Gatineau Park

Trails Skied: #1, #2 (blue), #2 (from #40 to #1), #3, #24, #33, #40, #18, #21, #38, Glide Wax: green, Grip Wax: Teho green binder covered by Swix special green

Skied a loop out of P12. Only a few brave souls out but it wasn't as cold as I thought it would be and quite nice in the sun. Most all of the groomed trails were freshly tracked and in excellent shape except 33 which was likely groomed on the weekend but was still nice. I tried a few of the BC trails (18, 21, 20 and 38). They were skiable but a little crusty. I'd think anything steep would be tough to manage but the base is there for the next powder day.

Interestingly I came across a groomer at 4pm making his way out Ridge road near 2. Not sure if he was headed to the tower (which looked fine to me but I didn't ski all the way out there) or perhaps going to groom 33, but at any rate grooming was still going on at the end of the day.

I also saw the lot attendant redirecting a snowshoer to head to P13 and not start out at P12 so at least some of that traffic is bring headed off.













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