Gatineau Park
Trails Skied: Fortune Pkwy, #1, #30, #3, #4, Camp Fortune Race Course, #17, #31, #32, #12, #34, Glide Wax: green, Grip Wax: blue
Skied out of P7 today and found things in decent shape but no new grooming on the main trails anywhere so they were getting a little tired. Climbed up Booth and then skied a bit of 17 before cutting across to 34 and down to the race courses at Fortune. The BC trails weren't too bad owing to more and more traffic on them but they'll be much nicer with a fresh load of snow!
Skied 32 over to the top of Fortune parkway. It was a bit of a mess thanks to snowshoe traffic and some postholing walkers. Still skiable but slow going.
Burma was certainly busy as I skied partway along it to 12. Probably quite nice to skate but the classic track is fading.
A nice day to ski in the somewhat warmer weather but fresh snow and some grooming would help things.
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).
