Gatineau Park

Trails Skied: Gatineau Pkwy, Champlain Pkwy, MacKenzie-King Rd , #7, Glide Wax: , Grip Wax: Green Klister covered with Vaughti green fluor

Beautiful conditions both on the parkways (both Champlain and Gatineau) and on the smaller trails in the Kingsmere area. Grip and glide were both fantastic. When I left home at 12:30 the website still indicated NOTHING in the area had been groomed within 3 days, so finding everything in such excellent shape was a gift! At 1:00 it was evident that the grooming was several hours old. I had spent considerable time agonizing about where our group should meet, as we have a mix of abilities and I wanted to avoid fast,icy downhills. If the website had been up to date, or had even intimated which trails were going to be groomed ( the park office used to be able to tell you this, if you phoned them)it would have made planning much easier and we might have met somewhere more interesting than the parkway. It's time I smarten up, ignore that website and just take potluck on the conditions. They were great today!













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