March Into Skiing
With a couple days already topping 70 degrees, spring is getting sprung in a major way here in the river valleys. High in the mountains of West Virginia, the state’s ski resorts are not only holding onto a decent base of winter glory but could well get some fresh March snow. That awesome combo of […]
Get Into That Olympic Spirit
We’re in the middle of the thrills, spills and chills of the 2022 Winter Olympics and if you’re itching to channel your inner Chloe Kim (snowboarding), Nathan Chen (ice skating) or Jesse Diggins (crosscountry skiing) you’re in luck. With five downhill ski resorts and some of the premiere cross-country meccas – in WhiteGrass and Elk […]
Bless This Frozen Mess! It’s Primetime Ski – and Winter Fun – Season
Sure, we may already have a few veggie and flower seeds ordered looking ahead to the hot, sunny growing season but let’s revel in the frosty now. Yes, revel in the steely cold icy embrace of Jack Frost for at least another couple months because it is indeed this shivering, solid block of cold temperatures […]
Night Sledding – Blackwater Falls Sled Run
One of the undeniably awful things about being an adult with nearly full grown children is a massive snowstorm can hit and melt and somehow you missed that short window to hit an epic sled hill. My timing had been atrocious earlier this winter. We arrived to hike Ritter Park’s sledding hills with the snow […]
Appalachian Up With An Aerial Adventure at Heritage Farm
HUNTINGTON – The Smithsonian-affiliated Heritage Farm Museum and Village draws in visitors from around the U.S., and the world to explore the Village to learn more about the history of our rugged Appalachian ancestors who felled trees, built their own cabins, grew their own food and carved out a good but tough life close […]
The New Old River is New Again!
Unless you’ve been sleeping under a rock, and if you have good for you for keeping that sweet quarantine going because the world is a crazy place. But if you haven’t you probably know that the New River Gorge National River just became the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve, our nation’s 63rd National […]
Strawberry Fields
POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. – After some timely late May and early June rains, the tropical summer sun is on broil and that means somewhere out there in these beautiful hills of West Virginia, it’s prime ripe time for berry pickin’ season. The family-owned Cook Farm, 7852 Ripley Road, just a few miles north of Point […]
Timberline and Canaan Valley to Light Up the Night
DAVIS, W.Va. – One of the West Virginia’s coolest late winter ski traditions is set to continue as Timberline Mountain and Canaan Resort are teaming up for “Light Up the Valley: A Two Night Torch Light Parade that will take place Friday and Saturday, Feb. 26-27. At 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 26, Timberline Mountain, which […]
Ice Storm Hiking! Or The No-Electric Slide!
With one of the first widespread Tri-State ice storms in ages, coating and encasing everything that didn’t move in a layer of glistening ice, it’s been a unique time to get outdoors – albeit very cautiously – to view up close this rare winter wonder. From my childhood days of playing snow football, sledding, four-wheeling […]
Cheat Mountain Magic to the Rescue
Since the early 2000s, there’s been a crew of us from Huntington who have trekked to the mountains during the MLK holiday weekend to gather up, celebrate our friendship and mutual love of skiing, winter sports, and exploring the outdoors, with, of course, a side order of music, food and a wee dram of shenanigans. […]