Gatineau Park

Trails Skied: #15 (blue), Pink Lake Access, Glide Wax: , Grip Wax: Vaughti Orange

We skied from P5 to trail 15, to trail 5, and crossed paths with Kyle, who wrote the earlier report. It was a lot of fun, and even Garry went classic (3rd time this year - it's a record!). In fact it was Garry who took the photo of the skate skier's head as he passed by the no skating sign. All I can add to this is that the skater should have known better. He was athletic and an experienced skate skier - not new to park trails. He was wearing a well known pale blue jacket which doubles as a team cycling jacket the rest of the year. Tsk tsk. This gives your team a bad name. Garry, who skates almost all the time, requests "please don't skate on the classic trails." The other photo shows Kyle (I think it must be Kyle) with his enviable classic technique.













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