This is ancient history now, from yesterday morning/afternoon, but I want to add my two cents just for the history record. Knowing the unpredictable and illogical patchwork of grooming in Gatineau Park I couldn't decide whether to use klister binder (in case something was groomed - the web site NEVER indicates grooming early enough to act on it) or to use regular wax (in case the new, powdery snow was not groomed). Well, it turns out there was no perfect answer. Fortune was incredibly slow in the tracks, even downhill, because only the skate lane was groomed. However Ridge was fantastically fast (almost wiped out twice) and the klister binder was perfect for the freshly groomed tracks. It was heavenly and the new grooming went further than Blanchet. It was a great ski, but couldn't both the parkway and Ridge be groomed on the same day?! Just wondering, does anyone know if it is open to the Fire Tower now?