This year, the hostel is an official Gatineau Park parking stop and the stepping off point to one of two snowshoeing areas on the park's preferred list. NCC spokesman Laurie Peters says most of those winter diehards come from the Windsor to Montreal corridor, although a good number of Americans are discovering Winterlude thanks to the low Canadian dollar. Most of the events are free. Enjoying our sugar high, we took off down the eight-kilometre Rideau canal on skates, stopping to examine the snow sculptures we worried would melt under the blazing sun. Aaaah, there's no better way to winter the cold.
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