Tapped in Westfield

[KiO]

I usually shoot for the week of school vacation, or the week after depending on sports for the kids and plans for the vacation week. I have some new trees to tap this year and created a vacuum filter so eager for the season. Have a great season!

Mark

[bigschuss]

Welcome to 2025 Everyone.

Aiming to be ready to go the first weekend in Feb and going back to 50 taps this season. Long term forecast was showing an ice box through the 20th but now says things could open up sooner so now our watch begins. Hope everyone had a great holiday season and an even better sugarin season coming up.

Over here in Savoy at 2,000' elevation I am always a full month behind you guys. But looking forward to a great season.

The trails to my sugarbush run through a spruce/fir swamp, and when I don't have adequate snowpack my trails become unusable. Last year the snow was gone 3 weeks into the season and we had to shut down early.

We had a 3 acre hemlock/spruce/fir stand logged Last winter and over the summer I spent a lot of time cutting to length and hauling all of the "rat tails" to the wet areas on my trails and laying down hundreds of feet of corduroy. I probably moved 200 8' poles. So I will now be able to navigate out to the sugarbush without tearing up the trails if the snow melts. That's my one big improvement for 2025.

Looking forward to hearing about everybody's season.

[berkshires]

Over here in Savoy at 2,000' elevation I am always a full month behind you guys. But looking forward to a great season.

The trails to my sugarbush run through a spruce/fir swamp, and when I don't have adequate snowpack my trails become unusable. Last year the snow was gone 3 weeks into the season and we had to shut down early.

We had a 3 acre hemlock/spruce/fir stand logged Last winter and over the summer I spent a lot of time cutting to length and hauling all of the "rat tails" to the wet areas on my trails and laying down hundreds of feet of corduroy. I probably moved 200 8' poles. So I will now be able to navigate out to the sugarbush without tearing up the trails if the snow melts. That's my one big improvement for 2025.

Looking forward to hearing about everybody's season.

That's great news! Hoping the weather allows you a nice long season, now you're prepared for it!

At 8 or 900 feet, I'm way ahead of you, but well behind many here. The long term forecast is making it more and more likely I'll be tapping around Feb 8. I still have a little work to do to get ready (putting drop tubes together) but aside from that I just need to pull my gear together and watch the forecast with bated breath.

GO

[Aaron Stack]

Looking like next week might be out. Forecast shows closer to the 16th-17th now.

[berkshires]

Looking like next week might be out. Forecast shows closer to the 16th-17th now.

Too soon to say. I'll decide on Weds or Thurs.

Gabe

[berkshires]

That being said, the two week forecast now looks bad - too cold. Earlier they were saying average to warm, for the same time period. Well, maybe it'll change again. We'll see. My yard trees are gushing pretty well right now though. Big difference between western Boston Suburbs and foothill towns, though. Very possible I won't tap until Feb 18 - 22 this year.

GO

[berkshires]

Starting to look like 2019, when I didn't tap until March 10. Hope this cold doesn't last that long...

Gabe

[Paul01036]

Looks like it’s going to be a quick season. Next weekend looks to be the start of the season.

Anyone out there seeing something different?

Paul
QUOTE=berkshires;416690]Starting to look like 2019, when I didn't tap until March 10. Hope this cold doesn't last that long...

Gabe[/QUOTE]

[Aaron Stack]

Friday or Saturday are looking good!

[berkshires]

It'll be colder up in the hill towns, but I'm going to keep an eye out. The forecast is starting to look like next weekend *might* be the time for me too.

GO