Gatineau Park
Trails Skied: Champlain Pkwy, Glide Wax: , Grip Wax:
Skied from MacKenzie King Estate to Mica (Gatineau Parkway instersection) and then to the "T" (Fortune Parkway intersection). Generally very good coverage with only the occasional easily visible thin icy spot where you can see the yellow line below. Grooming is nice an flat. Snow is compacted but not hard, there's an easy edge. Glide was nice and free.
All of that made for an excellent ski. With 10-15cm tomorrow it will be superb, on the parkways atleast, for the weekend. Trails will still be marginal and probably not groomed, but groomed classic tracks on the parkways should be possible by Saturday. Get those skis out!
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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).
