{"id":561,"date":"2016-03-04T09:07:02","date_gmt":"2016-03-04T14:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sortaoutdoorsy.com\/?p=561"},"modified":"2020-12-26T17:52:45","modified_gmt":"2020-12-26T22:52:45","slug":"snow-day-winter-activities-in-the-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mappyhour.org\/blog\/2016\/03\/snow-day-winter-activities-in-the-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Snow day: Another chance to enjoy the best winter activities in the city"},"content":{"rendered":"

We didn’t check the weather last night before\u00a0we went to bed\u00a0so we were pretty surprised this morning when we woke up to what looked like at least an inch of snow collected on our fire escape. While we were excited to start planning for our spring adventures<\/a>, we’re psyched about getting at least one more day\u00a0of winter. We’ve rounded up our favorite ways to enjoy snow in the city (indoors and out) below. Let us know how you’ll be spending one more snow day.<\/p>\n

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Snowshoe in the park<\/h2>\n

It turns out you can snowshoe anywhere<\/a> you can hike or walk\u2014it takes just few inches of snow on the ground and you\u2019re good to go. If the snow sticks, rent shoes from\u00a0REI<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Outfit yourself with these winter essentials<\/h2>\n

Guest adventurers and gear aficionados, The Field<\/a>, chose eight items<\/a> that will help you survive snow in the city (because half of survival in NYC is looking good, right?).<\/p>\n

Shoot some arrows at an indoor archery range<\/h2>\n

When it\u2019s so cold you can\u2019t even imagine touching your bike handlebars, it\u2019s time to grab a bow and shoot a few arrows at Gotham Archery<\/a>, an indoor archery range in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn.<\/p>\n

If you can’t ski, surf<\/h2>\n

We checked the snow report for Hunter Mountain<\/a> and Mountain Creek<\/a> and as of this morning, this micro-blizzard doesn’t seem to have extended much beyond the city. But\u00a0the surf report<\/a> for tomorrow at the Rockaways doesn’t look too bad. Snag a lesson with a shop like Locals Surf School<\/a> or New York Surf School<\/a>. They’ll equip you with a thick wetsuit<\/a>\u00a0to keep you toasty even if there’s still a little snow on the beach.<\/p>\n

But maybe ski anyway<\/h2>\n

Seeing snow just outside\u00a0makes us want to get out of the city and onto the slopes<\/a>\u2014even if\u00a0the snow on the mountain is manufactured. Grab a ride to area ski resorts from the NYC Snow Bus<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0OvRide<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Make tonight a movie night<\/h2>\n

Opt out of the slush and inevitable frantic commute and cuddle up on your couch instead. Here are a\u00a0few films<\/a>\u00a0that will allow you to vicariously adventure outdoors while sticking within arms reach of a fresh cup of tea.<\/p>\n

Head to the gym, but not just any gym<\/h2>\n

But if you start getting the itch for some activity after binging on few documentaries, head to one of New York’s many\u00a0climbing gyms<\/a>\u00a0to boulder, rope climb, high line or do some acro-yoga<\/a>. This could also be the day you decide to live out our American Ninja Warrior dream (it\u00a0happened to us<\/a> recently) at Brooklyn Zoo <\/a>where they’ll teach you to run up a wall<\/a> in a class inspired by the TV\u00a0show.<\/p>\n

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We didn’t check the weather last night before\u00a0we went to bed\u00a0so we were pretty surprised this morning when we woke up to what looked like at least an inch of snow collected on our fire escape. While we were excited to start planning for our spring adventures, we’re psyched about getting at least one more […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":10428,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[763,761,780,765,772],"tags":[773,774,775,764,776,777,778,779,781,782,19,783,36,784,785],"yst_prominent_words":[389,508,606,705,527,410,588],"class_list":["post-561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mappy-hour","category-new-york-city","category-new-york-indoors","category-new-york-outdoors","category-winter","tag-brooklyn-zoo","tag-gotham-archery","tag-gyms","tag-hunter-mountain","tag-locals-surf-school","tag-mountain-creek","tag-movies","tag-new-york-city-surf-school","tag-nyc-snow-bus","tag-ovride","tag-ovrride","tag-prospect-park","tag-rei","tag-snow-shoe","tag-traverse-outfitters"],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n