Despite Wind Warning Lift Interruption Notice in Official Snow Report...
Gondola's running so far...
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95/95(*) Open Trails on the the warmer, but still Snowy 4 Sides of Tremblant.
There may be logistical challenges due to high velocity
Easterly winds, however, not withstanding that possibility...
To begin with, today's Skiing and Boarding are going to be excellent...
Our One.pic. "Shred This" Superieur Conditions Forecast...
Wall to wall 100% Coverage... not hardy a single mark in sight!
Kinda' Grey, Kinda Bright, but no direct solar energy to speak of
so little, if not no effect on surfaces... yet.
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A month from now, you will look back and say....
I'm glad I went skiing at the beginning of March... it was
really, really good.
If you don't go... a month from now you'll regret that, and you'll say...
I wish I'd gone skiing back then, it was really, really good.
Save yourself the trouble and the guilt of missing some of the sweetest
Skiing and Boarding of the season....
Go now, and go as often as you can.
Quotation from the Tremblant.ca Official Snow report from this morning
at 6:35 A.M.:
"The snow conditions are still at their best during Quebec's school break.
Today we expect strong winds from the east. As Mont-Tremblant is the
highest peak in the Laurentians, it is more vulnerable to wind exposure.
In these circumstances, the lifts on the south side may be affected.
We suggest you go directly to the north side where you can enjoy
beautiful conditions sheltered from the wind. Shuttles will be available
for transportation between the south side and the north side.
Say goodbye to your books and homework and come ski at Tremblant!"
Obviously, a lot of important information for Tremblant guests today.
We love the conclusion though as it sums up the essence of the moment.
As for the logistical, weather related hoops Mother Nature makes all of
us jump through...
We care, but we don't care, all we can do is cope with the challenges and go
anyway. Bus, plane, train car, truck, taxi, mo-ped, horse cart, bike,
hitch-hike, walk, crawl or any other means of delivery you can think of....
If there's a way to get there, and the lifts are Open.... we're on it...
and so should you...
So then, let's talk more about the weather...
Right up front, any conversation about future weather needs to be prefaced
with the major, major caveat.... We, They, You, Them, could all be wrong....
either way.
Predicting weather is an art as much as a science as the exact nature of
Mother Nature's behaviour is not completely understood. We often talk here
about future weather in terms of "Probability" because we feel that's the best
way to consider any predictable outcome.
That being said, there's, as usual, concern on the part of those near term
Tremblant trip planners, in this case half of Ontario coming for "Spring Break"
who are anxiously anticipating the conditions they'll find when they get here.
We all do that, it's perfectly natural and we all want the best possible conditions
for the next time we Ski or Board, regardless if that's this morning, tomorrow
morning or a week or a month from now.
That's our introduction to today's Weather theme topic that comes from
our Facebook page for yesterday where in our Apres Ski posting we got a
reply/question from Joel who writes:
"Supposed to get rain next week.. Will that be snow at the top?"
Firstly, this instantly shows Joel has been following along and has the
intelligence to know and remember that there's a temperature difference
due to the benefit of Tremblant's Summit elevation, some 2,100 vertical
feet of straight up height, and that with the base level temp projections so
close to Zero, the Summit has a good probability of snow instead of the
rain that the charts are currently showing for South Base levels then.
On this basis, this is an excellent Question Joel, we wonder the same thing
when we look at the long range Weather Network 14 day chart for today,
keeping in mind that we've been looking at the charts and graphs EVERY day....
so we can see that there's a changeable dynamic in the forecasting models.
Let's take a comparison look...
Two Weather Network Forecast Charts, two days apart, as noted
by Red Circles...
scroll----->>>> for complete document.
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as forecasted, there is indeed the potential for Summit Level Snow. Practically
speaking though, Thursday is too far out to be specific when there are as many
variables changing in the daily forecasting models, and on top of that those
variables are so close to tipping points that could take things either way.
We need to look at all this again on Saturday, then again on Sunday to
increase the accuracy of any probable outcomes.
As we wrote to Joel in reply on Facebook...
One thing's for sure though, the current 100% Surface coverage will still
be here regardless of what happens in this near term. We feel there's just
way too much snow around for anything to change there. From that point then,
it's up to us to adapt and cope with the a La Carte conditions du Jour.
The Skiing and Boarding will be very fine.
95(*) Open Trails on the Official, Downloadable, PDF,
Trail and Grooming Status Report, Courtesy of Tremblant.ca
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The Coverage is 100% complete right now.
This is a "Limited Time Offer".
It's a little thing called the "Seasons"...
....and the next one on the list is "Spring".
Links and not-so-fine print:
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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