Gatineau Park
Trails Skied: Gatineau Pkwy , Glide Wax: , Grip Wax:
Just passing on the following NCC notice (of yesterday) regarding grooming. My take on this is that I should concentrate on my Kold Klister Klassic technique for the next day or two.
"We simply wanted to let you know that we have encountered a few technical problems with our grooming machines. The difficult conditions, hard and icy snow, has taken its tole on our equipment and decalibrated the tracksetter on certain machines. This results in tracks that sometimes have uneven depth. Also, it is possible that tracks are not perfectly straight in some areas. Expect to see this problem on the Parkways and trails #50 and #36. Please note that some parts of the parkways were only regroomed for skating for the same reason.
Conditions in the last few weeks have been very tough on the grooming equipment. Tomorrow, the grooming machine operators will take the day to fix their machines so that we can offer high quality grooming as soon as Wednesday for the skiers that aren\'t scared of the cold weather!"
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).
