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Gatineau park condition?
Too lazy to use klister, I was skating on crushed ice last weekend.
I was really surprised to learn from the official gatineau park site just now (March 17th) that the wax of the day is blue extra. Can anyway confirm that? I would love to stride using hard wax this weekend? .... Mike |
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That is exactly what the website says. Amazing. It also said that about 2
days ago it had 3 cm of wet snow. Before that it was all Klisters. Last Sunday I ventured to P19 and # 50 was all icy & crunchy etc. . At about 2 km out there was a patch where 90% of the parkway was all bare. I slipped off the icy bit into the pavement. You can just what I did to my clothes, and skin. I'll try P10 and Fortune Parkway this Sun as well. -- Regards Darrel Newman 6080 Ridgelea Place Ottawa Ontario Canada K1C 5P8 Cell 613-276-6294 |
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I was skating last night (mar 17) and conditions are near perfect
except for a bare spot near the lookout. I skated from P10 up towards the fire tower. As for classic, there were some sections where the tracks appeared to be solid ice but other than that they looked pretty good. There was another light dusting last night so I expect you could get away with blue extra or Rode super blue. Or perhaps blue klister covered with a layer of hard wax. I got my fill of classic during the colder weather so skating is hard to resist with these conditions. Chris "Mike Hui" wrote in message .cable.rogers.com... Too lazy to use klister, I was skating on crushed ice last weekend. I was really surprised to learn from the official gatineau park site just now (March 17th) that the wax of the day is blue extra. Can anyway confirm that? I would love to stride using hard wax this weekend? ... Mike |
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How far up did you go - past McKinstry?
Tim on 18/3/04 09:00, Chris Pella wrote: I was skating last night (mar 17) and conditions are near perfect except for a bare spot near the lookout. I skated from P10 up towards the fire tower. As for classic, there were some sections where the tracks appeared to be solid ice but other than that they looked pretty good. There was another light dusting last night so I expect you could get away with blue extra or Rode super blue. Or perhaps blue klister covered with a layer of hard wax. I got my fill of classic during the colder weather so skating is hard to resist with these conditions. Chris "Mike Hui" wrote in message .cable.rogers.com... Too lazy to use klister, I was skating on crushed ice last weekend. I was really surprised to learn from the official gatineau park site just now (March 17th) that the wax of the day is blue extra. Can anyway confirm that? I would love to stride using hard wax this weekend? ... Mike |
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Not past McKinstry... I'll save that for the weekend. Forecast looks pretty good.
Tim Dudley wrote in message ... How far up did you go - past McKinstry? Tim on 18/3/04 09:00, Chris Pella wrote: I was skating last night (mar 17) and conditions are near perfect except for a bare spot near the lookout. I skated from P10 up towards the fire tower. As for classic, there were some sections where the tracks appeared to be solid ice but other than that they looked pretty good. There was another light dusting last night so I expect you could get away with blue extra or Rode super blue. Or perhaps blue klister covered with a layer of hard wax. I got my fill of classic during the colder weather so skating is hard to resist with these conditions. Chris "Mike Hui" wrote in message .cable.rogers.com... Too lazy to use klister, I was skating on crushed ice last weekend. I was really surprised to learn from the official gatineau park site just now (March 17th) that the wax of the day is blue extra. Can anyway confirm that? I would love to stride using hard wax this weekend? ... Mike -- |
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Thanks for the first hand report Chris.
You have given me the confidence to go out again complete with skinned knees & elbows & torn x-c ski clothes. -- Regards Darrel Newman 6080 Ridgelea Place Ottawa Ontario Canada K1C 5P8 Cell 613-276-6294 Tel 613-837-4721 www.flir.com |
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Gatineau park condition?
Mike Hui wrote: Too lazy to use klister, I was skating on crushed ice last weekend. I was really surprised to learn from the official gatineau park site just now (March 17th) that the wax of the day is blue extra. Can anyway confirm that? I would love to stride using hard wax this weekend Just back from the Gatineau, Classic from Asticou to Pink's Lake using no-wax skis with glide wax on front & back, and Toko fleuro liquid on the fish scales. Worked perfectly. Conditions good or better except one or two small spots, small amount of fresh snow. Skating looked very good. Very few skiers out. Weather was perfect. Beware of one or two pieces of gravel on the path back to the parking lot that are difficult to avoid. Also the best track is the outside one going towards Pinks Lake. |
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March 19 pm
Conditions: good spring skiing on Ridge Road and Fortune Parkway - complete snow coverage all the way. Red wax was fine. Paul Bridges ) writes: Mike Hui wrote: Too lazy to use klister, I was skating on crushed ice last weekend. I was really surprised to learn from the official gatineau park site just now (March 17th) that the wax of the day is blue extra. Can anyway confirm that? I would love to stride using hard wax this weekend Just back from the Gatineau, Classic from Asticou to Pink's Lake using no-wax skis with glide wax on front & back, and Toko fleuro liquid on the fish scales. Worked perfectly. Conditions good or better except one or two small spots, small amount of fresh snow. Skating looked very good. Very few skiers out. Weather was perfect. Beware of one or two pieces of gravel on the path back to the parking lot that are difficult to avoid. Also the best track is the outside one going towards Pinks Lake. |
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Paul - did you stay on the Parkway or go up the back trail (#15) to Pink's ?
Tim on 19/3/04 16:08, Paul Bridges wrote: Just back from the Gatineau, Classic from Asticou to Pink's Lake using no-wax skis with glide wax on front & back, and Toko fleuro liquid on the fish scales. Worked perfectly. Conditions good or better except one or two small spots, small amount of fresh snow. Skating looked very good. Very few skiers out. Weather was perfect. Beware of one or two pieces of gravel on the path back to the parking lot that are difficult to avoid. Also the best track is the outside one going towards Pinks Lake. |
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I also just got back from the Gatineau Park
P10 - Fortune Parkway - #3 Burma - #20 - #18 - #2 to Western Hut. Returned by #2 - 1B - 1 - Khyber Pass (just lovely) - Fortune Parkway - P10. The snow was wet and felt heavy. Glide wasn't wonderful but good enough. -- Regards Darrel Newman |
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