Nice first outing today, thanks to encouraging trail condition reports from Peter Dudley on his blog. Had lots of fun in the powder off the beaten path, feels good to finally get the season started!
Marc Charron writes
“Our hike on Wolf Trail today might have been easier if we’d been wearing snowshoes rather than hiking boots.”
From Jonathan McPhail via Twitter
There was a soft icy crust on top of the snow tonight, both on and off the beaten path. There’s still a surprising amount of soft snow if you venture off the trail and into the woods. Made for a very pleasant outing under the moonlit sky.
Kathryn Young asks Janice Kennedy (both of the Citizen) about her day spent in Gatineau Park
Trail condition were quite nice this evening with a good 10cm of fresh new snow on the trails and more coming down every minute.
We could have done without the warmer temperatures and light rain this afternoon. As a result, the snow was soft and heavy but at least it wasn’t slushy.
reposted from Peter Dudley’s blog
Snowshoe trails not as bad as we thought today
Given the lack of fresh snow of late, we were not sure how the trails were holding up in Gatineau Park. However, after spending 90 minutes on trails 60 & 61 in Chelsea, we were quite surprised at the conditions. There were a couple of rocks peeking through, but all in all, it was not as bad as we feared. The weather today was good too – mild but no wind to worry about.
If you have not been out snowshoeing lately because we have bare roads to drive on, fear not. The snowshoe trails are still enjoyable. Don’t break out the hiking boots just yet!
Nice 3cm cover of fresh fluffy snow made for good conditions today on trails #60 and 61. It was almost enough to forget about the hard-packed base underneath.
Hard to believe but the current forecast shows up to 3 cm tomorrow (Thursday), up to 3cm on Friday and maybe 1 cm on Saturday 
Even harder to believe but the long range forecast shows another 10+ cm on the way early next week
Trail conditions were good last night for walk in the park on Trail #70, with or without snowshoes.
Conditions were hard-packed and winter boots provided plenty of flotation on the snow.
