Ski report for #Gatineau Park:

The base is hard and icy, and the skiing is fast. The slopes are sometimes covered with debris. The ground may also be exposed. Please stay on the recommended trails.

Almost every trail is “not recommended”.

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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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Scenes from a #hike today in #Gatineau Park near #Ottawa. We covered 10 km from P7 to Shally Shally and back. Kindly someone had started a fire for us in the wood stove and by the time we got there it was nice and warm.

Scenes from a hike in #Gatineau Park today with Alexis and @Kathryn Barr. We did about 6 km of ice, mud and rock hopping from P11 to Hope Bay and Carbide Willson's ruins.

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Thomas Willson - Wikipedia

I think this #sign means #bike accident ahead.

Seen in #Gatineau #Park today, near #Ottawa.

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@Kathryn Barr and I did an 7.8 km #hike in #Gatineau #Park today from P7 to Lac Fortune and back. There a zip lining facility there on the way, which was closed for the season, but we used one of their picnic benches for lunch. It was just below freezing, so the mud was mostly frozen and some ice was seen.

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@Kathryn Barr and I did an 8.2 km #hike in #Gatineau #Park today from P20 to #Lusk cabin and Lusk Lake, where we had a little fire in the wood stove there at lunch time. There was some #snow around and wind, temperature about +3°C (37°F). No bugs seen. The ATV belonged to a park maintenance guy.

#Autumn #stream in #Gatineau Park today.

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Scenes from a #hike in #Gatineau Park today with @Kathryn Barr. This was a 7.2 km hike on a day when it reached +18°C (64°F), so quite pleasant. As the photos show we saw quite a few varieties of #fungi and #moss on the trail along with some #larch #trees. We even saw an official bat detector (it had a sign on it, as illustrated) and a bat cave.

Scenes from a #hike in #Gatineau Park, a #wasp.

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Scenes from a #hike in #Gatineau Park, a #chicory #flower.

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Scenes from a #hike in #Gatineau Park. A little #maple tree in #fall #colours.

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Seen on a #hike in #Gatineau Park today, #thistle #flowers.

Scenes from a #hike in #Gatineau Park near #Ottawa today with @Kathryn Barr and Alexis. We went from P16 to Meech Lake and back. Really nice walk on a great day. One photo shows a #beaver dam.

@Kathryn Barr and I did a #bike ride to Lac des Fees (Lake of the Fairies) in #Gatineau #Park today. It is a small lake in the south part of the park, but really hidden away and hard to find.