Gatineau Park
Trails Skied: Champlain Pkwy, #1 Penguin Climb, #1, Gatineau Pkwy, Champlain Pkwy, Glide Wax: Swix CH Blue, Grip Wax: VR40
Another cold, perfect day.
***** = Fun factor and the weather (5.5)
***** = parkways (5/5)
*** = Ridge Road (3/5)
I considered doing two reports, one for the parkways and one for Ridge Road. Now Ridge Road was breathtakingly beautiful but the grooming was certainly lacking. It felt like a snowmobile had done it a few days ago before yesterday's little bit of snow fell. There was a track on one side, the other side was pretty much trackless or messily human-tracked and the skate lane area did seem more narrow than previous years. It took me as long to cover the first 7 K as it took to ski the next 14 K and only partly because I had forgotten how steep Penguin Hill is. The downhills were very mellow today.
Anyway, the sun was shining and it was favorite temperature for classic (minus 10) and waxing was a no brainer. A beautiful day. More photos at musicianonskis.ca/blog
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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).
