Syrup-making weather is perfect leading up to Maple Weekend

Mike Moore of Sunnyside Maples in Loudon taps on a sap line out in the woods behind the store on Route 106 on Monday, March 10, 2025. Moore was checking to see if the sap was running through lines effectively as the temperature got into the low 50s. Sunnyside has a three-horsepower vacuum pump that drains into a large tub outside of the sap house. New Hampshire Maple Weekend is this coming weekend, and Sunnyside is open both Saturday and Sunday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. It offers tours and sap-to-syrup demonstrations. For more information on the syrup weekend around the state, check out https://nhmapleproducers.com/maple-weekend-2/ GEOFF FORESTER—Monitor staff

Max the Maple dog runs up to Mike Moore of Sunnyside Maples in Loudon after checking the sap lines out in the woods behind the store on Route 106 on Monday, March 10, 2025. Moore was checking to see if the sap was running through lines effectively as the temperature got into the low 50s. Sunnyside has a three-horsepower vacuum pump that drains into a large tub outside of the sap house. New Hampshire Maple Weekend is this coming weekend, and Sunnyside is open both Saturday and Sunday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. It offers tours and sap-to-s syrup demonstrations. For more information on the maple weekend around the state, check out https://nhmapleproducers.com/maple-weekend-2/ GEOFF FORESTER—Monitor staff

Max the Maple dog greets his owner Mike Moore of Sunnyside Maples in Loudon after checking the sap lines out in the woods behind the store on Route 106 on Monday, March 10, 2025. Moore was checking to see if the sap was running through lines effectively as the temperature got into the low 50s. Sunnyside has a three-horsepower vacuum pump that drains into a large tub outside of the sap house. New Hampshire Maple Weekend is this coming weekend, and Sunnyside is open both Saturday and Sunday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. It offers tours and sap-to-s syrup demonstrations. For more information on the maple weekend around the state, check out https://nhmapleproducers.com/maple-weekend-2/ GEOFF FORESTER—Monitor staff

Asa Matras of Matras Maple Sugarhouse in Pittsfield checks on the water content of sap as he and family boil for syrup on Monday, March 10, 2025. The sugarhouse will be open this weekend for the New Hampshire Maple Weekend. To learn more, go to their website at https://www.matrasmaple.com/ GEOFF FORESTER—Monitor staff

Asa (left) and Wille Matras of Matras Maple Sugarhouse in Pittsfield talk while they boil sap on Monday, March 10, 2025. The sugarhouse will be open this weekend for the New Hampshire Maple Weekend. To learn more, go to their website at https://www.matrasmaple.com/ GEOFF FORESTER—Monitor staff

Wille Matras of Matras Maple Sugarhouse in Pittsfield checks on the water content of sap as he and family boil for syrup on Monday, March 10, 2025. The sugarhouse will be open this weekend for the New Hampshire Maple Weekend. To learn more, go to their website at https://www.matrasmaple.com/ GEOFF FORESTER—Monitor staff

Lindsay Matras of Matras Maple Sugarhouse in Pittsfield holds her six-month-old daughter, Caroline as the family boils for syrup on Monday, March 10, 2025. The sugarhouse will be open this weekend for the New Hampshire Maple Weekend. To learn more, go to their website at https://www.matrasmaple.com/ GEOFF FORESTER—Monitor staff

Wille Matras of Matras Maple Sugarhouse in Pittsfield loads wood for the evaporator as he and his family boil for syrup on Monday, March 10, 2025. The Sugarhouse will be open this weekend for the New Hampshire Maple Weekend. To learn more, go to their website at https://www.matrasmaple.com/ GEOFF FORESTER—Monitor staff

An old style sap bucket outside Sunnyside Maples in Loudon. GEOFF FORESTER—Monitor staff

Mike Moore of Sunnyside Maples in Loudon checks a sap line out in the woods behind the store on Route 106 on Monday, March 10, 2025. Moore was checking to see if the sap was running through lines effectively as the temperature got into the low 50s. Sunnyside has a three-horsepower vacuum pump that drains into a large tub outside of the sap house. New Hampshire Maple Weekend is this coming weekend, and Sunnyside is open both Saturday and Sunday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. It offers tours and sap-to syrup demonstrations. For more information on the syrup weekend around the state, check out https://nhmapleproducers.com/maple-weekend-2/ GEOFF FORESTER—Monitor staff

Mike Moore of Sunnyside Maples in Loudon checks a sap line out in the woods behind the store on Route 106 on Monday, March 10, 2025. Moore was checking to see if the sap was running through lines effectively as the temperature got into the low 50s. Sunnyside has a three-horsepower vacuum pump that drains into a large tub outside of the sap house. New Hampshire Maple Weekend is this coming weekend, and Sunnyside is open both Saturday and Sunday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. It offers tours and sap-to syrup demonstrations. For more information on the maple weekend around the state, check out https://nhmapleproducers.com/maple-weekend-2/ GEOFF FORESTER—Monitor staff

Mike Moore of Sunnyside Maples in Loudon unleashes the sap via a vacuum line on Monday, March 10, 2025. Moore was checking to see if the sap was running through lines effectively as the temperature got into the low 50s. Sunnyside has a three-horsepower vacuum pump that drains into a large tub outside of the sap house. New Hampshire Maple Weekend is this coming weekend, and Sunnyside is open both Saturday and Sunday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. It offers tours and sap-to-syrup demonstrations. For more information on the maple weekend around the state, check out https://nhmapleproducers.com/maple-weekend-2/ GEOFF FORESTER—Monitor staff

Syrup samples from Windswept Maple Farm in Loudon sit on a shelf in the window in the back room of the store. The two jars on top shelf to the left are from this year’s run. The New Hampshire Maple Weekend is this weekend. Fore more information, check https://www.windsweptmaples.com GEOFF FORESTER—Monitor staff

Mike Moore of Sunnyside Maples in Loudon taps on a sap line out in the woods behind the store on Route 106 on Monday, March 10, 2025. Moore was checking to see if the sap was running through lines effectively as the temperture got into the low 50s. Sunnyside has a three horsepower vacuum pump that drains into a large tub outside of the sap house. New Hampshire Maple Weekend is this coming weekend and Sunnyside is open both Saturday and Sunday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and is offering tours and sap to syrup demonstrations. For more information on the maple weekend around the state, check out https://nhmapleproducers.com/maple-weekend-2/ GEOFF FORESTER—Monitor staff

Mike Moore of Sunnyside Maples in Loudon checks a sap line out in the woods behind the store on Route 106 on Monday, March 10, 2025. Moore was checking to see if the sap was running through lines effectively as the temperature got into the low 50s. Sunnyside has a three-horsepower vacuum pump that drains into a large tub outside of the sap house. New Hampshire Maple Weekend is this coming weekend, and Sunnyside is open both Saturday and Sunday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. It offers tours and sap-to-s syrup demonstrations. For more information on the maple weekend around the state, check out https://nhmapleproducers.com/maple-weekend-2/ GEOFF FORESTER—Monitor staff

Max the Maple dog greets his owner Mike Moore of Sunnyside Maples in Loudon after checking the sap lines out in the woods behind the store on Route 106 on Monday, March 10, 2025. Moore was checking to see if the sap was running through lines effectively as the temperature got into the low 50s. Sunnyside has a three-horsepower vacuum pump that drains into a large tub outside of the sap house. New Hampshire Maple Weekend is this coming weekend, and Sunnyside is open both Saturday and Sunday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. It offers tours and sap-to-s syrup demonstrations. For more information on the weekend around the state, check out https://nhmapleproducers.com/maple-weekend-2/ GEOFF FORESTER—Monitor staff

Monitor staff

Published: 03-10-2025 7:21 PM

Modified: 03-11-2025 2:47 PM

Nature must be in cahoots with New Hampshire Tourism because this is looking like a perfect stretch of days for making maple syrup in preparation for New Hampshire Maple Weekend.

Sugar maples need below-freezing nights and above-freezing days for their sap to run up and down the tree and be available for collecting – which is exactly what is in store through Friday for the Concord region. As an added bonus, snow levels in the woods have shrunk enough to minimize obstruction of equipment, but there’s still enough of it to ensure that the woods get cold enough at night.

The net result is that sugar houses, which boil down the sap to make syrup, will have all that they can handle this weekend when they open their doors to the public.

To find a sugarhouse open March 15 or 16, check NHMapleProducers.com.