Started Out Sunny....
Ended Up A Bit Wet...
Skiing was fine all day, it never got slow and
despite the weather that blew in just after lunch
everyone that stuck it out to last run and had laps
of fun anyway!
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drop during the night.
The bigest band of weather has passed by us now to the East
and if we get more, we think it might actually be Snow!
Life Goes On...
The weather didn't stop any regularly scheduled activities and it
never really felt like anything more than a drizzly fine mist.
Forecasters had called it to be "Light Rain" and they were correct.
If anything, the increase in wind velocity was sorta' more "in-your-face",
but because it was so warm to begin with, never uncomfortable.
Competitors in all maner of Alpine Snow Sports based on Boards or Skis
were out 'en masse, where ever you were on the open slopes you were
at one point or another, surrounded by Athlete's in serious training mode.
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The softness in focus, detail, contrast or colour in this pic. below
is the result of the wind that kept driving the small wet particles
into the camera lens which then had to be wiped off. We carry a
small lens chamois to do that but it was at the point of saturation
by last run, so to a degree it smeared water over the lens and that's
what you're looking through.
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it took until last run before we noticed the dampness had worked through
ski pants, the point being that it was never a soaker type rain.
Further to that, we don't think it had as much erosive impact on the
snow surfaces as it would undoubtedly would have if it had been
any sort of real downpour so we may have dodged a bit of a bullet
on that account.
Here's a look at the 12 hour projections 'til Noon, tomorrow...
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of Summit and North Upper Sectors Snow which would be a nice
bonus. We'll just have to wait and see.
------------------ 7:17 A.M. Orig. Post --------------------------
14(*) Open Trails on the overnight below Zero C,
daytime "Spring" Plus C above Zero, and Partially Sunny,
at least to start with, Slopes of Tremblant.
Please Note: This is a "No Thumbnail" Zone. Our pic's are big
and you may have to scroll sideways for complete images. Our
object is to show detail that Alpine Snow Sport Participants
can relate to.
For best results, just like Gaming, view on the biggest, best screen
and go "Fullscreen" whenever you can.
This is how you can expect to start
out your day at Tremblant today...
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was typical of the vast majority of Summit sectors. Very fine
performance levels for a remarkable Opening day.
You don't need us to tell you how enthusiastic
Opening Day Tremblant Mountain Guests were!
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and this skiers focused look immediately conveys his involvement
in the moment.
Below: North Park Lift Off!!!
Park Riders were taking full advantage of the Rope Tow Modules Line.
This Pic's from the "M" kicker at the runout.
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one for the record books with so much well developed open terrain
and Full Mountain Vertical, Summit to Base access. Overall, it's just
been a fantastic way to kick off the season and we're very grateful
to be able to share both the experience, and the reporting.
We're Not The Only One's Sharing!
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you're having this much fun, it's easy to let everyone in on Tremblant's
beautiful Season's Opening Conditions.
A Mountain Of Family Fun !
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The big sky at Tremblant never fails to impress with the unique
displays we get to see...
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in this shot of Beauvallon at the mid-point, but with speed control
they were fairly easy to navigate and it was just a matter of getting
back into the basics of good control technique to be safe and have fun.
We expect today to be pretty much a carbon copy until if/any precip. occurs.
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The overnight below freezing, even though it's not by a
lot, is still going to play a critical part in helping to maintain
the Top-To-Bottom full Mountain Vertical privilege that we're
enjoying during these exceptional Opening days.
The projected high temp for today is plus 9C, so that's going to
seem very "Spring Like" to everyone lucky enough to be out
today, but it will take until probably around 11:00 A.M. or so
before the warmth makes its way into the surfaces to any depth.
Things could be icy until then, so good edges will be a benefit
along with care and speed control appropriate for the very changeable
conditions you may find.
The breeze is currently from the Sou-East, crossing the Summit from the
Duncan Sector towards Nansen, so riding up Lowell Thomas, you shouldn't
feel much of it at all while riding up the TGV, you may notice it a bit in
the more open upper Summit portion.
The part we don't like about the forecast is the possibility of light rain
later on today. The risk is currently estimated to exist for about 12
hours between Noon and Midnight. Ultimately, while only time will tell,
we're hoping the forecast could be wrong or that it may go around us.
If there's a good part to all this, then it has to be the return of cooler
sub-zero temps into tomorrow that will hopefully come quick enough
to preserve the open terrain.
14(*) Open Trails on the Official, Downloadable, PDF,
Trail and Grooming status report, courtesy of Tremblant.ca
Please Note: Grid line anomalies part of pdf.
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Opening days are always unique and a joy to be out in!
A return to cooler temps tomorrow will definitely help stabilize
conditions and Mountain Crews will do their magic overnight,
so try to make plans for a Tremblant Weekend if you can.
See ya later in Apres Ski...
Links:
http://www.tremblant.ca
http://www.tremblant.ca/mountain/winter ... port-e.htm
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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.
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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
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