Mountain Ops: final touches in snowmaking!

No matter where you were in the province last weekend, you witnessed Mother Nature’s whims! It rained nearly everywhere but, fortunately, it quickly turned into snow on the mountain, leaving us with exceptional conditions this week!Tremblant - 16 JAN 2020We’ve received 30 cm of fresh snow in the last 7 days to reach 240 cm of snow accumulation since the start of the season. We are…

Mountain Ops: 96 open trails!

With the drops in temperatures this week, we’ve managed to restart the snowmaking system. Nearly 50 cm of fresh snow has also fallen over the past 10 days, leaving us with great ski conditions. Snow making conditions are excellent and we’ve been able to start working on the Flying Mile and Expo sectors and prepare the slope for the Freestyle World Cup that will be held starting on January 23rd.…

Mountain Ops: fresh snow on the slopes!

The New Year brings a bounty of snow to the summit! A beautiful snowstorm hit the mountain this week and powder lovers were able to enjoy its fluffiness for many hours on New Year's Day. Thanks to this special gift falling from the sky and our continuous snow-making offensives, conditions this week are excellent with groomed powder today. https://youtu.be/xf6FlGjRX50The mild…

Mountain Ops : 65 trails on 4 sides!

Snow production is in full swing this week and we took advantage of the steady -20 degrees Celsius temperatures to hit the snow cover on Versant Soleil. Note that some of the snow guns used on this side of the ski area operate with water only and therefore require cold temperatures to be turned on.  As for the Algonquin trail, thanks to the new artificial snow system installed this summer and…

Mountain Ops : Soleil will be open for the weekend!

Colder temperatures have allowed us to resume production this week after the milder weather hat hit us over the weekend but was welcome for the 24h Tremblant! The annual event was another success as it broke a new record with $4.7 million raised for children in need.We are currently refreshing the main runs that are already open and continuing snow making on Versant Soleil. If everything goes…

Mountain Ops : 24h Tremblant weekend

https://youtu.be/aOhYLyah-dwThe mountain is getting ready to host the 24h Tremblant 2019 edition and the event tents are already spread over the South Base while the big stage is being set up just a few steps away from the Télécabine Express. The excitement is palpable… It is indeed this weekend, from December 6 to 8, that the most important ski fundraising event in North America will be…

Mountain Ops : More and More Open terrain!

We were lucky enough to have a nice snowstorm hit the mountain on Wednesday, leaving several centimetres on the ground. Let’s just say it’s a thumbs up toward reaching our objectives! We readily launched a new snow offensive on Thursday that, along with the seasonal temperatures, will allow us to deliver new terrain for the weekend.Indeed, the mountain will be open from top to bottom on both…

Mountain Ops : Opening Weekend

The season launches tomorrow! With ideal temperatures for snow production for the month of November and after 10 days of intensive snow making, the mountain team is ready to launch the season tomorrow, November 22nd, as planned.While milder temperatures during the last few days forced us to slow down our production rate, the snow production team still managed to accumulate 240 hours of…

Go behind the scenes of our pre-ski mountain operations

Starting 8 weeks before the ski season opening, we went behind the scenes to see all the work that goes in to getting Tremblant up and running!In these videos that we filmed weekly, we'll show you key snowmaking moments, new machines and tools, inside views of the pumphouses, various constructions, lift repairs and maintenance and more. You'll see a lot happens in 8 weeks! Opening week We…

Mountain ops: April 11, 2019

While the metropolitan area and the lower Laurentians are seeing the devastating effects of this week’s ice storm with many ongoing power outages somewhat reminiscent of the historic 1998 ice storm, the mountain got more snow! As we wrote these lines, no less than 25 cm of snow had fallen in the last seven days. The snow accumulation record was broken with more than 600 cm this season! Needless…

Mountain ops: April 05, 2019

Even if the ski season is coming to an end soon, there is still a lot of snow covering the mountain! Even if the ski season is coming to an end soon, there is still a lot of snow covering the mountain! Skiing conditions vary greatly according to temperatures. You can expect more or less hard surfaces in the morning as the mercury will remain around the freezing point during the night. Expect…

Mountain ops: March 21, 2019

Spring brings its share of temperature variations that have a significant impact on snow conditions. Tremblant’s snow products supervisor, Richard Lyng, reveals its team’s secrets:First of all, in the spring, snow is no longer in the shape of a crystal. It turns into a water droplet. When temperatures rise, the upper layer of snow becomes much like “butter” and becomes very difficult to…