Gatineau Park
Trails Skied: Fortune Pkwy, #1, Glide Wax: NA, Grip Wax: NA
It is starting to be the time of year to head to the reliable late-season spots. We tried P10 this evening. There were alternating sections of bluish ice and old dirty snow with bare patches beginning to appear between P10 and the Fortune Parkway/Ridge Road Junction. We skied out Ridge Road in the direction of Penguin. Ridge Road was by far the best skiing, with little ice and no need to take off skis. It is certainly rock skiing and it is certainly dirty, but we had a great time enjoying a summer-like evening of skiing.
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.
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).
