Gatineau Park
Trails Skied: North Loop, Glide Wax: Swix LF8, Grip Wax:
Skated two iterations of the Doldrums. Near perfect conditions - firm, high-humidity snow with lots of control and glide. People doing classic seemed to be having a great day as well with nobody having a bad wax day - the high humidity snow would probably react best to a fluor grip wax. The tracksetting was flawless.
At 11:00 AM P8 was 80% full.
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).
