Gatineau Park
Trails Skied: #2 (from #40 to #1), #3, #33, #40, #18, #20, #21, Glide Wax: , Grip Wax:
After yesterday's long outing decided for a short ski around P12 area. My route was P12=>#40=>#2=>left on #21=>right on #3=>#20=>left on #21=>#18=>right on #2=>#33=>#40=>P12.
All the trails still nice, although I found that Burma was a little on the rough side. On the small back country trails were the sun made them soft yesterday, some spots were a little icy today but not too bad. On my return at 1pm the parking lot was pretty well filed up.
This is the best conditions I have seen on trails #2, #33 and #40 for a long time fast yet controllable. I agree with Ron about the amount of snow out there and the long range forecast does not show real warm temperatures, so its a pretty safe bet that there will be some skiing in April!!!!!!!
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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).
