Gatineau Park
Trails Skied: Gatineau Pkwy , Glide Wax: , Grip Wax:
Just a comment on the lack of grooming yesterday. I\'m not talking from experience - unfortunately, when I arrived at P6 yesterday I discovered that I was prepared to go skiing in all regards but had two left mitts which put an early end to my ski.
In my opinion any attempt to groom the boilerplate would have been counterproductive and resulted in crunchy, shallow, and wobbly tracks. The reports, from yesterday, said that the new snow in the old (rock-hard) tracks worked quite well.
There\'s a problem in that the skiers and Demsis are talking through an opaque wall. The NCC, occasionally, issues tracksetting reports to members of the \"round-table\" explaining what will be done and why. It would be helpful if a representative of the tracksetting team or the NCC could post on XC Ottawa a plan explaining what tracksetting will be performed and why. At least then everyone would talking from the same page.
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).