The warm and mild Spring continues!! The forest floor and grounds are slowly starting to green up. The woods are alive with sounds and sights of wildlife including the highlight of a thousand toads or so calling during the evening. We have been working on the mountain bike course a bit, blowing out some of the singletrack and will continue to do so the rest of this week. We will start marking the course used for Laddies Loppet mountain bike race and should have the trail marked out in a week or so. However, the trail is open for riding for those familiar to the course etc. Riding has been nice for early season. A few branches/sticks etc. and a few trees to be removed. There is no charge to use the trails and there are no services in the lodge at this time. The trails are open for hiking and closed to motorized use and horses.
Warm weather to end the month of March and start of April. The warm weather in March has allowed for an early ice off with the ice coming off the lake on April 2nd. The woods are coming alive with the sounds and sights of Spring. A little bit of green starting to emerge and many birds and wildlife on the move. The swans, geese and ducks have been enjoying the little bit of open water on the shores of Little Sugarbush as well as the beavers that keep Jib and Fly occupied. A few snakes being sighted in the woods along with the sounds of owls, crows, and migratory birds. The trails have dried up nicely. There are still a few low spots wet and we need a week to completely dry out the trails. The mountain bike singletrack has dried out for the most part and riding has been good for early season. We have blown out some of the singletrack and will work on the course the month of April. We should have the course marked in a few weeks and open “officially” for mountain biking but open for people familiar with the trail. There is no trail fee to use the mountain bike course and no services in the main lodge.
Pair of Canada geese enjoying the open water on the shores of Little Sugarbush.
Warm weather the past few days has loosened the ice on the lake and won’t be long before the lake is free of ice. Latest trail and nature observations on the trail report page.
Sap dripping from an icicle formed from a broken maple branch.
It has been an interesting season for maple syrup with the warm weather in March but this past week the sap was running nicely with freezing nights and local maple syrup producers had a good week.
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