Gatineau Park

Trails Skied: Champlain Pkwy, Glide Wax: Star Warm NF liquid, Grip Wax: It's a day for all manner of of no wax skis

You never know exactly how things will pan out when 25 cm of snow at 0 is in the forecast. This time it's going very well. The snow is wet enough to set up fairly firm, but not so wet as to be agonizingly slow. At the same time, fresh snow at 0 usually isn't worth trying to wax for. The really lazy way out is to skate. The other way is to use some kind of no wax ski. For what it's worth, when it is actually 0 and snowing the best skis for me have always been "zeros", "hairies", "rub skis" or whatever you want to call them.













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