Gatineau Park

Trails Skied: Gatineau Pkwy, Champlain Pkwy, MacKenzie-King Rd , #7, #15 (blue), #15 (black), Glide Wax: Vauhti blue, Grip Wax: Carrot covered by flouro blue

Beautiful day to be out in the fresh snow. My route took me from P6 down 15 to below the Pink lake hill. Returned up the parkway and made a side trip on trail 7 before skiing part way up Black lake hill... and then returning to P6. The parkway had just been groomed on one side when I started but everything else was untouched. 15 was well skied in though and a fun ride in the fresh snow. It surprised me when I got back on the parkway that it hadn't been done but I guess they did the loop above Mica and were working on the rest as I skied. Temeprature stayed a few degrees below zero for most of my ski which was really nice.

Wax choice was pretty good. Perhaps better on the groomed parkway as it iced up a bit in the fresh snow while climbing up the steeper pitches. A swift kick at the tops had me freed up again though so overall not too bad. I expect most things will be groomed up tonight. Hopefully its not too warm tomorrow to make it slushy only to freeze up as the mercury plummets next week.













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