Gatineau Park Snowshoe Reports

Open Water on Wolf Trail

Charles Hodgson — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:26:00 +0000

From Jonathan McPhail via Twitter

Trails #60 & #61 – Monday March 1st

Marc Charron — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 03:27:18 +0000

There was a soft icy crust on top of the snow tonight, both on and off the beaten path. There's still a surprising amount of soft snow if you venture off the trail and into the woods. Made for a very pleasant outing under the moonlit sky.

Ottawa Citizen on Trail #74

Charles Hodgson — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 10:20:34 +0000

Kathryn Young asks Janice Kennedy (both of the Citizen) about her day spent in Gatineau Park

Finally Some New Snow! Update on Trail #60 & 61

Marc Charron — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 03:40:39 +0000

Trail condition were quite nice this evening with a good 10cm of fresh new snow on the trails and more coming down every minute.

We could have done without the warmer temperatures and light rain this afternoon. As a result, the snow was soft and heavy but at least it wasn't slushy.

90 minutes on trails 60 & 61

Charles Hodgson — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 23:36:07 +0000

reposted from Peter Dudley's blog

Snowshoe trails not as bad as we thought today

Given the lack of fresh snow of late, we were not sure how the trails were holding up in Gatineau Park. However, after spending 90 minutes on trails 60 & 61 in Chelsea, we were quite surprised at the conditions. There were a couple of rocks peeking through, but all in all, it was not as bad as we feared. The weather today was good too – mild but no wind to worry about.

If you have not been out snowshoeing lately because we have bare roads to drive on, fear not. The snowshoe trails are still enjoyable. Don't break out the hiking boots just yet!

Good Conditions on Trails #60 and 61

Marc Charron — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 01:56:18 +0000

Nice 3cm cover of fresh fluffy snow made for good conditions today on trails #60 and 61. It was almost enough to forget about the hard-packed base underneath.

Hard to believe but the current forecast shows up to 3 cm tomorrow (Thursday), up to 3cm on Friday and maybe 1 cm on Saturday

Even harder to believe but the long range forecast shows another 10+ cm on the way early next week

Trail #70 (P15 to Healy)

Marc Charron — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 22:53:53 +0000

Trail conditions were good last night for walk in the park on Trail #70, with or without snowshoes.

Conditions were hard-packed and winter boots provided plenty of flotation on the snow.

In Case You Don’t Remember….

Marc Charron — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:35:11 +0000

...this is what a fresh snowflake looks like

Let's hope we see many of these in the Gatineau Park very soon

Vegan on Raquettes

Charles Hodgson — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:03:11 +0000

Natasha reports on some Gatineau Park snowshoeing (evidently recovering from a broken leg) but doesn't say exactly where she went. Pictures though...

Random Walk

Charles Hodgson — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:34:20 +0000

Michael reports that he fit in two winter outings yesterday, one in the Park on his snowshoes. His blog has several other snowshoe and ski outing reports.