The NCC website indicates that both P5 (penguin) and P15 (the snowshoe parking lot on the Cross Loop Road) are closed for the season.
Ski Trail Reports- 2012-02-06 by Ken Trischuk from P10 [Fortune]Decided to take advantage of the spring weather and get another ski in after a beautiful weekend on the trails. Managed to squeeze my way into P10 which was almost full at lunchtime and set off. The primary trails looked to have been freshly groomed .... Continue reading → […]
- 2012-02-06 by Ken Trischuk from P10 [Fortune]Decided to take advantage of the spring weather and get another ski in after a beautiful weekend on the trails. Managed to squeeze my way into P10 which was almost full at lunchtime and set off. The primary trails looked to have been freshly groomed .... Continue reading → […]
- 2012-02-06 by David Brownrigg from P17 [Wakefield]Spring like conditions were prevalent this morning from P17 to Lac Phillipe and back. Tracks continue to be on the icey side aggravated by chunks of ice falling off trees and pine needles and oak leaves gumming up portions of the track in spots. Vi.... Continue reading → […]
- 2012-02-05 by Laura Nerenberg from P5 [Penguin]As I'm still recovering from an recent "glute" injury, we stuck to a gentle classic ski on Gatineau Parkway today. Grooming was very good and seemed recent. Conditions were excellent and snow had a medium firmness. We skied to P8, and back .... Continue reading → […]
- 2012-02-06 by Ken Trischuk from P10 [Fortune]
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And the ‘hang glider’ parking lot… Is it closed forever? Tell us NCC, How might one reach the Shrine, Shrine boulders and Western cliffs?
I see in this document (circa Nov 2009 and presaging the Ecosystems Conservation Plan) “It is proposed that the parking lot and access pathway to the hang-gliding departure site be eliminated.”
Does anyone know which parking area, a 1-kilometre access pathway and a departure zone for the Hang Gliding they are referring to.
OOPs there – I’ll bet that it is the Mountain Road Parking lot at the 90 degree turn which gives access to the escarpment routes to Western Hut and the Champlain Lookout
Yep, that’s the one. One might now access the climbing areas from the Champlain lookout causing even greater damage to the fragile escarpment.(Find Turtle sky lake off of Champlain trail and follow Yellow dot trail down)
Normally, I’m ready to give the NCC the benefit of the doubt, but here the NCC gets failing grades for lack of transparency & planning.
The lot is assumed ‘closed’ , BTW, as the ditch culvert has been removed.