Gatineau Park
Trails Skied: Fortune Pkwy, Champlain Pkwy, #1, Glide Wax: vauhti LF green, Grip Wax: vauhti fluor carrot covered with vauhti fluor green
Beautiful day out there today. Sunny, cold (but not too cold) and fresh grooming in most places. Ridge Road (#1) was regroomed for skating and one of the classic tracks was groomed while the other one was old. Fortune Parkway was nice (again I think one side had new tracks and the other old). Champlain Parkway looked to be groomed towards Black's Lake but not towards Champlain Lookout. The skating in that section was a bit awkward and the classic tracks were slow. It is possible the grooming was still in progress. All in all, a great day of skiing. Get out before it turns bitter cold again!
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).
