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For a basic understanding of the Snowfall Event of last night we
can look at these 2 pic’s below.

The first one is across Lac Tremblant at the whole South Side.
Observe the evergreen trees in the foreground.
Comparing the Lake Level, Shoreline Trees to the Summit...

The Snow White appearance of the South Summit Sector is largely a
combination of greater Frost retention from elevation and also includes
wind pack on upper tree limbs from last weeks heavy Snowmaking.

Comparing the North to the South...

This second one is clearly different, in-so-far-as the trees, as Natural
Snow covers everything within this Tremblant North Mountain Sector,
and generally speaking, over almost all the North.
The South did get new snow, just not as much and there was more
wind exposure on the South too, so that complicated the results.
Some of what fell on the South got blown over to the North.

Soleil was an example of how the wind worked over surfaces. We often
use Toboggan as a Soleil Reference because along its length there is
a combination of sheltered and exposed faces, crests, contours and turns,
so it always seems to respond active weather in one way or another.

In this case today, some of the crests were icy and windblown and
some of the contours immediately adjacent, were filled with fresh Snow!
Clinically speaking, we would say this Icy/Snowy was also partially due to
Weekend/Holiday Traffic. There were some small, unannounced Icy bits
exposed on High Volume Traffic Concentrations that necessitated Cautionary
Explorations to maintain reliable safety in new ground on both South and North.

McCulloch also had one or two glitches, but was in overall Excellent Condition.
Weather Models for the upcoming week show a steady rise in daytimes
up to around -9 C. Supposed to be partially sunny all week too.

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78(*)Open Trails on the Snow White 4 Sides Of Tremblant.

Here Is The Main Reason You Are Going To Have
A Fantastic Day At Tremblant…

FRESH SNOW… and Lot’s of it!

Versant Nord, North Side: 1.25.14.Marie.Claude.Asselin.Powder.Lines.d.jpg Typical… Great Natural Snowfall makes Photography a Challenge…

but even if it’s far from perfect,
you don’t need a much better impression than this….
Above: That’s a hand-held telephoto off the Duncan Quad while moving in
white-out conditions, so not an ideal pic. platform, but no doubt about the
amount of snow drifting in on the North, just below the Summit.

We can tell you for a fact that there were Powder Drift Lines
on the North of up to a Metre in depth. Some of them were almost
completely intact at “Last Run”.

Below: This Pic. of Lowell Thomas Haut, Upper, shows a very typical
Lee-side drifted feature that occurs here. We ran the entire line from
top-to-bottom(right side as you descend), around some 200 metres in
length and encountered several Powder Shots above the knee.
Just Below the pic above, and off to the Trail-side adjacent to Lowell Thomas,
is one of our favourite “Proof Of Snow” locations. The 2 pic’s above and below
were taken within 5 minutes of each other.

The Overnight Grooming will have made the difference in
“User Friendly” Green or Blue, Beginner, Intermediate Terrain.

So Much Snow… takes a day or two to integrate into the base, so while
Mountain Crews were probably doing another all-nighter, the Groomed surfaces
today may exhibit some tendency to become mogul’d as the day wears on.

Due to yesterdays wind direction, we think Nansen may have the most “All-Day”
surface consistency for those who want the most smoothness.

Below: Here’s a sample from day before yesterday on Soleil Sector @ Toboggan,
and we hope to be able to find these beautiful surfaces again today. Once again,
with the wind being largely a Southerly factor, this sector may have
less of the irregular drifting and a more even top-to-bottom condition.
We’ll try to get there to verify that today.

Another Reason You’ll Have A great Day Today Is... SUNSHINE!

Back to “Cool” at -28 C this A.M., but that should change pretty quickly
to rise up to -18 C or so, and if the forecasts are right, this will be the last
day of cold as we head towards the week and steady projected highs of
around -11C for a welcome return to milder seasonal temps.

Breezes are moderate(but we all know that it can be gusty at the Summit),
and from the Sou-West or moving across the Summit from between
Soleil and Taschereau towards the Lowell Thomas Triple Chair.

At these temps, with these winds, you will need to bundle up.

Solar warmth/energy can be felt in wind sheltered spots below the Summit,
primarily on the North.

Weekend Attendance on a Mild Snowy Day at any Ski Resort is
somewhat predictable, but by using the “Singles” lines and having
a late lunch to take advantage of the Noon Hour lull in traffic, you
could minimize delays and our longest wait was about 8 minutes
which only occurred three or four times.

78(*) Open Trails on the Archival Copy of Official Open Trails,
Grooming, Snowmaking and Lift Status for January 26th, 2014,
Courtesy of Tremblant.ca

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