Gatineau Park

Trails Skied: #6, #30, Glide Wax: , Grip Wax:

Wow! Such fun! By 2:00 a LOT of snow had fallen. The drive to P7 was a knuckle biter as Kingsmere Road had not been plowed recently, and I was amazed to see two full rows of cars at P7 even while a full-fledged snow storm raged.

Booth hill had been groomed sometime earlier today. On a whim I decided to try Skyline. It has been a couple of years since I last skied it, so I was a bit nervous about it, especially alone. The nervousness lasted 3 minutes. The conditions were perfect! Although there is evidently ice beneath the snow, there was enough coverage of fresh snow to just ski all the downhills. There were a couple of really thrilling ones among them. It was so much fun that I repeated the loop a second time, this time in the "wrong" direction. When heading back to the car, Booth Hill had just been freshly groomed - I could hear the groomer heading down Penguin. And Kingsmere Road had been plowed.
There are two photos on musicianonskis.ca/blog.













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