Gatineau Park

Trails Skied: Fortune Pkwy, Champlain Pkwy, Glide Wax: Violet Storage Wax, Grip Wax: N/A

An awesome skate ski! Grooming was fresh and perfect. There were still extensive patches of oak leaves but they were not a big concern on skate skis.
By the time we left, parking was not available at P10 and people were lined up to get into P9.
Garry also skied 1A from Champlain to the bench near Western: it had not been freshly groomed this morning, but still provided good skiing and there were classic tracks. It appeared to have been groomed at some point further west, at least as far west as 24.













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