Gatineau Park

Trails Skied: #1, #30, #4, #8, #14, Glide Wax: Vauhti blue, Grip Wax: Vauhti carrot

What a treat to get out and ski some beautiful mid-winter snow, after work, in full daylight! I did a loop out of P7 skiing along Ridge and down into the Fortune lodge area before climbing up onto 8 for a fun trip back to the lot. The main trails had all been nicely groomed and the BC trails were skied in but still in great shape. My grip wax was a little cold for the conditions but worked reasonably well as did the glide. The backcountry trails were showing a little sign of thaw/refreezing making them a wee bit choppy - but as Don suggested... you could simply step out into the fresh powder and make your own line. Get out there while its still this good as the warm weekend will bring us back to (great but different) spring conditions pretty quickly.













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