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Sugar Shack Day from Montreal
Twirl maple taffy on snow after a long sugar-shack feast.
- Full day
- from Montreal
- Spring sugaring-off, March to April
- Up to 12 guests
When the sap runs in spring, Quebec's sugar shacks open their doors. Walk the sugar bush, watch syrup boil down and sit down to the feast, all within two hours of Montreal.
The hands-on moment
Twirl maple taffy on snow after a long sugar-shack feast.
The day
10:00
Leave Montreal
Head out to a family sugar bush in the countryside.
11:00
In the sugar bush
Walk among the tapped maples and see the sap lines and buckets.
11:45
The boiling room
Watch sap boil down to syrup in the evaporator, and taste it at each stage.
12:30
The feast
The traditional sugar-shack meal: pea soup, ham, beans, omelette and pancakes, everything with syrup.
14:30
Taffy on snow
Hot syrup poured on snow and rolled onto a stick.
16:00
Back in Montreal
When to go
Spring sugaring-off, March to April
Good to know
Season dates depend on the thaw; most shacks open in March.
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