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<title>2013-04-17 by Paul Jaenicke from P12 [Meech]</title>
<description><![CDATA[ Brief loop from P12=&gt;#40=&gt;#2=&gt;#1 right=&gt;#24 far end=&gt;#40=&gt;P12. Decided to ski up #2 black there are a few bare spots, with some streams running under the trail in places. Trail #1 was good past Western, but the usual bare spot near . . . ]]></description>
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<author>info@xcottawa.ca (Paul Jaenicke)</author>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:26:27 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>2013-04-17 by Ron Lorenson from P10 [Fortune]</title>
<description><![CDATA[ The end is nigh but not here yet. 

I had a short PM tour to Huron from P10 via FP and Ridge for lunch and sitting. Returned via CP and FP. I took my own advice and used waxless which, although a tad inelegant, worked fine. I was able to ski most o. . . ]]></description>
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<author>info@xcottawa.ca (Ron Lorenson)</author>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:03:21 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>2013-04-16 by Karl Saidla from P10 [Fortune]</title>
<description><![CDATA[ It is starting to be the time of year to head to the reliable late-season spots. We tried P10 this evening. There were alternating sections of bluish ice and old dirty snow with bare patches beginning to appear between P10 and the Fortune Parkway/Rid. . . ]]></description>
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<author>info@xcottawa.ca (Karl Saidla)</author>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 19:35:11 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>2013-04-15 by Ron Lorenson from P10 [Fortune]</title>
<description><![CDATA[ I agree with David's comment regarding FP and CP conditions except for a slightly different perspective from having skated. CP is quite cut up in the skating track between the T-junction and Huron - classic would be easier for that stretch. Wrt the w. . . ]]></description>
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<author>info@xcottawa.ca (Ron Lorenson)</author>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 13:36:39 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>2013-04-15 by David Brownrigg from P10 [Fortune]</title>
<description><![CDATA[ Snow coverage on the FP and CP is still good with icey slushy sections that are now close to the pavement.  Single classic lanes on either side of the FP, which appeared to have been groomed recently, are in good shape.  No track grooming beyond the . . . ]]></description>
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<author>info@xcottawa.ca (David Brownrigg)</author>
<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:42:15 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>2013-04-14 by Jo-Ann Holden from P5 [Penguin]</title>
<description><![CDATA[ A beautiful and solitary ski late this afternoon, from P5, with short side trips on parts of trail 15 and two unmarked trails.  The snow was very clean and not heavily used in this area, but VERY slow, even on the downhills.  While the Gatineau Parkw. . . ]]></description>
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<author>info@xcottawa.ca (Jo-Ann Holden)</author>
<pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2013 20:17:15 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>2013-04-14 by Ken Trischuk from P7 [Kingsmere]</title>
<description><![CDATA[ Skied out of P7 today. Conditions were pretty good considering it's mid April. For me it was just nice to be skiing in the sunshine. Ridge road has been well &quot;walked&quot; by hikers but surprisingly I only saw 2 small groups of walkers while I s. . . ]]></description>
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<author>info@xcottawa.ca (Ken Trischuk)</author>
<pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2013 17:58:39 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>2013-04-14 by Florence Lehmann from P10 [Fortune]</title>
<description><![CDATA[ P10-&gt;FP-&gt;CP-&gt;Huron cabin-&gt;Ridge to gossip corner-&gt;FP
I went out later than Andy. The word of the day is SLOW. It was slow on the way up but not too bad. The bare patches at Huron Lookout discouraged me from going further. Ridge to gos. . . ]]></description>
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<author>info@xcottawa.ca (Florence Lehmann)</author>
<pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2013 16:24:25 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>2013-04-14 by Paul Jaenicke from P12 [Meech]</title>
<description><![CDATA[ Skied out of P12=&gt;#40=&gt;#24=&gt;right on #1=&gt;Wolf Bench=&gt;#1=&gt;#2 black=&gt;#40=&gt;P12. I knew arriving at the parking lot with roughly 15 cars for this time of year spelled one thing= HIKERS

I was correct I met 19 hikers just on trai. . . ]]></description>
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<author>info@xcottawa.ca (Paul Jaenicke)</author>
<pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2013 13:09:36 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>2013-04-14 by Andy Jonyas from P10 [Fortune]</title>
<description><![CDATA[ Although I could not remember so much snow in the Parc this late in the year, it is getting rough and bumpy on the parkways. At 0900 I was at Huron, with big flakes of snow falling. It was like December. It was also dead quiet, and not having skied t. . . ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2013 09:56:06 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>2013-04-14 by Ron Lorenson from N/A [Other]</title>
<description><![CDATA[ The last time I was at Huron there was an NCC notice stating that, due to a policy of keeping the park as natural as possible including a prohibition of feeding wildlife, the bird feeders would be removed. Those welfare-bum chickadees can look elsewh. . . ]]></description>
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<author>info@xcottawa.ca (Ron Lorenson)</author>
<pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2013 05:35:41 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>2013-04-13 by Ken Trischuk from P16 [Vallee-Meech]</title>
<description><![CDATA[ Decided to ski out of P16 today and had a nice glide out to Healy and Herridge. No fresh grooming but none expected. Only one other car in the lot when I arrived but there were a few people who had skied this way earlier than I and they set a nice tr. . . ]]></description>
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<author>info@xcottawa.ca (Ken Trischuk)</author>
<pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2013 15:50:05 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>2013-04-13 by Florence Lehmann from P12 [Meech]</title>
<description><![CDATA[ More pics from today ]]></description>
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<author>info@xcottawa.ca (Florence Lehmann)</author>
<pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2013 14:00:16 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>2013-04-13 by Florence Lehmann from P12 [Meech]</title>
<description><![CDATA[ Thanks to Paul's report, I decided to go back to P12 today. I was not disappointed. I did #40-&gt;right on #24-&gt;left on #1-&gt; #1b to Champlain Lookout-&gt;#1-&gt;#2-&gt;40.
Lots of fresh snow. It was soft and somewhat abrasive. Otherwise I got . . . ]]></description>
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<author>info@xcottawa.ca (Florence Lehmann)</author>
<pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2013 13:53:32 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>2013-04-13 by Megan McTavish from P10 [Fortune]</title>
<description><![CDATA[ Wet fresh snow, but fairly firm and surprisingly not that slow.  They groomed from P8 to Huron.  You can ski everywhere else too, but the groomed parts were the nicest.  You can still use good skis on the parkway, but it might be smart to use rock sk. . . ]]></description>
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<author>info@xcottawa.ca (Megan McTavish)</author>
<pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2013 10:34:49 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>2013-04-12 by Paul Jaenicke from P12 [Meech]</title>
<description><![CDATA[ Fresh Powder in April wow!!!! didnt quite know what to expect as I made the slow drive to P12, when I got there shortly after 3 pm there were 3 cars and signs of tracks of a few hours ago.

It was a  mix of snow/ ice pellets falling, the trails had. . . ]]></description>
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<author>info@xcottawa.ca (Paul Jaenicke)</author>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:58:16 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>2013-04-12 by Jo-Ann Holden from P10 [Fortune]</title>
<description><![CDATA[ A day without other commitments - and fresh snow/pellets falling.  A great gift for mid April.  None of the parking lots were plowed today, and Meech Lake Road was extremely icy and dangerous, so I felt fortunate not to have driven far. I was the fir. . . ]]></description>
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<author>info@xcottawa.ca (Jo-Ann Holden)</author>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 15:19:37 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>2013-04-12 by Karl Saidla from P10 [Fortune]</title>
<description><![CDATA[ Last night we tried P10 given the fact that it had been groomed. By the time we got out it had cooled off and things were freezing up so it was fairly bumpy and rutted for skating. The classic tracks between P10 and the T were in good shape. Grooming. . . ]]></description>
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<author>info@xcottawa.ca (Karl Saidla)</author>
<pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 05:01:51 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>2013-04-11 by Ron Lorenson from P10 [Fortune]</title>
<description><![CDATA[ The FP has been groomed this AM for both skate and classic. Conditions are good in most places with the exception of the few places where the underlying ice didn't yield to the groomer. Grooming stops at the T-junction. I attempted to continue on the. . . ]]></description>
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<author>info@xcottawa.ca (Ron Lorenson)</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 10:48:36 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>2013-04-11 by Karl Saidla from P5 [Penguin]</title>
<description><![CDATA[ Skied again last night from P5. Conditions were very similar to the day before--soft and dirty, but the snow is actually getting old enough that in some places it is reasonably fast. It didn't appear that any grooming had been done recently, so the c. . . ]]></description>
<link>http://skitrails.xcottawa.ca/skitrail_report.php?id=1672</link>
<author>info@xcottawa.ca (Karl Saidla)</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 06:27:22 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>2013-04-10 by Jo-Ann Holden from P10 [Fortune]</title>
<description><![CDATA[ Last photo! ]]></description>
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<author>info@xcottawa.ca (Jo-Ann Holden)</author>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 18:17:01 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>2013-04-10 by Jo-Ann Holden from P10 [Fortune]</title>
<description><![CDATA[ A beautiful spring day for skiing.   A few of the usual early melting spots are looking suspiciously thin, and some spots, especially classic tracks, are getting very dirty.  The skating was slow or not so slow, depending on the snow/ice content, but. . . ]]></description>
<link>http://skitrails.xcottawa.ca/skitrail_report.php?id=1670</link>
<author>info@xcottawa.ca (Jo-Ann Holden)</author>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 18:15:38 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>2013-04-10 by Karl Saidla from P5 [Penguin]</title>
<description><![CDATA[ Got out for a short ski last night from P5. We went up Penguin and along Ridge Road for awhile. Generally speaking there is still alot of snow. Be careful of a few bare patches on Penguin. It is slow and dirty, and I didn't see evidence of recent gro. . . ]]></description>
<link>http://skitrails.xcottawa.ca/skitrail_report.php?id=1669</link>
<author>info@xcottawa.ca (Karl Saidla)</author>
<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 06:13:17 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>2013-04-09 by Paul Jaenicke from P7 [Kingsmere]</title>
<description><![CDATA[ Decided to check on the trails out of P7. Skied up #30=&gt;#1=&gt;#4=&gt;#14=&gt;#1=&gt;#31=&gt;#30=&gt;P7. The good news trail  #4 &amp; #14 lots of snow and fairly clean. The bad Ridge road is very dirty understandably with a lot of evergreens ther. . . ]]></description>
<link>http://skitrails.xcottawa.ca/skitrail_report.php?id=1668</link>
<author>info@xcottawa.ca (Paul Jaenicke)</author>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 16:08:17 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>2013-04-09 by David Brownrigg from P10 [Fortune]</title>
<description><![CDATA[ When it gets late in the season I can always count on the FP for decent skiing.  No fresh grooming today but the tracks are still mostly clean even after last night's rains. There are more icey slushy stretches with no more track setting but not enou. . . ]]></description>
<link>http://skitrails.xcottawa.ca/skitrail_report.php?id=1667</link>
<author>info@xcottawa.ca (David Brownrigg)</author>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 11:15:20 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>2013-04-09 by Ron Lorenson from P9 [Dunlop]</title>
<description><![CDATA[ Comment:
The NCC web-site reports (in both languages) that P8-P9 was trackset 4 days ago for classic and 2 days ago for skating. I was on the Doldrums yesterday at noon when the big tracksetter did both sides of the North Loop. This web-site can no . . . ]]></description>
<link>http://skitrails.xcottawa.ca/skitrail_report.php?id=1666</link>
<author>info@xcottawa.ca (Ron Lorenson)</author>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 06:40:53 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>2013-04-08 by Katie McMahon from P2 [Relais Plein Air]</title>
<description><![CDATA[ Still a ton of snow out there! Trail 15 was rock skiing, but still very do-able. The parkways are still completely covered, but are un-groomed and a tad slushy. Warm sunny days and complete snow coverage, all that is missing are the skiers! Get out t. . . ]]></description>
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<author>info@xcottawa.ca (Katie McMahon)</author>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 17:41:29 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>2013-04-08 by Paul Jaenicke from P12 [Meech]</title>
<description><![CDATA[ Still some good skiing out of P12. My route was #40=&gt;#24=&gt;left on #1=&gt;#2=&gt;#40=&gt;P12. Only 2 thin areas on this route see pictures, everything else was good, still a foot of snow on bridges on #40. I have skied on these bridges with a fe. . . ]]></description>
<link>http://skitrails.xcottawa.ca/skitrail_report.php?id=1664</link>
<author>info@xcottawa.ca (Paul Jaenicke)</author>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 16:49:56 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>2013-04-08 by Florence Lehmann from P8 [Chelsea]</title>
<description><![CDATA[ The North Loop was still quite skiable this morning. Snow was quite granular but very good for skate skiing. Some water in the tracks closer to P9. The loop should still be good tomorrow. After that...
A few skiers were out, both skating and classic. . . ]]></description>
<link>http://skitrails.xcottawa.ca/skitrail_report.php?id=1663</link>
<author>info@xcottawa.ca (Florence Lehmann)</author>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 12:18:12 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>2013-04-07 by Jo-Ann Holden from P9 [Dunlop]</title>
<description><![CDATA[ It was, surprisingly, one  of the nicest skate skis of the year: the snow in the skate lane was clean, fast, firm and very controllable. There were no sunny patches to slow things down.  There were a few icy patches, but even they were fine.  Unlike . . . ]]></description>
<link>http://skitrails.xcottawa.ca/skitrail_report.php?id=1662</link>
<author>info@xcottawa.ca (Jo-Ann Holden)</author>
<pubDate>Sun, 07 Apr 2013 19:38:04 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>2013-04-06 by Jo-Ann Holden from P6 [MacKenzie-King]</title>
<description><![CDATA[ I started too late in the afternoon, but wanted to at least try it, since the weather was so beautiful.  There was a mix of conditions, from patches of yesterday's icy grooming, to soft deep sections, to thick crunchy ruts.  I'll try again tomorrow -. . . ]]></description>
<link>http://skitrails.xcottawa.ca/skitrail_report.php?id=1661</link>
<author>info@xcottawa.ca (Jo-Ann Holden)</author>
<pubDate>Sat, 06 Apr 2013 19:36:15 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>2013-04-06 by Florence Lehmann from P12 [Meech]</title>
<description><![CDATA[ Last set of pics ]]></description>
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<author>info@xcottawa.ca (Florence Lehmann)</author>
<pubDate>Sat, 06 Apr 2013 19:07:20 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>2013-04-06 by Florence Lehmann from P12 [Meech]</title>
<description><![CDATA[ 2nd set of pics ]]></description>
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<author>info@xcottawa.ca (Florence Lehmann)</author>
<pubDate>Sat, 06 Apr 2013 19:02:50 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>2013-04-06 by Florence Lehmann from P12 [Meech]</title>
<description><![CDATA[ P12-#40-&gt;#24-&gt;#1-&gt;#2-&gt;#40
According to NCC website, P12 was a no go. I figured I'd give it a try given there's usually lots of snow left in that area. Well...
There is indeed plenty of snow left on the trails I skied. Given the overnigh. . . ]]></description>
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<author>info@xcottawa.ca (Florence Lehmann)</author>
<pubDate>Sat, 06 Apr 2013 18:57:09 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>2013-04-06 by Andre Marchand from P2 [Relais Plein Air]</title>
<description><![CDATA[ Still tons of snow on the parkways, soft in places, rutted and hard in others. An awesome day for a skate ski, but if u do the smaller trails like #15, I wouldn't use your favorite skis, there are some rocks poking through in places. See ya at the No. . . ]]></description>
<link>http://skitrails.xcottawa.ca/skitrail_report.php?id=1657</link>
<author>info@xcottawa.ca (Andre Marchand)</author>
<pubDate>Sat, 06 Apr 2013 15:25:23 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>2013-04-06 by Ron Lorenson from P10 [Fortune]</title>
<description><![CDATA[ It was a five star but even better it was a five swamp day - this has been my best ski day of this season. My route was FP, CP, #1 to my favorite swamp past #24, and on return #1, Ridge to Huron, CP, and FP back to P10. Sheila has described the excel. . . ]]></description>
<link>http://skitrails.xcottawa.ca/skitrail_report.php?id=1656</link>
<author>info@xcottawa.ca (Ron Lorenson)</author>
<pubDate>Sat, 06 Apr 2013 13:28:41 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>2013-04-06 by Paul Jaenicke from P19 [Lac Philippe]</title>
<description><![CDATA[ Skied out from lac Philippe P19, on trail #50 up to the bench at the intersection with trail #52. Overall conditions varied from good in open areas to icy  with some debris in shaded areas around the lake. A few bare patches here and there but nothin. . . ]]></description>
<link>http://skitrails.xcottawa.ca/skitrail_report.php?id=1655</link>
<author>info@xcottawa.ca (Paul Jaenicke)</author>
<pubDate>Sat, 06 Apr 2013 12:51:33 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>2013-04-06 by Sheila Kealey from P8 [Chelsea]</title>
<description><![CDATA[ Great skiing, especially for the month of April. The parkway &quot;loop&quot; was groomed for skating, and in pretty good shape. Clean snow with no pavement or grass poking though. Pretty hard and fast surface at 10 AM (still pretty good) - which sof. . . ]]></description>
<link>http://skitrails.xcottawa.ca/skitrail_report.php?id=1654</link>
<author>info@xcottawa.ca (Sheila Kealey)</author>
<pubDate>Sat, 06 Apr 2013 12:44:26 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>2013-04-05 by Jo-Ann Holden from P10 [Fortune]</title>
<description><![CDATA[ A very happy trip for me.  I'm able to skate ski now after a difficult 2 years and was absolutely ecstatic to have climbed the Fortune Parkway twice this week on skate skis. (which also happens to be just twice in the the last 2 years!!) The past wee. . . ]]></description>
<link>http://skitrails.xcottawa.ca/skitrail_report.php?id=1653</link>
<author>info@xcottawa.ca (Jo-Ann Holden)</author>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 14:11:32 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>2013-04-05 by David Brownrigg from P8 [Chelsea]</title>
<description><![CDATA[ After yesterday's crappy ski on #53 (poor track conditions, wrong wax) opted for fresh grooming, clean snow and a relatively flat trail on the doldrums.  Was not disappointed...a magnificent sunny afternoon with the wind at my back (at least on the r. . . ]]></description>
<link>http://skitrails.xcottawa.ca/skitrail_report.php?id=1652</link>
<author>info@xcottawa.ca (David Brownrigg)</author>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 13:37:33 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>2013-04-05 by Andy Jonyas from P6 [MacKenzie-King]</title>
<description><![CDATA[ Despite fresh grooming,everyone who skied sunk in, leaving a lumpy bumpy rutted mess.Very slow and unpleasant skiing.If there is a grooming overnight after it all freezes, it should be really good in the am. Not this evening. ]]></description>
<link>http://skitrails.xcottawa.ca/skitrail_report.php?id=1651</link>
<author>info@xcottawa.ca (Andy Jonyas)</author>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 13:27:09 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>2013-04-05 by Ron Lorenson from P10 [Fortune]</title>
<description><![CDATA[ Conditions are more a novelty than an enjoyment. The base is groomed soft granular with 1 cm of new snow on top. It's interesting to have new snow on the 5 April but at 3 C that new snow tends to slowing. If you're skating it would be best to use a w. . . ]]></description>
<link>http://skitrails.xcottawa.ca/skitrail_report.php?id=1650</link>
<author>info@xcottawa.ca (Ron Lorenson)</author>
<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 10:39:28 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>2013-04-04 by Paul Jaenicke from P2 [Relais Plein Air]</title>
<description><![CDATA[ After skiing the last 2 days in icy tracks was nice to ski in softer tracks today. Now completely disregard the website, anything that has snow on it is skiable. 

I skied around the Realis plein air area, and all the trails there had good snow cov. . . ]]></description>
<link>http://skitrails.xcottawa.ca/skitrail_report.php?id=1649</link>
<author>info@xcottawa.ca (Paul Jaenicke)</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 14:23:08 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>2013-04-04 by Ron Lorenson from P8 [Chelsea]</title>
<description><![CDATA[ The good thing about being an old fart is that you can ski whenever you want; the bad thing about being an old fart is that you no longer have the stamina to ski whenever you want. Today would have been a great day to ski to the end-of-grooming at th. . . ]]></description>
<link>http://skitrails.xcottawa.ca/skitrail_report.php?id=1648</link>
<author>info@xcottawa.ca (Ron Lorenson)</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 11:34:49 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>2013-04-04 by David Brownrigg from P17 [Wakefield]</title>
<description><![CDATA[ Arrived at P17 intending to ski #52 but found no classic tracks even though the NCC website indicated recent grooming (26hrs ago).  No big deal, continued on #53 but the groomed classic track ended at the junction of #51 which is now closed.  Track c. . . ]]></description>
<link>http://skitrails.xcottawa.ca/skitrail_report.php?id=1647</link>
<author>info@xcottawa.ca (David Brownrigg)</author>
<pubDate>Thu, 04 Apr 2013 10:31:14 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>2013-04-03 by Ron Lorenson from P10 [Fortune]</title>
<description><![CDATA[ I've just returned from the best April skiing that I've had in many years. Initially I thought that grooming was only on the FP and the CP (both ways from the T-junction) so I indulged myself skiing the parkways on great skating conditions. I then st. . . ]]></description>
<link>http://skitrails.xcottawa.ca/skitrail_report.php?id=1646</link>
<author>info@xcottawa.ca (Ron Lorenson)</author>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 12:20:49 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>2013-04-02 by Ron Lorenson from P10 [Fortune]</title>
<description><![CDATA[ Rather than giving my route I'll give the constraints of the ski area that I could cover. From P10 FP is trackset, CP is done from the T junction to Huron, and #1 is done in both directions from Gossip Corner. I skied back-and-forth on FP and CP and . . . ]]></description>
<link>http://skitrails.xcottawa.ca/skitrail_report.php?id=1645</link>
<author>info@xcottawa.ca (Ron Lorenson)</author>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 11:38:22 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>2013-04-02 by David Brownrigg from P10 [Fortune]</title>
<description><![CDATA[ Checked the NCC site around 8:30 AM before heading out and all trails had the red 'not recommended' symbol with the only grooming being the doldrums.  Decided to chance P10 and luckily the FP was freshly groomed for both classic and skate.  The class. . . ]]></description>
<link>http://skitrails.xcottawa.ca/skitrail_report.php?id=1644</link>
<author>info@xcottawa.ca (David Brownrigg)</author>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 11:28:30 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>2013-04-01 by Florence Lehmann from P11 [O'Brien]</title>
<description><![CDATA[ Another try at 36 but only 4km in and back for lack of time. Not much has changed. Trail is overall pretty good. A few rocks showing in the middle of the trail shortly before you get to the boathouse. Snow/ice near boathouse will be all gone on a 100. . . ]]></description>
<link>http://skitrails.xcottawa.ca/skitrail_report.php?id=1643</link>
<author>info@xcottawa.ca (Florence Lehmann)</author>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 15:53:50 -0700</pubDate>
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<title>2013-04-01 by Paul Jaenicke from P12 [Meech]</title>
<description><![CDATA[ Few skiers out this morning my route was P12=&gt;#40=&gt;#2 black=&gt;#1 right=&gt;#24=&gt;#1 left=&gt;#2=&gt;#33=&gt;#40=&gt;P12.

Nothing has been groomed today which is fine, but temperatures are dropping and wind is howling, the downhills are q. . . ]]></description>
<link>http://skitrails.xcottawa.ca/skitrail_report.php?id=1642</link>
<author>info@xcottawa.ca (Paul Jaenicke)</author>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 09:35:51 -0700</pubDate>
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