regenerating
a "Shreddable" surface layer.
We've been trying to think of an analogy for the base we've got and
a few come to mind, but none are quite complete so here's sort of a
hybrid composite... "3 foot thick plywood with a Down Duvet over it".

Good Grief! ...but when you think about it, all the snow we've gotten,
along with the odd bit of "Damp", has been compacted every single day
since opening and if you could cut into a cross-section with a chain saw,
you'd find that it would kinda' look like plywood with all the daily layers
that could be seen in plywood. Then we get more Snow! That's the
Down Duvet.

Whats important here is that the plywood is the really durable base,
but we need the Down Duvet to be the "Shreddable" layer so we have
a surface that will be soft enough to hold and edge when we want to
turn on it.

Part of Grooming is the Art of taking the Fresh Snow and bonding it to
the layers underneath with just the right amount of pressure so that it
stays in place, but so it stays soft enough for Ski or Board edges to
be able to grip on it without sliding or skidding out.

The ability to create this very refined surface quality is why Tremblant
Mountain Crews can deliver the best conditions in the Laurentian's and
perhaps arguably, anywhere on the East Coast of North America.

The Mountain Crews at Tremblant are at the very top of their peer group
and when you get here, you'll see exactly why.
Today's Weather....

Starts out Sunny, with gradual development of cloud cover
during the course of the day. Early temps at -10 C, and rising
to somewhere to around -2C. If it stays sunny, we'd be
concerned about solar thermal softening, but under cloud,
no problem. It's a really easy, excellent, Ski/Board day,
either way.
Conditions Caveat:

You've heard us say it before...

"As Fine As Things Are...."

They say "Perfect" is not possible. Use your head and caution
with regard to speed. There are going to be natural hazards
Slick, or Icy zones where either Wind or Traffic can remove
the loose top layer to reveal the solid base underneath and
the recent rain means that the solid base underneath may have
ice in places.

These glitches occur naturally and evolutionarily with Traffic
and Weather factors that change during Open hours.

Have fun, but explore carefully, and look for patterns
of surface change.... before you rip around.

Fresh Sharp Edges Essential For Maximum Utility.



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T360 Apres Ski under construction at 11:50 P.M.

The weather did not do exactly as expected, but all
things considered, it could have been a lot worse.
"What's not to like about sunshine?" many may ask...
Nothing, as long as temps are well below freezing, but...
The temp's got up to "+" 1 degree C for a couple
of hours after lunch, at least at South Base level.
That's the way it goes. At just about the same time,
the wind began to swing around from Nor-East to
Sou-East, a good indication of the new, cooler system
moving in.

The Summit with it's 2100 vertical foot elevation over
the Base, stayed below freezing and did not suffer at all.

By the end of the day the sun that had stayed fairly
consistent during the day, was hidden by cloud that began
to shed the snow that had been forecast all along.
It's still snowing on the North now...
Tomorrow should be overcast, snowy, say up to 5 CM or so
and we'll have to wait 'till morning to see how much we're finally
going to get, but we're happy to get every single flake.

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