Gatineau Park

Trails Skied: Gatineau Pkwy , #1 Penguin Climb, Gatineau Pkwy, Glide Wax: , Grip Wax: waxless skis

The park was a white winter wonderland this morning. We checked out Penguin and although the coverage is good there are a few trees down and a bunch of very droopy trees over the trail which makes it slow going. The parkways are quite nice and when we left they had done one pass down the middle for skating. It was good for doing classic on that part too. Other reports mention classic tracks in places so I think that's coming. We used waxless skis which worked well. Skating looked to be good too. I'm not sure what you would use for grip, but you would probably want to bring some pretty warm hard waxes and have a few choices with you.
Happy skiing!













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