Rugged Ridge Forest LLC

Rugged Ridge Forest LLC A Small Farm Crafting Wood-Fired, Organic Maple Syrup and Locally Delivered Firewood

04/01/2026

Tree of the Day!

Yellow birch are dang near always cool, but this one picked a heckuva spot to lay down roots. Strattling the crick, I suspect that it either germinated on a dead log that has since deteriorated, or the original tree fell over bridging the creek, then reestablished a leader that formed into a beautiful tree standing over this pure and clear crick.

We here at Rugged Ridge Forest love and admire all the trees, not just the maples.

Head on over ruggedridgeforest.com to support our efforts while sweetening your flapjacks with some of our wood-fired maple syrup!

03/27/2026

Boiling this afternoon if you want to pop in for a hot shot! Otherwise were happy to ship you out wood-fired maple syrup directly from ruggedriegeforest.com

03/20/2026

Sugarmakers Open House! Saturday 3/21 10am-2pm. Grab some friends, grab some family, swing on by and enjoy some waffles and maple syrup with us. The kiddos can tap a tree and scratch a horses nose. Sure to be a great time.

And if you cant make it, but still need some wood-fired maple syrup, head on over to ruggedridgeforest.com

03/15/2026

Walking through the woods checking lines and I encountered this gnarly old beech tree covered in evidence of bear activity. Its always cool reading the forested landscape, and this tree had some stories to tell!

Rugged Ridge Forest isnt just a maple orchard. Its a dynamic, wild forest that supports countless critters.

Protect it from becoming a subdivision by sourcing your wood-fired maple syrup from ruggedridgeforest.com

03/11/2026

Not the most captivating thing to watch, but here is a brief synopsis of the line checking procedure. Lather, rinse, and repeat thousands of times on hundreds of acres : )

All this to make wood-fired maple syrup available on ruggedridgeforest.com

03/08/2026

Few days late but no service out in the woods! Down in the shack today about to touch off our first boil of the season. Wish us luck!

And ad always, get a taste of our wood-fired maple syrup from ruggedridgeforest.com

03/04/2026

Our most productive winter logging yet! With sap runs in the forecast, we are hanging up our saws while we shift our focus to the maple syrup. As we implemented our forest management plan on another stretch of sugarbush, we removed quite a bit of diseased beech and other unhealthy and poorly formed wood from the understory, while also harvesting some spruce (not shown) which were shading our maples and a handful of pretty nice yellow birch logs. The yellow birch were very abundant where we were harvesting, and we only took those that had some healthy replacements waiting in the understory and some damage which made their 30 year survivability questionable. Overall the remaining stand should continue to be a healthy sugarbush with good biodiversity, while it also welcomes in a fresh understory which should offer good habitat to a variety of critters.

Reach out with your 2026-2027 firewood needs or head to ruggedridgeforest.com for some wood-fired maple syrup

The team throwing off some heat! Weve been graced with another six inches and the team worked stoically to lay some fas...
02/22/2026

The team throwing off some heat! Weve been graced with another six inches and the team worked stoically to lay some fast corduroy across it.

Keep their grain buckets full while sweetening your flapjacks with some wood-fired maple syrup from ruggedridgeforest.com

02/14/2026

In case youve been wondering what weve been up to... Our maples are all tapped out, so weve shifted our focus to collecting firewood to evaporate our syrup and warm homes in our community. The snows 3 feet deep, but we like our stumps cut low, so its been alot of digging. The cut might appear durastic, but we are primarily culling beech with severe bark disease. This "weeding of the garden" allows more sunlight to strike our maples, while also allowing regeneration of maple and yellow birch in the understory, along with other species like beech, cherry, ash, and some softwood. This boosts the carrying capacity of our forest by creating tender browse for critters to munch on at the forest floor. Its actually a pretty amazing process to be a part of.

Support our efforts by sourcing your wood-fired maple syrup from ruggedridgeforest.com

02/11/2026

Can't make hay when its raining, and you can't log in the mud, so that makes this weather perfect for putting up wood! In addition to the wood required to make our wood-fired maple syrup, we are also selling firewood to our local community. We are now taking orders for the spring, and we deliver from Montpelier to Morrisville.

And as always, head on over to ruggedridgeforest.com for some wood-fired maple syrup

02/01/2026

The Perfect Team! Hilde and Hugo have the power to go up adverse terrain, control to come back down safely, and wisdom of how to apply it.

After their mani/pedi yesterday, we hitched 'em to the groomer for the first time this year (what can I say, weve been busy!), but this honest, earnest duo took the reins like theyve never missed a beat. It's always a good feeling when your team is willing to work hard, and still hangs on your every queue to get the work done safely.

Keep their grain buckets full by sweetening your flapjacks with some wood-fired maple syrup from ruggedridgeforest.com

Address

688 Elmore Road
Worcester, VT
05682

Opening Hours

Monday 6am - 9pm
Tuesday 6am - 9pm
Wednesday 6am - 9pm
Thursday 6am - 9pm
Friday 6am - 9pm
Saturday 6am - 9pm
Sunday 6am - 8pm

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+18028812637

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