Gatineau Park
Trails Skied: #1 Penguin Climb, #1, #1B, #1 (black - Chelsea), #1 (green) (#2 - #24), #3, #4, #14, #1 (blue), Glide Wax: Vauhti LF Violet, Grip Wax: Vauhti violet klister covered with Vauhti Fluor Violet
For long easy skiing, there are few better places than Gatineau Park. All the major trails were groomed today, including the Fortune racing trails ( nice to see these in use for a race of some kind today). Classic waxing was a bit tricky tas conditions were quite variable. Skating looked like it would have been very good (not to mention fast). Careful on the downhills as the ice/snow combination did make things a bit unpredictable. Attached are a few pictures of "Karl's Birthday Ski", which he certainly enjoyed.
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Gatineau Park is ski paradise! The network of ski trails offer machine groomed skate skiing and classic skiing as well as little groomed backcountry trails. Multiple access points allow skiers to access a variety of terrain and scenery.
The NCC offers season or daily pay rates.
For suggestions on where to ski, excellent trail descriptions, photos and maps checkout Michael McGoldrick`s website about recreational xc-skiing in Canada`s National Capital Region (with an emphasis on the Gatineau Park).
