Gatineau Park

Trails Skied: #50, #51, #52, Glide Wax: green, Grip Wax: Teho green covered by Swix special blue

Waited until late in the day to ski a loop of the WAkefield triangle. Conditions were good with the fresh snow falling. They must have groomed the trails at some point after this weeks melt ut not sure when. The base was smooth but frozen solid with mostly well formed classic tracks. The fresh snow on top slowed things down just a bit which was welcome. I opted to go clockwise today to get the trickier trails out of the way before darkness fell.

Lots of debris on 52 as I believe Ron mentioned last week - the hot weather didn't improve it in that regard. Overall it wasn't too bad though. I stopped a couple of times to pull some of the bigger stuff off the trail but gave up on the smaller stuff as I'd still be out there!

Classic tracks got a little washed out near P19 owing likely to the higher degree of traffic but things improved once back on 51.The lower half of trail 55 looks to be open and groomed now but I did not ski it today. Lots of signs of the hard work the trail crews have been putting in clearing the trails for which I am grateful.













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