Following on from Jo-Ann's report the Gatineau Pkwy is great - stupendous.

It's been groomed - but not in its entirety. The tracksetter went from P8 to the intersection with #15, from whence it turned into the bush and did #15. However, if you proceed farther to Mica you will pick up more tracksetting which starts somewhere in the direction of Pink Lake and then continues up the CP.

Conditions, where there is recent tracksetting, are beautiful sugar snow made for effortless skating. Where the tracksetting is old there is about 1/2 cm. of new snow on top of a hard base - not as good as the trackset sections but still quite manageable - better than yesterday. For example, the north loop is not trackset (at 11 AM) but would still be quite enjoyable.

To me this a day made for skating; however, you could still have a great day doing classic. As Megan advised a good binder is probably in order. The tracks are in good shape and would have good grip and glide. They, however, look to be abrasive so a good binder or klister layer is probably necessary to prevent frequent wax stops.

I had a very enjoyable time immersed in the joy of skating on conditions made for skating. I, too, gave Penguin a pass.