Gatineau Park

Trails Skied: Fortune Pkwy, Champlain Pkwy, #1, #1B, Glide Wax: Swix blue, Grip Wax:

SKATE: Fairly good conditions with limited grooming. It was very fast and there was reduced control, especially on 1B and the steep downhills of FLP. There is a lot of debris, particularly off the parkways.
CLASSIC: The tracks seemed really solid though there was some deris. The tracks disappeared in the normal places on 1 and 1B.
PARKING: Very few cars at 9:40 but almost full at 11 (both P8 and P10).
TRAFFIC: Left south Ottawa (Bank and Albion) at 9 and was skiing by 9:45.













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