i tapped a few yesterday, mainly the few gravity runs i need a ladder for. hauled my tapping gear out on w/ me on snowshoes. once in to my area i had to take the shoes off to climb the ladder not fun snow in the woods is deep a few places i fell through almost up to my thigh and in almost all spots its knee deep. planning on heading out now to finish tapping my 100+ buckets. this week looks good weather wise, but i'm not sure it will melt much w/ the crust of ice on top.