Gatineau Park

Trails Skied: Fortune Pkwy, #1B, #1 (green) (#2 - #24), #24, Glide Wax: , Grip Wax: Klister covered with hardwax

Beautiful day for a ski, excellent by Nov. standards! While it rained and melted in town the park received more wet snow and hovered around 0C. There was excellent fresh grooming today. Parkways were firm and set for classic and skate. Classic tracks were glazing, which would be tricky waxing.

Ridge road, 24 and 1 towards McKinstry were also packed and tracked and in great shape. These were softer than the parkways but the snow was glazing and quite fast for skate.

Also skied 1B, which was snowmachine packed. Its narrow, there are thin spots but its skiable and fun.













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