Gatineau Park
Trails Skied: Fortune Pkwy, #1, #3, Glide Wax: Dibloc Blue LF, Grip Wax: Start racing green
Went looking for Jo-Ann's single track on Burma but Demsis removed it - with flawless grooming. No skier grooming is to be allowed today.
Went from P10 to Huron via the FP and Ridge and then went down #3 (Burma) - a truly magic day. All groomable trails have been exposed to flawless grooming - the classic tracks are soft and moderately fast - the skate lanes are good but seemed a bit on the slow side and were soft enough to punish a ski that was edging too much. After the boilerplate of last week it was a delight to experience the feel of new snow and the squeek of new, cold snow. All of Paul's real trails had tracks on them.
Wind chill and frost-bite warnings are an unforgivable myth. This is a wonderful day in terms weather and conditions. Conditions are about as good as possible.
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).
