Gatineau Park

Trails Skied: #1 Penguin Climb, #1, Glide Wax: swix purple, Grip Wax: swix green

pretty short classic ski, of which i am not usually one, but I found it rather delightful in the trees.

I agree there was no grooming and that was a bit annoying, but the wind was blowing hard and filling in the tracks anyway.

Grip was worryingly poor out of the parking lot, but got better and better up Penguin and on Ridge all the way to the Parkway to the point where it was awesome. On the way back, it started to snow and the grip was most excellent all the way back to P5.

I think a few more days like today could make a classic skier out of me.













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