Gatineau Park

Trails Skied: #6, #30, #22, #34, Glide Wax: , Grip Wax:

Skied out from P7, shortly after 10 already an overflow into the next parking across the street. My route was from P7=>#30=>#6=>#22=>#34=>#6=>#30=>P7.

Although #22 and #34 have not been officially cleared, there are skier tracks on them, #22 has a lot of detours on it not the greatest but still skiable. Trail #34 much better with the exception of the bottom part of the trail where it meets #4, the are a couple of fallen trees on the last hill.

Trail #6 Skyline is still quite nice, although on most of the big hills they have a groomed track in the middle, which makes it awkward to descend on.

With the imminent warm sun and temperatures and freeze at night these smaller backcountry trails will get difficult to ski on especially in the morning. I wanted to stop and have lunch at the bench on Skyline #6 but the snow completely covered the bench, so like karl mentioned the snow is steel quite deep.

It is quite possible for a mid April ski this year!!!!













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