Join our Certified Herbalist & Naturalist for a nature hike to discover the edible and medicinal plants which can be found not only throughout the region, but in your very own backyard! She will share helpful hints for proper identification, as well as easy & efficient methods for harvesting and preparing these plants at home.

Stretching more than 2,190 miles across 14 different states, the Appalachian Trail is a marked hiking trail in the Eastern United States extending between Springer Mountain in Georgia and Mount Katahdin in Maine. Located approximately five miles from the Resort, this hike offers the option of an easy hike through Pochuck Valley or a strenuous hike up the Stairway to Heaven to the the scenic Pinwheel Vista.

Teams will work with a local beekeeper to build a bee box with supplied materials. The beekeeper will share fun facts about how a bee colony develops, how honey is made, as well as how bees are critical to local agriculture and the food chain. The completed bee boxes will be donated to a local farm and become the new home of a bee colony. As a thank you for supporting the local bee population, your group will receive souvenir jars of sweet honey from your sponsored hive at a future date.

Gather your group together by the "Glice" rink at the Crystal Springs Clubhouse for some fun and friendly competition with the winter themed sport of curling. Two teams of players slide curling stones down a sheet of specially prepared synthetic "glice" attempting to get their stones closest to the target's center, while other members of your group can stay warm around the fire with festive hot beverages.