By: musicianonskis
Category: Gatineau Park, Scenery, snowshoe, Trees, Winter
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Whoever designed snow shoe trails 60 and 61 was brilliant. Starting just a few hundred meters from the Visitor’s Center, they look insignificant on the park map. But they wind through beautiful forest, rocky outcrops and tangles of fir trees. There are a couple of really good climbs. With the fresh snow it might have been miles away from civilization. Utterly peaceful. And more tiring than skiing!
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Sounds intriguing. Where did you get on and how long did you walk? I might try this myself when the skiing is not so good.
I started at the Visitor’s center – the roads were so terrible at the time I didn’t want to drive far. I was out around 90 minutes (no speed records here) not counting some quick photo stops.
Hi Jo-Ann: Your thanx for the design of the snowshoe trails and the ski trails should go to Daniel Blais who up until last year was in charge of the trails at the NCC (for more than 20 years). He, in collusion with Michel D’Allaire, brought the trail network to its current, inspired level. Between them they have created an interesting diversity of choice in the network that I have never seen matched anywhere else. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a VO2max athlete, a real skier with gaiters and wooden skis or a member of the big-footed community thanx to… Read more »
Thanks for letting me know who designed them. It was certainly enjoyable.
Ooh — Thanks for this. I had previously used snowshoeing as an activity to do when a bad shoulder prevented me from skiing, but may now be tempted for its own sake.