West Coast L.A. California Time... 7:30 A.M. Essex County, U.K., GMT.
2:30 A.M. Local EST. @ Tremblant....
It may be raining in many places regionally here on the East Coast
of North America, but it's SNOWING at Tremblant!
North Base, Snowfall.
- Web Cam Snap Shot Courtesy of Tremblant.ca
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Tremblant fans everywhere that take comfort from knowing
that Winter is Alive and Well, here at Tremblant!
Groomer Passing The Summit Traffic Signal, in front
of Gondola off-load zone.
- Web Cam Snap Shot Courtesy of Tremblant.ca
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and here's the evidence as we see the Night Shift doing their thing
to have it all as pristine as possible for the morning.
Even though the South Base Temp right now is +1 C, temps are forecasted
to drop by morning and we should see a return to sub-zero day-time temps.
Due to it's higher elevation, the Summit has been spared from any significant
effects of "warm", so we're quite hopeful the morning Web Cam views will
show nothing but SNOW!
The morning report here is going to be all about "Transitions"....
The Sun's getting higher, days are getting longer... but we've
still got a lot of "Winter" left to go...
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as per highlights added. We really like the
stable, overnight low's as shown by green underline.
Screenshot, Courtesy of "The Weather Network".
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--------- Mid-Afternoon Update --->>>
Temps get up to Plus 4 for a couple hours...
We'll have to see how that pans out Tomo Morn.
------------ 8:59 A.M. Orig. Post -------------------------
95(*) Open Trails on the warmer sides
of Tremblant.
Let's hope, not too much warmer...
...but it does look like we'll have a couple of days with
South Side Base day-time high temps of right around zero,
so be prepared for some "Spring" in the conditions.
Sorry for "late" reporting this A.M., out of office chores
necessitate time-shift temporarily.... C'est la vie....
Anyway, things are, may be, or could off and on, be a bit foggy at the
Summit today, like yesterday....
How Foggy Was It ??? ....
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but it was variable to a degree, so there were times of greater
distance sight, but no doubt, "Pea Soup" was the Soup du Jour
as far as the vision went right at the Summit for much of the day.
It Is Very Important To Note: ...it wasn't just fog... there was Fresh
Falling Snow too...
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either.
Fortunately, the Summit was well below Zero all day due to it's
higher elevation, so there was never any danger of thaw and
all that ever happened was that "Excellent" got more "Excellent"
as accumulations became greater.
Just Below The Summit... The fog, which of course is actually
just low cloud, became much less thick, but never-the-less
continued to make snow, and at times, on the North at least,
quite a bit of it...
Consequently, here's what you can find at Tremblant today...
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look at.
This Next Photo Below... is just below parallel to the picture above.
The cloud line you can see below, which is some 200 vertical feet
below the Summit, is almost right at the line that the above picture
was taken at, and there is less than half an hour between the two.
Riding Up Duncan, Last pitch before the Summit which is just
above the cloud ceiling shown here.
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- using a "Wide Angle" lens setting allows more scope in the pic., but
makes the chair in front look farther away
- no camera we're aware of can capture the subtle change in the
colour appearance of the cloud looking horizontally across its "ceiling",
as opposed to looking straight up, which is when you realize how thin
this cloud layer can be at times... because, looking straight up, you could
see "blue" through the cloud. If you did not look up, you did not see this,
if you didn't lift your goggles, you didn't see this, but if you look at this
"big picture" there's a brightness in the upper edges, and that was the sun
trying to burn through. Close, but never happened.
On A Day Without Far Away Views...
You Don't Have To Look Far Away To Find Beauty...
Natures Shapes Au Tremblant.
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Hangin' Around On Expo....
Expo Got Winch Groomed flat(Secure Wire To Top To Stabilize Groomer Travel),
earlier in the week, so it's actually very nicely ski-able.
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A bit of icy in places on Grand Prix.
Taschereau improved from earlier in the week...
As usual, P'tit Bonheur gets...
"The Most Reliable Run Of The Century",
Our Friend DJKidSL reports Soleil was good enough
for an extended Groove... Thanks for the F/B feedback Sacha...
Our umpteenth Tremblant time friends from Gerrards Cross,
Buckinghamshire, U.K., came all the way over to do a field test
and report on Algonquin, and the news was all good on that...
Lot'sa People on the Lifts were ecstatic that it's warmer out...
24 degrees C warmer from earlier in the week...
We know they've been working on the Duncan Quad to correct a timing
glitch. We've not been stuck on it for more than a few seconds, others
report they have, but they are definitely working on it. You have to
remember, when it comes to lifts, there's miles and miles of electrical wire,
sensors, switches, thousands of mechanical bits 'n pieces, and on top
of that... there's computers too. Oh, Oh... there's trouble!
95(*) 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,
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your visit. If you're on your way, great,
if you're not on your way, change plans, if possible.
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: 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 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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