Gatineau Park
Trails Skied: #2 (from #40 to #1), #9, #33, #40, #20, #21, Glide Wax: , Grip Wax: green vr40 with blue v30 kicker
An excellent day out again. Snow was perfect:beautiful condition on groomed trails and nice and soft and fluffy on back country trails. Easy downhill running in all cases, although 2 was a bit icy heading back to P12. Wax worked perfectly. Air temp was -15to -18C and the wind was brisk in exposed areas of the trails. Had my first experience of swamp skiing off trail 9 (see pic). Stopped in Chelsea on the way home for a well-earned beer and poutine!
Quite a few people were on the trails despite the dire forecast. You just have to dress appropriately, in layers, and cover your face if you start to get cold and frostbite will not be an issue
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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).
