{"id":2582,"date":"2017-10-15T22:08:28","date_gmt":"2017-10-15T22:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/v2.mappyhour.org\/blog\/?p=2582"},"modified":"2017-11-16T16:27:28","modified_gmt":"2017-11-16T16:27:28","slug":"nyc-fall-foliage-and-where-to-find-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mappyhour.org\/blog\/2017\/10\/nyc-fall-foliage-and-where-to-find-it\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC: Fall Foliage and Where to Find it"},"content":{"rendered":"

Photos by Izzy Lopez<\/em><\/p>\n

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For our first official Mappy Hour of autumn 2017, we worked with\u00a0Columbia Sportswear<\/span> (Meatpacking)<\/a> to bring two outdoor experts to New York City: Alex Marra, the\u00a0CEO Of Hudson Valley Weather<\/a><\/span>, and co-founder of Upstate Adventure Guides<\/a><\/span>\u00a0and Will Soter the other Co-Founder of Upstate Adventure Guides and Assistant Director of the Catskills Conservation Core<\/a><\/span>. Alex and Will teamed up to give us a background on the why of fall foliage and the where to find it locally.<\/p>\n

In case you don’t have time to watch the full video (below) – here’s a short recap of what Alex and Will covered:<\/p>\n

Why Do Leaves Change?<\/strong><\/p>\n

One misconception is that the changing temperature starts the process of leaves turning every year.\u00a0 Instead, it’s actually the amount of daylight that signals to the trees that it’s time to conserve energy. “There’s a magic period that happens when the night becomes long enough and it starts initiating the changing in the leaves” said Alex.<\/p>\n

Tree Related Puns Ensue<\/strong><\/p>\n

One way to think of it is that: “The trees bring on leaves as seasonal help” explained Alex, “and at the end of the summer they put them on a leaf of absence.”\u00a0 “They get laid off” added Will.<\/p>\n

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Why do some areas have stronger colors than others?<\/strong><\/p>\n

When trying to figure out where to hiking for the best foliage, it’s good to understand\u00a0why<\/em> the foliage shifts in certain locations so you can plan accordingly. A few factors to take into consideration are:<\/p>\n