Gatineau Park

Trails Skied: #1 Penguin Climb, Glide Wax: , Grip Wax: Bad!

Two of us went out to practice step turns and other even weaker downhill skills. We skied around the penguin area and didn't actually "go anywhere". My waxing was less than inspiring - VR 75 was sort of, almost okay, but not quite. We met met someone who was using klister, but with the fresh dusting of snow I think we were certainly better off in terms of glide!!! There appeared to be fresh grooming under that dusting, and it was lovely for what we wanted to do today. Temperatures were springlike, so we concluded with some relaxation at a picnic table. It was a beautiful ski afternoon, and with the right wax (whatever that would be) or on skate skis, it would have been heavenly.













Gatineau park map


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.

Gatineau park map

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).

Gatineau park map