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Break a Ski?

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Charles Hodgson| Leave a comment

Back in 1931 if you broke your ski you would buy a single replacement, as shown in this ad from the Ottawa Ski Club News.

I’ve been scanning the entire collection of old OSC newsletters into PDF and I’m almost done. Lots of fun history in there!

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Gatineau Park Trail Reports for Mobile Devices

Posted on December 21, 2010 by Charles Hodgson| Leave a comment

If you have an iPhone or BlackBerry you can now follow Gatineau Park ski trail or snowshoe trail reports formatted especially for your mobile device.

For ski trail reports point your mobile browser to this link.

For snowshoe trail reports point your mobile browser to this link.

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Lancement de la saison de skis et raquettes dans le parc de la Gatineau

Posted on December 15, 2010 by Julien Raby| Leave a comment

Pour ceux qui préfèrent, voici le communiqué en français émis par la CCN.

…………………….. Julien

POUR DIFFUSION IMMÉDIATE
NCCN-10-12-13-NR

Le 15 décembre 2010 Continue reading →

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Gatineau Library too

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Charles Hodgson| Leave a comment

As Julien pointed out to me the Gatineau library offers xc ski passes as well:

He said

“La même offre est aussi en place dans les 14 succursales de la bibliothèque de Gatineau“

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Carpool to Ski

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Charles Hodgson| Leave a comment

A couple of years ago at my request the XC Ottawa website augmented their classified ad section to include a carpooling section. I had hoped to find willing skiers with whom I could save CO2 emissions. Continue reading →

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Ski Passes at Ottawa Library

Posted on December 10, 2010 by Charles Hodgson| 2 Comments

For those who aren’t sure they really would like cross country skiing in Gatineau Park, here’s a cheap way to find out: borrow a ski pass from the Ottawa Library. Continue reading →

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Ski Traffic Control Called For

Posted on December 10, 2010 by Charles Hodgson| 2 Comments

From TriTudy Paul reports:

It was great to see a swarm of enthusiastic youth who opted for a ski Continue reading →

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Gatineau Loppet Story

Posted on December 9, 2010 by Charles Hodgson| Leave a comment

The Ottawa Citizen headlines it’s report with the fact that 600 people are already registered for the Gatineau Loppet set to take place February 18th through 20th.

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Gatineau Park Ski Grooming Has Started

Posted on December 7, 2010 by Charles Hodgson| Leave a comment

According to Jo-Ann at Musician on Skis

Classic ski conditions were improved from yesterday with an initial grooming pass! Yay!

There are classic tracks right to the Champlain Lookout but some thin spots to watch out for if skating there.

Ridge was skiable where the rocks were removed this Summer – from Gossip to top of Khyber Pass.

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Snow Conditions in Gatineau Park

Posted on December 3, 2010 by Charles Hodgson| Leave a comment

From TriRudy care of www.xczone.com

Full coverage 5cm on Ridge Road.

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