Where can you take a carload of kids and adults, spend $5 total, and have a good time outdoors in winter? The answer — 100 Acres Woods in Intervale, run by the Believe in Books Literacy Foundation.
What can you do there? In winter, you can walk, run, ski, snowshoe or walk your dogs on 10 of groomed trails in the Trails in the Wood. The day I went, trails were “skate groomed” — a firm, packed surface for multiple users.
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