Gatineau Park

Trails Skied: #2 (from #40 to #1), #3, #9, #33, #40, #18, #20, #21, Glide Wax: , Grip Wax:

Another great day out there, I started out from P12=>#40=>#2=>#21=>#3=>#9=>Hidden valley=>#1=>#3=>#20=>#18=>Hidden valley( 100 meters)=>#18=>#2=>#33=>#40=>P12.

All the small backcountry trails that I skied on are in great shape, Burma was also very good. I decided to look for an old trail formerly numbered #13 Hidden Valley trail. I skied down #9 in the direction towards ridge and found some tracks that headed left, I had already gone right the other day which connected to the pond on #20. Going left I skied through several open areas, there were recents tracks only a day or two old so I followed them hoping to end up on Burma, according to the old map 1978, but instead ended up connecting on Ridge about 50 meters below Burma.

There were hardly any skiers on the backcountry trails, #28 had some good tracks on it, as did #38. As I arrived in the parking lot at P12, I was asked by a couple if this was just a ski trail? they were looking for a snowshoe / hiking trail, so I directed them to P13.













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