Cross-Country Ski Conditions

Trail conditions change every day, and may even fluctuate during the course of a day. Information on ski conditions in the Park is updated three times daily. Call our trail conditions hotline, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, at (819) 827-2020.

Updated on Sunday, Febuary 5, 2006 at 8:58

Name and Trail Number	Distance (km)	Worked in last:
		24 hours	48 hours
Gatineau Pkwy P5 - P8	1.4
Fortune Parkway to Champlain Pkwy	4.0
Champlain Pkwy: Fortune to the lookout	2.5
North Loop P8 - P9	3.4
#1 Penguin	1.6
#1 (green) to trail # 2	7.1
#1B	1.2
#2 (blue)	0.8
#6	3.3
#13 CVPG - P8	0.6
#30	1.0
#32 (P9 à Prom. Fortune)	0.9
#50	14.7
#51 (P19 to #55)	2.1
#52	7.0
#54 (green)	2.8
#55 (green - shared)	3.4
#55 (green - alternative)	3.7
#55 (blue - alternative)	1.0
#57	0.6

Name and Trail Number	Distance (km)	Worked in last:
		24 hours	48 hours
Gatineau Pkwy P3 - P5	11.5
Champlain Pkwy (Gatineau - Fortune)	8.1
MCK Access P6	0.8
#1 (black - Chelsea)	1.9
#1 (green) (#2 - #24)2	2.0
#2 (from #40 to #1)	2.1
#3	4.8
#9	5.1
#24	1.7
#33	1.4
#40	2.7

Name and Trail Number	Distance (km)	Worked in last:
		24 hours	48 hours
#5 (green)	4.5
#5 (blue)	2.9
Relais Plein Air Link	0.5
#7	2.7
#15 (blue)	2.1
#15 (black)	1.8
#26	1.8
#29 (alternative)	1.2
#29 (shared)	1.4
#35	0.6
Pink Lake Access	0.3
#4	0.7
#8	3.2
#14	0.6
Practice Course	5.5
#17	3.9
#18	0.7
#19	0.8
#20	1.4
#21	2.2
#31	0.4
#32	0.6
#36 (black)	0.9
#36 (blue)	6.5

Name and Trail Number	Distance (km)	Worked in last:
		24 hours	48 hours
#1 (blue)	8.2
#11	4.3
#12	1.4
#16	4.9
#22	2.4
#28	1.3
#34	1.9
#38	1.2
#54 (black)	3.8
#56 Taylor Lake To Leblanc Lake (backcountry)	10.0

There are more than 190 kilometres of cross-country ski trails to maintain in Gatineau Park. The snow is manually and mechanically compacted, levelled, reconditioned and groomed throughout the winter to provide the kind of ski conditions you want.

How often we work on the trails, as well as what type of machinery we use, depends on snow conditions. As a rule, main trails (about 100 kilometres) are groomed four times over seven days. Trails that are considered secondary are groomed once or twice per week.

After each new snowfall of five centimetres or more, compacting and grooming start all over again for the main trail network. We do our best to make the main trails completely usable within 24 hours of a snowfall. Some of the main trails have been designated "priority one" trails. These are the ones the maintenance crew focuses on when the weather is difficult.

The order of priority for the trails has been determined by access points (such as parking lots) and links to various destinations in the Park (such as shelters, cabins and main attractions, like lookouts).