Gatineau Park

Trails Skied: #51, #53, Glide Wax: swix universal, Grip Wax: swix blue

Skied the #51 and 53 loop out of P17. Excellent mid-winter conditions despite no fresh grooming but the tracks were still in great shape from yesterday's pass. The tracks are slightly icey and hard in the sunny areas and dry with firmly packed snow in the shade. Blue wax worked very well and the only glitch was having to stop to scrape pine bark off my skis a few times. Unfortunately I won't be able to ski for the next few days so that's probably it for the dry winter conditions. Spring weather is coming Friday... March has been a real treat this year.













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