Activity

Cross-country skiing and snowshoeing

In the Outaouais, cross-country skiing and snowshoeing are a way of life. It’s hardly surprising, with so many trails so easy to get to! Gatineau Park, the region’s pride and joy, boasts one of North America’s largest cross-country trail networks, with 250 km of trails. Our national sport: drinking gourmet hot chocolate. Warming up in one of the park’s cozy shelters after an invigorating ski—now that’s happiness!

  Cross-country skiing Snowshoeing  
Name
Total length
Total number of trails
Total length
Total number of trails
Difficulty
Services

Albatross Trail

Val-des-Bois

- - 6 km 1 ■
  • Pets
  • Free parking

Arbraska Laflèche

Val-des-Monts

- - 10 km 6 ●
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  • Pets
  • Bus parking
  • Free parking
  • Washrooms
  • Snowshoeing rental

CarpeDiem Aventures

Gracefield

- - 3 km - ■
  • Pets
  • Restaurant
  • Free WIFI
  • Free parking
  • Heated shelters

Centre de plein air du Lac-Beauchamp

Gatineau

8 km 6 10 km 6 ●
  • Free WIFI
  • Bus parking
  • Free parking
  • Washrooms
  • Cross-country ski rental
  • Snowshoeing rental

Centre de plein air du Lac-Leamy

Gatineau

2 km - - - ●
  • Pets
  • Restaurant
  • Bus parking
  • Paid parking
  • Free parking
  • Washrooms
  • Cross-country ski rental
  • Snowshoeing rental

Centre touristique du Lac-Simon - Winter activites

Duhamel

10 km 6 10 km 6 ●
  • Free WIFI
  • Free parking
  • Heated shelters
  • Washrooms

Club de golf Héritage

Notre-Dame-de-la-Paix

17 km 4 17 km 4 ●
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  • Restaurant
  • Free parking
  • Heated shelters
  • Washrooms

Cross country skiing in Blue Sea

Blue Sea

13 km 6 - - ●
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  • Free parking
  • Heated shelters
  • Skate skiing

Cross-country skiing at Fairmont Le Château Montebello

Montebello

32 km 6 14 km 4 ●
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  • Restaurant
  • Paid parking
  • Heated shelters
  • Waxing room
  • Washrooms
  • Cross-country ski rental
  • Snowshoeing rental

Fairbairn House Heritage Centre

La Pêche (Wakefield)

- - 2 km - ●
  • Free WIFI
  • Free parking

Forêt-la-Blanche Ecological Reserve

Mayo

- - 15 km 6 ●
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  • Bus parking
  • Free parking
  • Heated shelters
  • Snowshoeing rental

Gatineau Park

Chelsea

200 km 50 60 km 14 ●
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  • Pets
  • Restaurant
  • Bus parking
  • Paid parking
  • Free parking
  • Heated shelters
  • Waxing room
  • Skate skiing
  • Washrooms
  • Cross-country ski rental

Kenauk Nature

Montebello

40 km 4 48 km 6 ●
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  • Pets
  • Free parking
  • Heated shelters
  • Washrooms
  • Snowshoeing rental

La Base de plein air Air-Eau-Bois

Denholm

2 km 1 13 km 6 ●
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  • Pets
  • Restaurant
  • Bus parking
  • Paid parking
  • Washrooms

Lac des Cèdres Recreational Path

Messines

- - 17.2 km 5 ●
  • Pets
  • Free parking
  • Heated shelters
  • Washrooms

Nakkertok Nordique

Gatineau

80 km 30 10 km 8 ●
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  • Pets
  • Free parking
  • Heated shelters
  • Waxing room
  • Skate skiing
  • Washrooms

Parc des Montagnes Noires de Ripon

Ripon

13 km 7 11 km 5 ●
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  • Pets
  • Bus parking
  • Paid parking
  • Heated shelters
  • Washrooms
  • Cross-country ski rental
  • Snowshoeing rental

PERO - Pôle d'excellence en récréotourisme en Outaouais

Bouchette

40 km 6 50 km 12 ●
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  • Free WIFI
  • Free parking
  • Washrooms
  • Cross-country ski rental

Pontiac in the Outaouais

Campbell's Bay

- - 10 km 1 ●
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  • Restaurant
  • Free parking

Réserve faunique de Papineau-Labelle

Val-des-Bois

88 km 19 54 km 12 ●
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  • Paid parking
  • Free parking
  • Heated shelters
  • Waxing room
  • Skate skiing
  • Washrooms

Relais plein air du Parc de la Gatineau

Gatineau

200 km 50 57 km 12 ●
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  • Restaurant
  • Free WIFI
  • Bus parking
  • Free parking
  • Heated shelters
  • Waxing room
  • Skate skiing
  • Washrooms
  • Cross-country ski rental
  • Snowshoeing rental

Station Mont Cascades

Cantley

- - 25 km 8 ●
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  • Restaurant
  • Bus parking
  • Free parking
  • Heated shelters
  • Washrooms
  • Snowshoeing rental

Trails in Maniwaki

Maniwaki

4 km 3 4 km 2 ●
  • Pets
  • Bus parking
  • Free parking
  • Heated shelters
  • Washrooms

Trails of lac Sainte-marie

Lac-Sainte-Marie

5 km 3 5 km 5 ●
  • Free parking
  • Skate skiing
  • Washrooms

Vallée-de-la-Gatineau Secrets

Maniwaki

50 km 5 100 km 10 ●
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  • Pets
  • Restaurant
  • Bus parking
  • Free parking
  • Heated shelters
  • Skate skiing
  • Washrooms

Winter activities at the Club de golf Héritage

Notre-Dame-de-la-Paix

17 km 4 17 km 4 ●
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◆
  • Restaurant
  • Free WIFI
  • Bus parking
  • Free parking
  • Heated shelters
  • Skate skiing
  • Washrooms
  • Cross-country ski rental
  • Snowshoeing rental

Difficulty

● Easy

■ Intermediate

◆ Difficult

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