Gatineau Park
Trails Skied: Fortune Pkwy, #1, Glide Wax: Dibloc Blue LF over graphite, Grip Wax: Swix Polar
I went classic from P10 to a little bit past the Champlain lookout via Ridge. A pleasant cool ski - it was nice, in a nostalgic sense, to be able to use Swix polar once again. Grip was perfect - glide was slow. Skaters seemed to be having difficulty get any glide in the cold, new snow.
Good news for the Burmaphiles. Work has begun in the clearing of #3. The trail-clearing are working from both ends (from the parkway and from Ridge. Hopefully, Burma will soon be there again for those that love it. Trail #36 from the parkway down to P11 was also being worked on.
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).
