Gatineau Park

Trails Skied: Fortune Pkwy, Champlain Pkwy, #1, Glide Wax: , Grip Wax:

Apres le deluge... A nice rehabilitation of the trails after this week's torrent. Fast skating -- maybe fastest of the year. Where there is fresh grooming (all the trails I skied), good control. Where it is windy and sunny (eg along the Parkway up to the lookout), the grooming crusts over relatively quickly and skiing becomes a bit more bumpy. But it is still very skiable. Ridge Road was less windy, more shaded, softer and a very nice skate. Classic trails looked good for the most part. Some debris in the tracks further down Ridge Road.

Amazing work fixing up trails on a diminishing snow pack. For the next storm, if it must rain, it would be preferred if the snow came after the rain.













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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.

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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).

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