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TR - Tremblant Apr 6-12 2007
Well, you win some and you lose some. My early season trips this year
were somewhat of a bust, but last week at Tremblant was clearly a home run. When Tremblant is good, it is very very good. 55cm of new snow fell in the two days before we arrived and in the first two days of the trip. Real winter the first couple of days (7 degrees F in the morning) followed by spring skiing later in the week. You couldn't ask for better conditions. Food was excellent, and late season condo rates came in at $80/night for walk to the lifts / ski-in accommodations (although I have to say that it wasn't until the last day that I found the trail back to the condo, and the spring conditions made it a bit on the rocky side). This year's Phineas Fogg award for crazed ski trip travel goes to my friend's nephew who joined us for the trip - he actually flew from Denver to Detroit, and then drove with us to Tremblant. This makes some of my crazed trips seem like a little jaunt to Trashmore after work. He's just graduated college and has been skiing since he was a toddler, but only in the west, nothing east of A Basin. So for his very first trip to the east we wanted to show him what Eastern Firm (TM) was all about. Instead, he was off in the trees finding powder stashes before we knew it. Bastid. (We did get some good firm stuff late in the week in the AM after the slush refroze, but no classic "see a fish through it" terrain.) Great trip. Now the skis are off to the shop for some base repair (spring == rocks) before being put away for the year, and you'll find me on the lake. Elapsed time between skiing and sailing season: 3 days. //Walt // // Only 228.315509259259 days until ski season! |
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TR - Tremblant Apr 6-12 2007
What a ridiculous, ludicrous, laughable exercise in ego gratification from a
pathological liar, child molester, dickless freak, drunk, and thief, not to mention convicted felon. Fair is fair. **** yourself, Walt. Enjoy. -- ---------------------------------------------------- This mailbox protected from unsolicited email by Spam Alarm from Dignity Software http://www.dignitysoftware.com "Walt" wrote in message ... Well, you win some and you lose some. My early season trips this year were somewhat of a bust, but last week at Tremblant was clearly a home run. When Tremblant is good, it is very very good. 55cm of new snow fell in the two days before we arrived and in the first two days of the trip. Real winter the first couple of days (7 degrees F in the morning) followed by spring skiing later in the week. You couldn't ask for better conditions. Food was excellent, and late season condo rates came in at $80/night for walk to the lifts / ski-in accommodations (although I have to say that it wasn't until the last day that I found the trail back to the condo, and the spring conditions made it a bit on the rocky side). This year's Phineas Fogg award for crazed ski trip travel goes to my friend's nephew who joined us for the trip - he actually flew from Denver to Detroit, and then drove with us to Tremblant. This makes some of my crazed trips seem like a little jaunt to Trashmore after work. He's just graduated college and has been skiing since he was a toddler, but only in the west, nothing east of A Basin. So for his very first trip to the east we wanted to show him what Eastern Firm (TM) was all about. Instead, he was off in the trees finding powder stashes before we knew it. Bastid. (We did get some good firm stuff late in the week in the AM after the slush refroze, but no classic "see a fish through it" terrain.) Great trip. Now the skis are off to the shop for some base repair (spring == rocks) before being put away for the year, and you'll find me on the lake. Elapsed time between skiing and sailing season: 3 days. //Walt // // Only 228.315509259259 days until ski season! |
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TR - Tremblant Apr 6-12 2007
Consider Le Massif next time you are looking for a late season trip in
Quebec. I was there over the easter weekend and they had recevied 93cm of fresh snow wherease Tremblant had recevied approx. 30cm in the same time period. Just be sure to check that they are still open when you book. Unfortunately they closed early, not due to a lack of snow, but due to a lack of people on the hills. I booked the weekend 5 hours before we hopped in the car and some of the hotels I spoke with were 70% empty so I had lots of accomodation options. Check out the pics for the lack of people on the hills/lifts. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ottawaw...789298/detail/ This was my best trip of the year, and that included a week in Utah checking out all the mountains while staying in SLC. Spring much most of the week with poor coverage and Eastern Firm (tm) one day. Steve. Walt ) writes: Well, you win some and you lose some. My early season trips this year were somewhat of a bust, but last week at Tremblant was clearly a home run. When Tremblant is good, it is very very good. 55cm of new snow fell in the two days before we arrived and in the first two days of the trip. Real winter the first couple of days (7 degrees F in the morning) followed by spring skiing later in the week. You couldn't ask for better conditions. Food was excellent, and late season condo rates came in at $80/night for walk to the lifts / ski-in accommodations (although I have to say that it wasn't until the last day that I found the trail back to the condo, and the spring conditions made it a bit on the rocky side). This year's Phineas Fogg award for crazed ski trip travel goes to my friend's nephew who joined us for the trip - he actually flew from Denver to Detroit, and then drove with us to Tremblant. This makes some of my crazed trips seem like a little jaunt to Trashmore after work. He's just graduated college and has been skiing since he was a toddler, but only in the west, nothing east of A Basin. So for his very first trip to the east we wanted to show him what Eastern Firm (TM) was all about. Instead, he was off in the trees finding powder stashes before we knew it. Bastid. (We did get some good firm stuff late in the week in the AM after the slush refroze, but no classic "see a fish through it" terrain.) Great trip. Now the skis are off to the shop for some base repair (spring == rocks) before being put away for the year, and you'll find me on the lake. Elapsed time between skiing and sailing season: 3 days. //Walt // // Only 228.315509259259 days until ski season! |
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TR - Tremblant Apr 6-12 2007
Steven Slaby wrote:
Consider Le Massif next time you are looking for a late season trip in Quebec. I was there over the easter weekend and they had recevied 93cm of fresh snow wherease Tremblant had recevied approx. 30cm in the same time period. I've heard very good things about Le Massif, and the atmosphere around Quebec City in general. Since QC is only about an hour or two farther to drive than Tremblant, it's a viable option. BTW The official number for Tremblant was 55cm for the Wed-Sun period, but your 30cm figure may be more accurate. Just be sure to check that they are still open when you book. Unfortunately they closed early, not due to a lack of snow, but due to a lack of people on the hills. I booked the weekend 5 hours before we hopped in the car and some of the hotels I spoke with were 70% empty so I had lots of accomodation options. Yep. That's more or less how we did it - we put the dates on the calendar and waited until the day before departure to decide where to go and to book accommodations. So it's not really luck that we hit the good snow - more of a matter of positioning oneself to take advantage of luck should it present itself. //Walt |
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TR - Tremblant Apr 6-12 2007
Walt ) writes:
BTW The official number for Tremblant was 55cm for the Wed-Sun period, but your 30cm figure may be more accurate. I was comparing the Tuesday - Thursday timeframe since I was on the slopes friday morning. Le Massif even beat out Jay Peak (which was my second choice). Of course Le Massif is now closed by Jay just keeps getting dumped on. Maybe another weekend trip is in order! A friend of mine went the Tremblant instead and hiked up the Edge and was playing in the powder on his tele skis and said it was great! Steve. |
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