Gatineau Park

Trails Skied: Champlain Pkwy, MacKenzie-King Rd , Glide Wax: Swix Violet, Grip Wax:

Probably a bit late in the day as the next storm is already mounting outside my window... but had a nice ski today on the Champlain parkway up to the T. As others mentioned the snow had been compacted and was good for skating. No classic tracks. Far too shallow a snow depth for that but I saw a few other people classic skiing and they seemed to be having a good day regardless. Had to go easy on the skis for fear of breaking away the compacted snow and grinding the skis on the asphalt but for the most part I had no trouble. Things started to get a little more chewed up a I got closer to the T, likely owing to higher volume of traffic coming up from P10. With some more snow overnight and some freezing rain to solidify things we should have good skiing this week.













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