Gatineau Park
Trails Skied: Gatineau Pkwy , Fortune Pkwy, Champlain Pkwy, North Loop, Champlain Pkwy, Glide Wax: , Grip Wax:
As many have said so far this year, it was a beautiful ski. no real new grooming except from Mica up Blacks, so it was mostly firm and fast with the requisite snowmobile ski groove down the middle of the skate track, but that was no match for the scenery, which was even more spectacular than the other days (now the trees and limb tips have an icicle on the end of them to glisten in the sunlight.
Although we skate skied, we did hit the classic tracks a few times and they were hard, deep and fast.
All in all, another super day for a ski.
I honestly think that if there was a race going on, even the leaders would stop long enough to take some pictures.
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).
