Gatineau Park
Trails Skied: North Loop, Glide Wax: violet, Grip Wax:
After yesterday's several ski outings (it was just too beautiful to stay home!) today was just a short skate ski on the Doldrums. Conditions were as good as they could ever be, and it was just fun, fun, fun!
Although this is history now, we skied from P19 yesterday evening. It was the most beautiful classic night skis I can remember. Interestingly there is no sign of tree damage at that end of trail 50. Our friend's reservation at the 4 season tent near Wanakiwin was canceled due to "dangerous conditions"(very last minute notice, so that she found out about the cancellation only after arriving at the site!). We found no evidence of anything dangerous in that 5 K stretch. Now I am curious to know how trails 51, 52 and 53 are.
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).
