Gatineau Park
Trails Skied: Champlain Pkwy, MacKenzie-King Rd , Glide Wax: Swix Violet, Grip Wax:
Perfect conditions!! A wonderful surprise! More than worth the cost of a day pass, if you don't have a season's pass. The conditions were comparable to Silver Star or Mont Ste-Anne.
I delayed skiing while waiting for the park website to show some grooming activity and finally opted to skate, expecting a big mess from the weekend. I even phoned the office - they knew nothing about any grooming - and went there in person to ask again just before skiing - still nothing. Now, at 3:00, the web site still looks much the same as it did all weekend. All this to say, JUST GO AND SKI - there is obviously some great grooming going on, but it is not showing up on the site. It was so good, I'm thinking of going out for a second ski!
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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).
