Gatineau Park

Trails Skied: #1 (green) (#2 - #24), #2 (from #40 to #1), #24, #40, #1 (blue), Glide Wax: , Grip Wax:

Skied out of P12=>#40=>#24=>right on #1=>Wolf Bench=>#1=>#2 black=>#40=>P12. I knew arriving at the parking lot with roughly 15 cars for this time of year spelled one thing= HIKERS

I was correct I met 19 hikers just on trail #40, and 15 skiers during my whole outing.I only met 4 skiers on # 1 blue around the Wolf bench, a few of them I talked to had been all the way to McKinstry and said there was only one problem area all the way up there.

On trail #40 see first pic, that was one of two problem areas that I skied on, the latter was the pic from Florence's report of yesterday, the bare patch on #2 black which had a narrow strip has now vanished. All in all not too bad for April 14.

Every weekend now I keep wondering how much longer, if we will get another week of skiing? The surprise snow of friday did help extend the season for a few more days anyways for sure.













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