Gatineau Park
Trails Skied: #2 (blue), #2 (from #40 to #1), #33, #40, Glide Wax: , Grip Wax: blue extra v40
left an almost full P12 parking lot at 10:30.Air temp -6C. Trails north of the ridge were hard, fast and sometimes icy. Light was flat so attached pics are poor quality unfortunately. Wax worked well despite klister or violet wax being suggested by others. A nice day out, but I suggest taking care on the very fast downhills, especially 33 going down to 40 and 40 all the way down to P12.
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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).
