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95/95(*) 100% Tremblant, 100% OPEN!

As soon as the last Chair Lift stopped swinging....

As soon as the Ski Patrol had cleared the runs....

...you could hear the distant rumble of Mountain Crews
starting their night shift of Grooming, shaping and smoothing
Tremblant's magnificent late March Powder Snow into the
virtually seamless base.

These Crews are our Hero's !!!
In this series we're watching the final approach from lower Fuddle Duddle
to the base loading zone of the Expo Quad Chair, Versant Nord, the North Side.
Important to note: it's still snowing... 4, 5 days now... who's counting...
a LOT of snow to catch up with...

This below is typical of the type of contour shaping that needs to be done
daily. As Skiers and Boarders reach the bottom of Beauchemin, at the base
of the Expo Quad, they tend to follow a natural line that creates a left hand
turn snow bank of traffic moved snow from thousands of people taking the
same path to get on to the Lift.

1 Pass with the Groomers Blade down and the rotating Tiller on the back
of the Machine levels and evens out the entire area that's now ready for
another day... today.
We ran the final shot in this series in last nights Apres Ski Edit and we're
including it here again because the sequence deserves to be complete in one
presentation, and... when you note the Driver's Summary as indicated by
his hand gesture... We can tell you for a fact... there's going to be miles
and miles of Excellent Skiing/Boarding today...

Of Course....

When you're Grooming a Mountain as Beautiful as Tremblant....

It helps to have lots of "Raw Material" to work with....

3.24.13.Tremblant.360.Proof.Of.Snow.a.jpg
No Problem There....

Yesterdays snowfall during the day was not nearly as steady or as dense
as the previous night, and days, and on top of that there was a more vigorous
wind. In this South Summit Sector shot below you can see what was a snowy
tornadic funnel spout whipping across the top of Vertige.
As a result of the wind and traffic there was the very odd slick, exposed
icy substrate, but confined to typical patterns on a few steeper pitches,
over a couple of crests, nothing that would be difficult if you have tuned gear.

Whatever very minor glitches there may have been... They were nothing to
the overall excellence of the groomed terrain which is just getting nicely
compacted.

For some, over the past few days, all the new snow may have seemed a bit deep,
but with the daily grooming it's now reaching the very fine smoothness and
resilient carving depth level surface that is the Hallmark of Tremblant's Slopes.

In this pic. below of P'tit Bonheur, despite the very flat, grey light of
"Last Run" you can see the abundant natural snow that is stacked up
Trail Side, and worked in on the trail itself.

This Pic. above is lees than 15 metre's in a straight line from the
"Proof of Snow" photo above... consequently, you know there is no
shortage of base depth.

One of our favourite ways to gauge the health of the Winter Alpine
Terrain is the Snow in the trees. Uninsulated tree boughs are subjected to
any form of heat from every direction, so they are one of the best indicators
of stable sub-zero temps. There is one other way the snow in trees is effected
though, and that's the wind. In this shot below, right beside the mid point of
Lowell Thomas on the North, you can see that the wind has started to pick away
at the snow in the tree boughs as some have had their snow blown off.


Traffic, Lines and Attendance... all typical of a March Weekend Saturday,
but we did not experience any lift glitches and the lines which would
have been 10 minutes at max., could be for the most part, cut just about
in half by using the singles lines.
Once descending, there were many areas that you felt like you had the whole
run to yourself. Lines or not, Tremblant's vast 100% Open acreage means that
the slopes themselves are almost never crowded.
That will be easier today... Sunday typically sees very light afternoons
as regional weeklong and long weekender's typically hit the highway at
noon.

Good for us... Sunday afternoons are often very high quality lapping sessions.[/b]

Todays Weather... starts at -4C, supposed to be Sunny... not yet...
not even close... but that could change.... temp's rising to +4 C...
we don't like that... but it is March 24th and we're soooo happy
we have not had any of the "Microwave On High" Solar and Heat
events that seemed to have been common in recent "Spring" seasons.

There is a wind... Nor, Nor-West, moderate in speed, a bit gusty at times
but at these temps not really an issue at all.

95/95(*) Open Trails on the Official, Downloadable, PDF,
Trail and Grooming Status Report, Courtesy of Tremblant.ca pg. still under construct. go, go, go......

definitely more in Apres Ski too.


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

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T360 Late, Prime Time Apres Ski...

Written Superlatives will be inadequate to describe today.

Let's start with this... coming around the corner from Old Mt.Tremblant Village....

95/95 Open at Tremblant and there it is...

all white... all snow... all go, go, go!
We decided today was an excellent day for a bit of life on the Edge...
The light was kinda' flat riding up the Chair, but one thing was totally
obvious, flat light or not...

Wall to Wall White....
White, White, White... all the way up.
Not all Tremblant Fans can be here every day...

So when you have to be away... think of this,

and your heart will be full of ....
It did not matter where you were at Tremblant today. The carving
was excellent. Temps stayed just cool enough that everything skied
as soft winter snow with a touch of Spring thrown in for extra flavour. There was the very odd icy bit from wear, but as usual, they were all in
fairly predictable places like steeper pitches, upper Lowell T as an example,
but they were very small and with tuned gear, next to nothing to navigate.

Below: Riding up the Edge Fixed Quad Chairlift, a turn over your left
shoulder gets you this excellent view of the top of the Expo Quad and
some of the best skiing on the Mountain, Sissy Schuss, Fuddle-Duddle,
La Griffe, etc., etc.
This view above also shows the entire descent of Gagnon, Tremblant
Trail # 70, from the top of the Expo Quad, running diagonally
from the right side down towards lower left, where you can see
the base loading zone of the Lowell Thomas Triple Chairlift that
goes to the Summit of the North Side.

Using Gagnon as a link from the Expo Quad to the Lowell Thomas
Triple is often a good alternative to go North Side, Base to Summit,
when weather or traffic conditions warrant.(**)

(**)Never been to Tremblant? For those looking at these files for
researching a Tremblant visit, we think this point above about
"Alternate Base to Summit Route", is a significant benefit in that
there are always lots of options for utilizing Tremblant's Trail
System to optimize both utility and the fun of new Trail combinations
on both the major South(Resort Side) and North sectors.
Once you get here, even brief explorations will show tremendous
versatility in terrain selection/combinations.


For 99.8% Of All Open Terrain... An extraordinary day for all skill levels.

Even the run-out from the ravine below Banzai to Lowell Thomas was
Groomed Flat today... absolutely awesome work by Mountain Crews.

Below: Looking from the Edge Sector Summit over to the top
entrance of P'tit Bonheur, Versant Nord, the North Side. In the
background, La Crete continues on to South Side trails from that
point.
The carving traction level was within the top 5 days of the season today.
Everywhere.

It will be like that for the next couple, or even few days, if we're lucky...

Expo at Tremblant...
Shred This...
Lifts were humming along flawlessly in our experience and even though it
was busier than we thought it might be, once again, using the singles lines
we don't think we ever waited more than 7 or 8 min's at the very peak of
traffic, but mostly a lot less.
There were "Walk On" no wait singles frequently.

At the end the day...

Mountain Crews bring out the Horse Power....

Bonjour Stephane!
Here's what you get...

first thing tomorrow morning...

Merci Stephane!
...And just to finish off on an enlightened note.... that is sunshine
you're looking at in the sky, pic. above.



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