Gatineau Park

Trails Skied: #50, Glide Wax: , Grip Wax:

A quick update from P19 from last night(Dec 5). I had the day off and decided - if the snow was pretty good in the southern part of the park - it must be better higher up. Made the drive and discovered a nice blanket of about 10 cm of light dry snow. No fresh grooming but the crews had been in on skidoos to the huts so there was a smoothed, compacted lane on one side. Skied on waxless skis into the huts and circled around. A few thin spots here and there but overall pretty good. Once the tracks hit the gravel parts of the roads... well, you started to hit the gravel. The base was probably decent enough to skate but you might break through here and there. The snow was probably not deep enough to groom classic tracks without carving down to the asphalt. Probably not worth the drive to ski but if you are going to stay at one of the huts you can now pull a sled! More snow later in the week should help with the skiing.













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