Representative photograph: Sap buckets on maple trees in snow. Photo: Dave Pape · Public domain
Weekend
Adirondack Maple Weekend
Collect sap and watch it boil down in a working sugarhouse.
- 2 nights, 3 days
- Saranac Lake
- Two weekends in late March (New York Maple Weekend)
For two weekends every March, maple producers across New York open their sugarhouses. Spend one in the Adirondacks with pancake breakfasts, sap collecting and syrup straight from the evaporator.
The hands-on moment
Collect sap and watch it boil down in a working sugarhouse.
The weekend
The full itinerary is being finalised with our host. Ask us for the details.
When to go
Two weekends in late March (New York Maple Weekend)
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