Quote Originally Posted by Hinterland View Post
Good weather is expected all next week and we are hopeful once again. Douglas Maple, or sometimes called Mountain Maple (Acer glabrum), is a small tree up to 15-25 feet tall and not often more than 12" in diameter. The sap can be as high as 3% sugar, comparable to sugar maple, and the taste of the syrup is very good. Syrup is like wine: each region and each tree species seems to have a different complex of beautiful flavours.

Thanks for the words of encouragement!

Patrick
We have what they call Mountain Maple here in NH, but probably not the same species since it only gets 3-4" max. We also have striped maple which has vertical green stripes and gets as big as 6" inches and is very soft and easy to chop.

Good luck, I believe I read about a species of Maple that people were tapping at the 10,000' elevation of Colorado? Don't know how they made out though.