Potpourri Apres Ski...
a little of this.... a little of that..... @ 9:00 P.M.
First Things First....
100%
A) 100% "Winter", Top-To-Bottom Exists At Tremblant ...
for at least one more day on Versant Nord, The North Side!
PROOF OF All Day SUB-ZERO....
Snow in the Expo Base Level Trees @ 5:18 P.M....
- Web Cam Snap Shot Courtesy of Tremblant.ca
- Screen Shot 2013-02-22 at 5.18.25 PM.jpg (81.64 KiB) Viewed 2302 times
This could possibly be the only Pure Winter, Complete, Top-To-Bottom,
Alpine Descent Sector left in Eastern North America...
If it ain't the only one, it's one of only a handful...
B) 100% OPEN TOMORROW
... on the Preliminary(subject to morning confirmation),
Official Tremblant.ca Snow Report! ... 95/95(*) Open Trails.
With any luck, the weather will hang in there on the right side of Cool!
- Screenshot Courtesy of The Weather Network.
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So then... After a little of that... a little of this:
Misc. Last Weekend This 'n That Tremblant Pic's from our archive...
To get you set for this weekend... Just for the fun of it!
see pic.file.data.notations.attached.individually.
- www.tremblant360.com photo. All rights reserved.
- 2.18.13.Expo.Haut.d.jpg (408.22 KiB) Viewed 2301 times
- www.tremblant360.com photo. All rights reserved.
- 2.17.13.Last.Run.Andy.Moe.Axle.Lowell.T.Bas.Gagnon.Sissy.Fuddle.Bas.a.jpg (383.36 KiB) Viewed 2300 times
- www.tremblant360.com photo. All rights reserved.
- 2.17.13.Lac.Tremblant.Kites.R.Fast.f.jpg (419.51 KiB) Viewed 2300 times
- www.tremblant360.com photo. All rights reserved.
- 2.16.13.McCulloch.Summit.Views.e.jpg (277.33 KiB) Viewed 2300 times
and finally.....
"Looking Forward" To.....
- www.tremblant360.com photo. All rights reserved.
- 2.16.13.Looking.Forward.To.Duncan.Summit.c.jpg (169.02 KiB) Viewed 2299 times
The Next Run At Tremblant!
There's only one thing to do....
fuel the car tonight, pack skis 'n boards too...
then.... Hit the road early!!!
------------- 8:29 A.M. Orig. Post ----------------
94/95(*) Open Trails at Tremblant as our favourite Mountain
hangs on by the "Finger Nails", to "Winter".
Excellent, Abundant Fresh Snow Skiing and Boarding
For All Posted Skill Level Terrain....
...with appropriate care as noted below...
When something hangs on by the "Finger Nails", it
means more or less, by the edge, on the edge of,
just barely, very close to loosing grip, or any other
way of suggesting that something is being held onto
by the narrowest margin.
That is certainly the case as temps yesterday did break the Zero
or freezing mark on the South Base level briefly, for a little
over an hour between 3:30 and 4:30 P.M..
-Fortunately, it was overcast.... so no added solar energy.
-Fortunately, the primarily North breezes were quite light...
so not much "Blow Dryer" effect, especially on the South.
-Fortunately, the extent of the warmth did not go much above
the top of Johannsen on the South... so the vast majority of
South terrain below the Summit was unaffected.
-Fortunately, there's typical spread in the temps between
South and North where the North and Edge are usually 2 to 3 degrees C
Cooler.... so, and this might be the sweetest "Fortunately" of all...
Today.... This Morning...
"Proof Of Sub-Zero North, Top-to-Bottom"
Please Note: we zoomed in on this Web Cam Snap Shot to
highlight the featured snow in the trees detail. As grainy
or pixelated as it may seem, it's one of the sweetest pic's
we love to see before heading off to the Mountain.
- Web Cam Snap Shot Courtesy of Tremblant.ca
- Screen Shot 2013-02-22 at 8.56.30 AM.jpg (234.75 KiB) Viewed 2455 times
"Spring" will come soon enough... but for "Winter"...
Thank Goodness For "North"!
Both Tremblant's More Northerly Latitude and...
Tremblant's Versant Nord, The North Side.
Of course, the Skiing and Boarding hold every promise
of being completely superb on every Open Trail, South,
Soleil, North and Edge.
The Stat's Say 29CM's of Fresh, but we all know that Naturally falling
Snow with any wind at all does not accumulate evenly across the Mountain.
Some Areas get wind cleared, partially, completely, some areas get
drifted, partially, completely...
We "Like" the latter!
... and when it does get drifted, whole sections look like this...
- www.tremblant360.com photo. All rights reserved.
- 2.22.13.PB.14.Lowell.T.Trail.Side.a.jpg (330.03 KiB) Viewed 2420 times
It's up to you to go and find 'em!
Glitches? Very few indeed. "Perfect" is only a concept when it
comes to working with Mother Nature at any Ski Resort we've
ever been to, so there may be the odd natural hazard, there may
be the odd wind exposed or high traffic concentrated slick zone,
and naturally, if there's been any above freezing temps, followed by
overnight sub-zero's, there can be icy spots.
....but, compared to the overall surface condition with as much natural
snow as has fallen at Tremblant over the past week, and the very brief
temp blip, they will be quite insignificant.
The Importance Of Appropriate Skill Level Trail Selection:
In the time period following abundant natural snowfall, matching
Trail selection with your realistic skill level becomes more critical.
For Example...
There are many beautifully groomed "Expert" surfaces at Tremblant
that we would take confident, eager to learn Intermediates on when
those surfaces have been stable through repeated daily grooming
cycles. That might not be the case today. It can take Mountain Crews
a couple of days to catch up with the total designated groomed terrain
and until that happens, things can be more challenging, so we recommend
careful attention to Posted Skill Level Signage at this stage.
An example of a superseding Trail Skill Level posting is Algonquin.
Groomed, Algonquin is a nirvana-like cruising heaven, rated with a
Green "Easy" or beginner rating. Ungroomed, as it is currently listed,
it typically has a Ski Patrol Hand Posted "For Experts Only" and/or
"Natural Hazards", Black Diamond level difficulty rating signs. Alternately,
there may be signs posted at the Summit entrance to the Soleil Sector that
state the entire area is rated for Blue's or Black's.
Believe them... Ungroomed, Algonquin can be a thigh burning, energy draining
marathon of endurance and we've spoken to more than one explorer in the last
few days that have remarked on how difficult is actually is. Lured by the gentle,
inviting Summit entrance that looks easy enough, the un-groomed conditions
beyond that initial vantage point are exactly as posted, Black Diamond Challenge.
94/95(*) 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, Courtesy of Tremblant.ca - Screen Shot 2013-02-22 at 10.09.03 AM.jpg (224.55 KiB) Viewed 2422 times
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Archival Wem Cam Snap Shots for this date:
- Web Cam Snap Shot Courtesy of Tremblant.ca
- Screen Shot 2013-02-22 at 5.23.04 PM.jpg (65.5 KiB) Viewed 2122 times
- Web Cam Snap Shot Courtesy of Tremblant.ca
- Screen Shot 2013-02-22 at 7.27.01 PM.jpg (66.3 KiB) Viewed 2122 times
Links and not-so-fine print:
http://www.tremblant.ca
http://www.tremblant.ca/mountain/winter ... port-e.htm
(*)
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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