Gatineau Park

Trails Skied: North Loop, Glide Wax: , Grip Wax: Teho Green

What a strange feeling it is to be able to ski before dinner this late in March. Usually in mid March I would be trying to be home before the dusk freeze-up which follows the midday thaw. Today, it was a tropical minus 6 at dusk, much warmer than this morning's minus 19.

Although everything was hard and verging on icy -noisy! The wax (one coat of Teho Green applied hastily) worked like a charm for the short ski on the relatively flat terrain. It was a beautiful hour to be out. There were a handful of other skiers, numerous animal tracks, and the birds seem to be gathering.













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