Gatineau Park

Trails Skied: #27, #29 (alternative), #29 (shared), Glide Wax: , Grip Wax:

A short, late day skate ski on what must be the flattest trails in the park: 27, 29 and a stretch of the Gatineau Parkway which excluded any hills. Such a pleasant ski! The snow was about as nice as it could have been for skating - fast and easy to control.

Just one comment about snowshoers walking on the trails. The trail markers seem a bit confusing in this area. I met a family snowshoeing on ski trail 26 They had honestly tried to find the snowshoe trail but had been pretty much dumped out on the ski trail when the snowshoe trail vanished.













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