Gatineau Park
Trails Skied: Fortune Pkwy, #1, Glide Wax: CH3cold powder and LF4, Grip Wax:
Started from P10 and skated skied into a headwind....AARRRRGGGG...chilly! No grooming on the parkway but snowmobile traffic had crunched up some of the surface, providing the only structure.
Moved out of the wind onto Ridge road and skied to #24....again, hard, noisy surface conditions with the softer snowmobile tracking.
I switched to the classic tracks which were fast and did double polling! Obviously, a day for the classic skier.
If you decide to ski, protect your face and cover your mouth to avoid freezing the bronchials! Avoid any intensity...
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).
