Gatineau Park
Trails Skied: #24, #40, #1 (blue), Glide Wax: , Grip Wax:
Today was my first trip out to the Fire Tower, I couldnt have picked a better day.Nice and sunny, warm, great conditions. My route was P12=>#40=>#24=>#1=>Fire Tower=> back the same route, with a brief stop at McKinstry chalet.
Everything was nicely groomed, fresh classic tracks, you can see on my last pic how nice it was. There was evidence of tracks on old #10, probably some hikers too. Very quiet in this area today, with the races this morning not much traffic, only met a dozen skiers today on my way up there and back. The downhills were fast but easy to control your speed.
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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).
