Gatineau Park
Trails Skied: #40, #26, #1 (blue), Glide Wax: Blue, Grip Wax: VR30
First time to the Firetower and picked a fantastic day to do it. P12 > #40 > #26 > #1 > Firetower and back the same way. Perfect grip and glide. On they way out there were less than five cars in the lot, almost full at 1pm. Did not see s single sign of grooming. Not a problem on the way out, but with the number of skiers on the way back the trails are getting chewed up for both classic and skate.
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).
