Gatineau Park

Trails Skied: North Loop, Glide Wax: Dibloc Blue LF, Grip Wax: n/a

Did one skating loop on the Hamster Wheel of the North Loop. Would have gone around the wheel a few more times but it was a tad fresh going west - it would have required a strength of character, that I didn't have, to face the west wind for another turn of the wheel.

Demsis has tracked one side of the North Loop and the GP (both skating & classic). They changed the result of Jo-Ann's snow squalls of yesterday into some very nice corduroy. The snow was reasonably fast for cold snow. The classic looked best, given the cold snow - also, with only one side tracked, there was a choice of trackset powder or original powder.

For the strong it's a good ski day.













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