Gatineau Park
Trails Skied: Fortune Pkwy, Champlain Pkwy, #1, #1 (green) (#2 - #24), #1 (blue), Glide Wax: Swix LF7, Grip Wax:
Skate skied to the fire tower today. Did P10 to gossip corner, Ridge to intersection with 1b, #1 to the tower, back to Champlain Lookout and to P10 via CP and FP.
Another day with excellent glide. As a friend put it, any wax would have worked today. Grooming had been done all the way to McKinstry -- beautiful. From McKinstry to the fire tower, it had been groomed by skiers -- I'd rate that part 4 stars. Only the odd patch of ice. Fortune Parkways was good on the way out, but a whole section by the lake had turned into ice by the time I got back (you could bypass it though).
A friend I bumped into said he (skate) skied on #3 and it wasn't too bad despite the fact it hadn't been groomed.
I'll try to venture somewhere else tomorrow.
Hopefully another good week of skiing awaits us.
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).
