CHOCORUA — Chocorua Lake Conservancy and Tamworth Outing Club will be presenting a Winter Fest at The Preserve at Chocorua on Saturday, Feb. 4, from 2 to 7:30 p.m. Come gather with friends and neighbors for fun activities indoors and out (with outdoor gathering spaces for those who prefer not to be indoors in groups right now).

From 2 to 5 p.m., there will be a winter camping expo with winter tents on display as well as snowshoes and trapping gear, with Dave Evans and Sheldon Perry; a winter adaptation and furbearer learning station for kids and everyone with Chocorua Lake Conservancy Stewardship Director Debra Marnich; a wildlife in winter scavenger hunt for kids with Sumac Grant-Johnson and others (at 2:30 p.m.); bonfires and s’mores; hot drinks and treats; and indoor winter crafts for all ages with Suzanne Birdsall-Stone and others, and, depending on the conditions, a communal snow sculpture with naturalist educators Lucy Gatchell and Dexter Harding, as well as sledding, cross-country skiing, and snowshoeing (bring your own equipment).

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