Gatineau Park

Trails Skied: #50, #55 (green - shared), Glide Wax: Swix CH Blue, Grip Wax: Vauhti K19

****** - 6 stars for the fun factor
****** - 6 stars for fresh snow and scenery
***** - 5 stars for nailing the wax (Jo-Ann)
*** - 3 stars for grooming

A joint report by Garry (skate, of course) and Jo-Ann (classic).
Garry went to the end of Green 55 and I turned around at the intersection of 55 and 50.
Shortly after 8:00 the parking lot was almost empty, but was more than half full by the time we finished.
Everything had been groomed last night, while it was still snowing, so there was a layer of fresh powder over a fairly firm base. I followed someone's skied-in classic tracks on the way out.

This is one of my favorite classic routes. It rolls in both directions, so that the downhills send you halfway up the next hill.

Garry reports that the skating was silky smooth, but not fast. The freshest grooming was on trail 55.

Overall it was a great ski!!













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