16th Annual Winter Trails Day – 1/8/2011

 
 

Winter Trails

Winter Trails Day offers children and adults new to snow sports the chance to try snowshoeing and cross country skiing for free, and to discover the great fitness and social benefits with these easy-to-learn winter sports.

The 16th annual Winter Trails Day is on January 8, 2011 and involves almost 100 resorts and Nordic Centers nationwide, and gets 11,000 kids and adults on the snow each year.

Winter Trails programs and activities vary in size and scope, as each venue chooses a program that will introduce these sports to their communities. Each Winter Trails event is run by a local organization or business.

For more information or to learn about hosting an event, please visit www.wintertrails.org or e-mail reese@rdbevents.com.

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How to find peak Maine autumn foliage

 
 
autumn foliage leaves by Eric Holsinger

Maine Autum Maple Foliage. Copyright © 2003 Eric Holsinger

Foliage in Maine is difficult to predict, but usually reaches peak sometime around the last week of September through the first weeks of October. The difference between peak foliage in northern Maine and southern Maine can be weeks. And once the leaves turn, it may last only a few days before they’ve passed.

So how does a visiter to Maine plan a fall foliage tour?
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