Gatineau Park
Trails Skied: Gatineau Pkwy, Champlain Pkwy, Glide Wax: -3 to -10, Grip Wax:
RESUBMITTING THIS WITH PICTURE.
ROUTE: P5 up the Gatineau Parkway to Pink then back to the Champlain T and up to Mackenzie King and back.
CLASSIC: As the picture shows, there was a fair bit of debris pretty much everywhere. Having said that it was not a huge problem - it would stop you up occasionally but not horribly. The blue (-3 to -10) wax worked very well. The tracks were well-formed and solid. They got a little bit shallow in some places but for the most part they were quite good.
SKATE: The skate track looked very hard and very icy in places. There would have been lots of glide but very, very little control. There was absolutely no new grooming. I was happy to go classic today.
TRAFFIC: Very, very few people out today. There were just 2 cars in P5 at 1. It was cold but not that bad.
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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).
