Maple Sugar Days

March 28-29, 2009
noon-1 p.m. For preregistered Scout & Youth Groups
1–4 p.m. General Public
Rain or Shine

Get the spring juices flowing at Maple Sugar Days! Your whole family will hike with a naturalist guide to the sugarbush to see tapped sugar maples and taste fresh sap as it drips from the trees. Next, you'll visit an old-time sugarin' camp and hear stories of how the old-timers produced maple syrup and sugar – but you may be distracted from the stories by the oh-so-sweet aroma of clear maple sap boiling down to rich, dark maple syrup!

Hands-on Activities (for kids and kids at heart)
To get a real feel for the "maple-sugarin' game," use a hand drill on a log,try Native-American methods of boiling sap without the benefit of metal pans, and make a craft. For a sweet reward, sample real maple syrup on a pancake at this first ritual of spring.

Hikes to the sugarbush last 45 minutes. The first tour starts at 1 p.m.; the last tour, 4 p.m. Come prepared to walk on wood-chipped trails through the woodland, dress in layers, and dress to keep your feet warm. Whatever the weather, the program will go on.

If you're inspired to try tapping your own maple trees, instruction sheets will be available, and Wehr's Nature Store will have sugaring equipment for sale.

Make sugarin' a new family tradition! Learn more about it in our free booklet, Backyard Maple Sugaring, or, The Family Boils Down. (Just print in landscape mode and fold!)

Maple Sugar Day for Scout and Youth Groups

2009 Admission
Preregistered Scout & Youth Groups
Fee includes Maple Sugar Fun Patch for each paid child
$5 per person, non-refundable
Regular Parking Fee in effect

Public Program
(Scout/Youth Groups- Note fee does not include fun patch.)
Ages 13 and up $5 per person
Ages 2-12 $3 per person
Under 2 FREE

Maple Sugar Fun Patches $2 (available in Wehr's Nature Store)

Regular Parking Fee in effect

• Preregistered Scout/Youth Groups
  Leaders, register in advance for hikes
  Reserved Hike Times: noon, 12:20 p.m., 12:40 p.m.
  

  The Scout/Youth program starts with a 45-minute guided hike to the sugarbush and sugarin' camp. After the hike, your group is invited to do hands-on activities outside and inside. Your group fee includes a Maple Sugar Fun Patch for each paid child.

• Scout/Youth Groups attending the Public Program
  No reservation required
  No guarantee of hike start time. Groups may be split up as necessary
  

  You must have 1 adult for every 2 children

  Your pay-at-the door fee does NOT include the Maple Sugar Fun Patch. Patches may be purchased in the Nature Store.