88(*) Open Trails On the 4 Gorgeous Sides of Mild Mid-Winter Tremblant.
As Pretty as they are, at the time of this writing, the Slopes are
Foggy/Snowy at the Summit so the beauty will be in the Macro Views...
...not to mention the Superb Surfaces!
Long term readers here will be familiar with our Positive Attitude
POV … “Tremblant, Beautiful In Any Weather."
Looks Like This At The Summit From Web Cam “Above” POV...
- Web Cam Snap Shot, Courtesy of Tremblant.ca
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Looks Like This On The Ground Facing Back….
- www.tremblant360.com photo. All rights reserved.
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Goggle Vision may be an issue today with 98% humidity as
atmospherically ambient. Days like today can often have a
range of airborne particle size, not really Snow, but not really
rain either, all with variable degrees of dampness.
With the Elevation Temperature Differential, Summit humidity particles
may be icy little pellet-like forms, while closer to the Lower Base levels
at slightly warmer air temps, those particles may have a more sleet-like
consistency that can result in a buildup on goggle lenses and substantial
reduction in safe vision.
A very simple solution if this occurs at these fairly mild temps is to
place the flat, bare palm of your warm hand over the central part of the
iced lens for a count of 7, DO NOT RUB, then remove palm. The warmth
will melt small accumulations and will not endanger lens coatings. The
final touch would be a lens cloth swipe afterwards, if doable.
Of course, any of this can change to Snow at any time, particularly with the
temps so nicely Sub-Zero, as indicated by the -7 C in the Web Cam shot above.
O.K. Then, here’s where we get back to the
“Beautiful In Any Weather” Macro Sample POV.
(it’s not really Macro, as in magnified view of extremely
small subject, but we think of it as Macro compared to the
150 KM Panorama’s of a Clear Day…)
- www.tremblant360.com photo. All rights reserved.
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On a Day you can’t go for the Long Views, ya gotta' look close.
(Above: This is a Left Trail Side Picture of the Birch Tree Growth within 50
meters of the Summit of Duncan, Versant Nord, The North Side. It looked like
this within 5 Minutes, and it’s within 100 meters total, of the Foggy Summit Pic
way above.)
The spectacularly scenic close up views of Tremblant’s most intimate
places are, in their own way, just as impressive as any long view panoramic.
To the well trained or experienced eye of knowledgable Alpine Snow Sport
Participants, the close-up’s also convey much of the quality that the Snow
has for their sport of choice. Skiing or Boarding in this Excellent, recent
-20’s C, cold formed Powder Snow Base is everything this picture above suggests.
So, it almost goes without saying that all the Skiing/Boarding is Very, Very Fine.
Even Algonquin over on Soleil Sector is showing a Groomed Icon
in the Official Trail Data, which is a very good sign!
Algonquin is sometimes left au natural on initial Opening and its
Green, “Easiest” status in au natural can actually be locally
posted as Black, “Very Difficult”, so this Grooming Icon is a
very reassuring sign that there is sufficient Snow to render
out the true Green slope that this magnificently designed and
built Trail is intended to have.
Weather Notes:
- Screenshot Courtesy of The Weather Network.
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Conditions Notes:
Please Note: Review trail status icons/legend in graphic below
for individual trail detail.
88(*) Open Trails on the Archival Copy of Official Open Trails,
Grooming, Snowmaking and Lift Status for January 31st, 2014,
Courtesy of Tremblant.ca
scroll ------>>>> for complete data display.
- Archival Copy of Official Open Trails, Grooming, Snowmaking and Lift Status for January 31st, 2014, Courtesy of Tremblant.ca
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More following. Our apologies for the extended page construction,
however, Month-end and other administrative chores need
to be done, C’est la vie ...
Links and not-so-fine print:
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http://www.tremblant.ca/mountain/winter ... port-e.htm
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http://www.tremblant.ca/galleries/webcams/index-e.htm
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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.
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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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