Ski Trail Reports- 2011-04-04 by Jo-Ann Holden from P8 [Chelsea]I skied from P8 to Mica and also checked out about half of the Doldrums. It wasn\'t exactly raining, and temperatures were about 1 to 2 degrees. If you like to go fast and far, this wouldn\'t have suited you. I thought it was wonderful, though.... Continue reading → […]
- 2011-04-04 by Florence Lehmann from P10 [Fortune]Did P10 to gossip corner, up Ridge to Huron and back via CP and FP. It was winter out there, a wet kind of winter day. It started out as a nice ski. Fresh snow covering the trail. Rather pleasant. The way back was rather wet and slow as it was raini.... Continue reading → […]
- 2011-04-03 by Karl Saidla from P9 [Dunlop]It was a pretty much perfect day for spring skiing. We started from P9 because P10 was full! We skied up the parkway, up Burma,past Champlain, back to Keogan following the Parkway, along Ridge to Chicken Run, around the racing trail, and then home. O.... Continue reading → […]
- 2011-04-03 by Florence Lehmann from P16 [Vallee-Meech]Skate skied from P16 all the way to intersection with #73. The trail is changing very fast. Given it's partly in the shade, it alternated between soft snow and icy conditions for the most part. A fair bit of dirty snow (which made gliding slower by .... Continue reading → […]
- 2011-04-04 by Jo-Ann Holden from P8 [Chelsea]
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Tag Archives: Ottawa Ski Club
Break a Ski?
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!
Trail #11 and its Names
Skiers who have been around Gatineau Park for some decades will know that trail # 11 was once known as the Merry-Go-Round Continue reading
Portrait of Pink Lake
Pink Lake is one of the most popular sites in Gatineau Park and has been for a long time.
This may be because it is one of the first parking areas you come to going up the parkway, but it’s certainly worth the stop.
Although there is something pink about the lake, it takes its name from a family of settlers who arrived from Ireland in the 1820s and tried to eke out a living farming these rocks. Continue reading
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