ILNY Travel Guide - 2017-2018 Winter - 40

FRESH ADVENTURES

SPRING
the air

Delicate snowbells and colorful
crocuses poke their heads up
through the last bit of snow. 	
Bird songs and gentle breezes 	
fill the air. Rapids run wild. 		
It's springtime in New York!

is
in

PLATTEKILL MOUNTAIN,
BIKE PARK, ROXBURY

DRY BROOK SUGAR HOUSE,
SALEM

Batter-up at the National Baseball
Hall of Fame and Museum
(baseballhall.org) in Cooperstown as
baseball season opens or catch the
excitement of NASCAR races starting
in April at Watkins Glen International
(theglen.com).
LILAC FESTIVAL, HIGHLAND PARK,
ROCHESTER

Colorful flower shows bloom from
Brooklyn Botanic Garden's (bbg.org)
Cherry Blossom Festival to Albany's
Tulip Festival (albany.org), Rochester's
world-famous Lilac Festival
(rochesterevents.com) and Buffalo
Botanical Garden's Spring Exhibit with
beautiful flowers and baby bunnies,
chicks and lambs (buffalogardens.com).
Don't fret when the snow melts. Ski lifts
now carry riders and bikes to mountain
adventures. In the Adirondacks,
Whiteface Mountain Bike Park's 27
trails range from hardcore downhillers
to winding cross-country paths. The
Cloudsplitter gondola transports expert
riders to the summit; intermediate riders

BLACK RIVER, WHITEWATER CHALLENGERS,
WATERTOWN/DEXTER

and beginners shuttle to less intense
trails (whiteface.com). In the Catskills,
Plattekill Mountain (plattekill.com),
one of North America's top 5 mountain
bike destinations, has trails for all levels.
Ride rapids in the Hudson River
Gorge, a Top 10 US whitewater trip,
or the wild Moose River. Licensed
Adirondack guides like Beaver
Brook Outfitters (beaverbrook.net)
and Adirondac Rafting Company
(lakeplacidrafting.com) provide gear
and a riverside lunch. Outfitters rafting
the world-class Black River Canyon,
near Watertown, include Black River
Outfitters (brorafting.com) and B.O.B.
Rafting (bobrafting.com).

iloveny.com * 40 * 800/CALL-NYS

When trout season opens April 1,
anglers flock to legendary streams in
the Catskills and Adirondacks for some
of the nation's best fishing. Catch supersize chinook salmon in Lake Ontario
from late April through May. Get fishing
information at www.dec.ny.gov.

Maple Syrup, Pure and Sweet!
New York, one of very few places in the
world that produce maple syrup, is the
second largest producer of this natural
treat. From Long Island to Chautauqua,
farms in every region present syrupmaking demonstrations, luscious maple
products and sweet family fun, from
pancake dinners to woodsy wagon
rides. In March, over 100 farms host
Maple Weekends. nysmaple.com
Find more information on spring-fresh
fun at iloveny.com

http://www.baseballhall.org http://www.theglen.com http://www.whiteface.com http://www.bbg.org http://www.plattekill.com http://www.albany.org http://www.dec.ny.gov http://www.rochesterevents.com http://www.buffalogardens.com http://www.beaverbrook.net http://www.lakeplacidrafting.com http://www.brorafting.com http://www.nysmaple.com http://www.bobrafting.com http://www.iloveny.com http://www.iloveny.com

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