Gatineau Park
Trails Skied: North Loop, Glide Wax: , Grip Wax:
North loop is in excellent shape. Skied it a few times, starting at an almost full P8 at 3 pm. Skating was perfect, still quite hard but enough skied on to have a non-icy top with a bit of loose snow. Shape of tracks held up great, with icy bottoms in places. Skate skiing was just a fun ski, left nothing to desire!
Weather was just great with -5, some sunny spells. Only a bit of noticable wind, not surprising out on the north loop.
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).
