Gatineau Park
Trails Skied: Champlain Pkwy, #1 Penguin Climb, #1, Glide Wax: \ / rills., Grip Wax:
Beautiful skiing morning with great conditions! Hope you got out to enjoy, but don't fear there are many days left...even if it rains.
Trail #31 was a bit dirty, but Ridge was great and clean. Burma was ungroomed??
The craziest thing I saw today wasn't the five women in the pink wigs, but the snowballs that had been plowed off the parkways! I can see the groomers wanting to level the trails off, but why not plow the snow into the middle and help prolong the season. But they chose to plow the snow off... sadness.
Lots of kids out today as March Break is in full swing. Chelsea Nordiq was having a cookie party - thus the women in wigs. Skinouk, Kanata and Nakkertok kids were out in numbers too. Great day for it.
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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).
