Gatineau Park
Trails Skied: #50, #51, #55 (green - shared), #55 (green - alternative), #55 (blue - alternative), Glide Wax: , Grip Wax:
Like Ron mentioned yesterday it was a good day but far from a great day. My route was from P19=> #51=>#55=>#50=>#55=>#51=>P19. I guess you could call this the #55 Loop or Taylor Lake loop. There had been no recent grooming on #51, and part of #55 until you got a the start of Taylor lake going back towards lake Philipe.
The tracks varied from average, to shallow, to non existent (from Taylor lake yurt around the lake), still some debris in certain areas. The worse part around the lake had a thin layer of powder on top of a hard icy base.
What we really need is MORE snow. Skied by trail #54 and like others it seemed to be suffering from a lack of snow. As I went counterclockwise on #55, I avoided going down the BIG hill after Taylor lake yurt, there were some boot marks from some skiers deciding to play it safe and walk down, but if you took it slow it would be ok.
All in all still a enjoyable ski perfect temperature, no wind!!!!!
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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.
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).
