Where to ski and snowboard in Ottawa (downhill and cross country)

Cross-country skiing along Ridge Rd. Photo by James Peltzer from the OttawaStart Flickr Group

If you’re a downhill ski fan, you have plenty of hills to choose from nearby. We’re also within a day’s drive of some great hills further north in Quebec, or in the Eastern United States. If you’re a cross-country ski fan, you’ll enjoy the many kilometres of trails within Ottawa’s Greenbelt, Gatineau Park, and along our recreation paths.

Ski conditions

• Ski report

• Gatineau Park Cross-Country Ski Conditions

• Kanata Nordic trail conditions

• Environment Canada weather forecasts and reports

Local hills

Click on the markers above for websites and directions to ski hills around Ottawa.

• Calabogie Peaks Resort

• Camp Fortune

• Edelweiss

• Mont Tremblant

• Mont Cascades

• Mont Ste. Marie

• Mount Pakenham

• Vorlage

Cross Country Skiing

• XCOttawa.ca

• Cross-Country Ski Conditions

• Gatineau Park Cross-Country Skiing

• The Greenbelt: Hundreds of kilometres of trails in Ottawa’s Greenbelt are a paradise for cross-country skiiers.

• Cross Country skiing at Mooney’s Bay: Over 5km of groomed trails. Ski rentals and lessons available.

• Kanata Nordic Ski Club

• Orleans Nordik Ski Club

• Nakkertok Nordic

• SJAM Winter Trail along the Ottawa River

• Ski Heritage East Trail, Orleans: Running 13km along the bank of the Ottawa River from Shefford Rd. in the west to Trim Rd in the east, this trail is professionally groomed for multi-purpose winter recreation (anything self-propelled). See below map.

• West Carleton Nordic Ski Club

• XC-Skiing in Ottawa/Gatineau

• Ontario Parks Ski Report

• Note: Many of the downhill ski locations, listed above, including Camp Fortune, Edelweiss, Vorlage, Mont Tremblant and Mont Cascades, offer cross-country ski trails. You can check each website for details.

More links

• Canadian Association for Disabled Skiing - National Capital Division

• Canadian Ski Museum

• Gatineau Ski Patrol

• Ottawa Outdoor Club

• Ottawa Ski and Snowboard Show

• RA Ski and Snowboarding Club

• SkiAbility Ottawa

• SlopeEdge

• Snowhawks Ski and Snowboard School