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Cross Country Ski/Snow opportunities in WV.
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Mon Nov 02, 2009 10:10 pmby EastcoastMike
New to the DC area and looking for a place to get away to x-country ski and or snowshoe. I am thinking WV may be the best bet. Does anyone have ideas about possible places and or best months climate-wise for snow. Thanks!
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Mon Nov 02, 2009 10:28 pmby blazin
I would think maybe Dolly Sods Wilderness, but have no personal experience to back that up.
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Tue Nov 03, 2009 4:03 amby AndyJB444
Get yourself to Whitegrass ASAP! 3.5 hour drive from DC. Awesome people, quiet mountain, and plenty of snow by east coast standards. They do a great job keeping the snow report updated throughout the season, too.
If you want a really good time go to the Ullr party...umm, shotski?! Maybe I've said too much already...
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Tue Nov 03, 2009 1:54 pmby Bark Eater
Dolly Sods is a good choice, but find out the snow conditions before you go. It's consistently high elevation (for the East Coast) and gets a lot of precipitation. I've been their twice in March in different years. One year had several feet of snow and great winter conditions. The next year was burned off and mostly bare ground.
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Sun Nov 08, 2009 12:54 amby tigerlilly
Whitegrass is my favorite place. Yummy food. AWESOME atmosphere. Great people. Can't wait to go back. Hard and easy trails. Live webcam with honest weather and trail conditions.
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Sun Nov 08, 2009 12:55 amby tigerlilly
BTW, Welcome to DC.
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Sun Nov 08, 2009 5:58 pmby blazin
tigerlilly wrote:BTW, Welcome to DC.
Time for a DCSPHH? (translation: DC SummitPost Happy Hour)
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Mon Nov 09, 2009 8:28 pmby EastcoastMike
Peter Larkins wrote:I also must recommend Whitegrass. I went once last year during the late November snow storms. Very cool place. If I can find my own gear, I'd like to circumvent the Sods at some point. The high elevations of WV average around 180" of snow, which isn't too bad for the Mid-Atlantic.
-trail to the shelter at the top of Whitegrass
Wow, looks awesome!
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Mon Nov 09, 2009 8:28 pmby EastcoastMike
blazin wrote:tigerlilly wrote:BTW, Welcome to DC.
Time for a DCSPHH? (translation: DC SummitPost Happy Hour)
Yeah!
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Tue Dec 08, 2009 3:27 pmby AndyJB444
Hope you guys were able to get out to Canaan this past weekend. Snow and friends at Whitegrass were both phenomenal as usual! Yay for winter!
View from Bald Mountain on Sunday!
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Tue Dec 08, 2009 11:40 pmby EastcoastMike
AndyJB444 wrote:Hope you guys were able to get out to Canaan this past weekend. Snow and friends at Whitegrass were both phenomenal as usual! Yay for winter!
View from Bald Mountain on Sunday!
Wow! Looks amazing. Can't wait to get out there.
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Mon Jan 18, 2010 8:14 pmby EastcoastMike
AndyJB444 wrote:Get yourself to Whitegrass ASAP! 3.5 hour drive from DC. Awesome people, quiet mountain, and plenty of snow by east coast standards. They do a great job keeping the snow report updated throughout the season, too.
If you want a really good time go to the Ullr party...umm, shotski?! Maybe I've said too much already...
We had a really great time at Whitegrass including a shotski last night. What a great place.