Gatineau Park

Trails Skied: #1, #30, #8, #17, Glide Wax: , Grip Wax:

Amazing backcountry ski today the best so far this year!!! My roue was from P7=>#30=>#17=>Keogan=>#1=>#8=>#30=>P7. It snowed pretty much from start to finish, trail #17 (Franks) had some skier traffic on it that had been on it before myself.

When I returned back decided to try trail #8 (Highland), well I was the first one on it today, so had to break trail which was fun, except for a few spots were the snow had drifted, it was quite deep. But the downhills felt like you were floating on top of the snow, sure different then when it is hard packed.

Before it warms up too much now is the time to try some of these backcountry trails (the one that are open) before they get too crusty and icy.













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