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Do you cross-country ski? Thank this Norwegian who lived to 111

Herman 'Jackrabbit' Smith-Johannsen popularized cross-country skiing in Canada

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Do you cross-country ski? Thank this Norwegian who lived to 111 | CBC News

Herman 'Jackrabbit' Smith-Johannsen popularized cross-country skiing in Canada, and was a colourful character well into old age. For CBC Creator Network, John Batt spends some time in Quebec's Laurentians region to find out who this man was.

Gatineau Park Ski Report

Last Updated February 29th, 2024 at 12:00 pm

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Due to the warm temperature, we had yesterday and the temperature below zero we had last night. Ungroomed trails are closed as they are icy and unsafe. However, groomed trails are not recommended. Be cautious, the base is hard and icy mostly on hills. Leaves, debris and ice can be found on the trails. The ground may also be exposed in certain areas.

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Ski Trail Conditions

In Gatineau Park

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• Observed at: Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier Int'l Airport
• Date: 11:00 AM EST Wednesday 28 February 2024
• Condition: Light Rain
• Pressure: 99.2 kPa, Tendency: Falling
• Temperature: 11.1°C
• Dew point: 9.2°C
• Humidity: 88%
• Wind: SSE 13 km/h
• Visibility: 24 km

Ski report:

Last Updated
February 28th, 2024 at 8:30 pm
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Maintenance work have been interrupted because of the rain and warm weather. They will resume when the air temperature drops below 0°C.

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Ski Trail Conditions

In Gatineau Park

#Skiing today on Trails 50, 55 and 54 from P20 to Lusk Cabin and back in #Gatineau Park. Temperature was about -11°C and not much of a windchill, only about -17.

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#Skiing today in the sunshine! We covered 10 km on Trail 50 from P16 to Healey Cabin and back in #Gatineau Park. Temperature was about -12°C and a windchill of -19.

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We got out for another #ski on trails 51 & 53 today in #Gatineau Park. It snowed most of the time we were skiing, sometimes pretty hard, too.

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After almost four weeks of poor weather, ice, melts and no new #snow, we finally got out #skiing today and did 12 km on Trail 50 in #Gatineau Park. The 11 cm of snow we got made all the difference.

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Day five out #XCskiing in #Gatineau Park, near #Ottawa today. This time we skied from P20 on Trail 50 to the Trail 52 intersection and back, including over the Lac Philippe causeway, in nice conditions. Temp was -4°C (+24°F) and a windchill -11°C (+12°F).

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Day four out #XCskiing in #Gatineau Park, near #Ottawa yesterday.We skied from P19 around the Trail 51/53 loop in nice conditions. Temp was -15°C (+6°F) and a windchill -25°C (-6°F).

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Photos from #XCskiing in #Gatineau Park, near #Ottawa yesterday.We skied from P16 to Healey Cabin and back in great conditions. These would have been up sooner, but we came home to find no internet service and it took until today to get it fixed.

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#XCskiing in #Gatineau Park, near #Ottawa again today. No sunshine, in fact it was snowing and -10°C (+14°F), but the conditions were really great!

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Our first day of 2024 out #xcskiing in #Gatineau Park, near #Ottawa. The conditions were spectacular!

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I think this photo of the ski conditions in #Gatineau Park aptly illustrates why we are not currently out #skiing.

• Local ski trails still waiting for snow

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It is getting near the end of the #ski season here in #Ottawa, but @Kathryn Barr and I were out #skiing today, 12 km from P16 to Hope Bay and back on Trails 50 and 36!

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#Skiing for today was 12 km round trip from P20 in the far north of #Gatineau #Park on Trail 50 to the Trail 52 intersection and back. Temperature was 0°C and no wind at all, so quite warm. Our purple wax worked great though!

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#Skiing for today on the fresh #snow we just got in #Gatineau #Park with @Kathryn Barr was just lovely. We skied Trails 50 & 36 on a route that Kathryn had not done ever before and that I had not skied since 2008. 12 km covered with some great hills, too at -6°C.

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It was colder out today with a high of -11°C and a windchill of -24, but @Kathryn Barr and I did 15 km from P9 in #Gatineau #Park up the Champlain Lookout and back.

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Speaking of #xcskiing, this was not impressive. I know we have to live with our #skiing interrupted by #ski races like the #Gatineau Loppet this weekend, but I would prefer to see the race be less disruptive to other people and make less of a mess of the environment. WE are there to emjopy the beauty of the outdoors and this makes a bad impression. This was a refreshment stop for the racers, with hundreds of cups just thrown all over the place.

Brings to mind what Lao Tzu said: "Running and racing maddens men's minds".

Some photos from #skiing today in #Gatineau #Park with @Kathryn Barr. We skied Trails 51 and 53 from P19 around the loop for 7.2 km total. It was a lovely day after the #snowstorm ended. It brought us 10 cm of fresh #snow. The signs were already up for the Gatineau Loppet #ski race this weekend.

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