Gatineau Park

Trails Skied: Gatineau Pkwy, #5 (green), #26, #29 (alternative), #29 (shared), Glide Wax: Swix Violet, Grip Wax: Carrot

I injured my knee in a fall a few days ago (not on ice, but in the kitchen!!) so I decided to try P2 for its relaxed terrain. We arrived at the Relais area just after the Coupe Skinouk race clean-up had finished. A beautiful ski in snow squalls, we checked out 29, 26, 5, and the Gatineau Parkway. There was probably grooming at some point in the previous 24 hours, but it irrelevantly covered in fresh snow. Trails 26 and 29 were almost deserted, but the Parkway was very popular, and interestingly, there very few speedy skiers to be seen - ( resting from the race, perhaps?) Garry found the skating "lovely, soft, controllable powder, not super fast but one of the nicer skates of the year". I enjoyed the falling snow and the soft classic tracks. By the end of the ski my knee felt almost back to normal!













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