Potomac Appalachian Trail Club - Ski
Touring Section
XC Ski Trip: Canaan Valley, WV
Dates:
January 16 - 19, 2004, Friday night to Monday afternoon
Location:
Village Inn Motel
HC70 Box 190
Davis, WV 26260
304-866-4166
800-CALL-WVA
(on route 32 - 2 miles north of Canaan Valley)
Trip cost:
$169.00 for STS members, $179.00 for non STS members
trip cost is for 3 nights of lodging only, double occupancy
additional expenses for meals, ski trail use fees, lift tickets for alpine or
telemark skiing
Trip Description:
This is an excellent place to do XC, backcountry, and
telemark skiing in the Mid-Atlantic region. Free heel areas include: White Grass
Ski Touring Center, Blackwater Falls State Park, and Canaan Valley State Park.
There are also two downhill resorts at Timberline and Canaan Valley State Park.
Timberline offers telemark lessons. White Grass is an excellent place to take XC
lessons. The central highlands of WV get an average of 150" of snow
every winter, even if we don't get anything in Maryland. But we will go natural
snow or no. Sometimes there will be snow around 4000' in Dolly Sods even if
there isn't any at lower altitudes. Dolly Sods is another great place to do
backcountry skiing. If there isn't any natural snow you can do alpine or
telemark skiing at the two downhill resorts or go hiking.
Each participant is required to provide their own gear.
If necessary XC ski gear can be rented at White Grass Touring Center and
possibly at Blackwater Falls or Canaan Valley State Parks.
Some Potentially Necessary Items
- XC, backcountry, or telemark skis, boots, bindings,
& poles
- glide wax
- wind, snow, & rain shell
- extra fleece or wool clothes (no cotton)
- thermal underwear tops & bottoms
- gloves or mittens, mitten shells
- gaitors
- wool sweater or fleece jacket
- knit hat
- sunscreen, sunglasses, hat with brim
- flashlight, extra bulb and batteries
- map & compass
- matches
- daypack
- food
- water
- first aid kit
Guidebook & Maps
Monongahela National Forest Hiking Guide, Allen de Hart &
Bruce Sundquist, West Virginia Highlands Conservancy
USFS maps are enhanced USGS maps, USFS 7.5' Topographic maps: Blackbird Knob, Hopeville,
Blackwater Falls, Laneville
Or Canaan Valley Adventure Map which combines all four
of the above plus other areas in a single, waterproof, but harder to read map
Potomac Ranger District, MNF, Rt. 3, Box 240, Petersburg, WV
26847, 304-257-4488
Health Problems
If anyone has a health problem that I should know about, please tell
me before you pass out.
Food
As we are staying in a motel we don't have cooking
facilities but you might want to bring snack food or lunch items for day tours,
etc.
Trip Leader:
Ted Fryberger
6259 Deep River Canyon
Columbia, MD 21045
Phone: 443-917-2902
Driving Directions:
These are two possible routes, there are alternatives
Northern route:
From the Baltimore Beltway (695)
Take 70 West to 68
Stay on 68 to Cumberland, MD
Just past Cumberland take 220 South to Keyser
Stay on 220 South, bear right onto 972 (a shortcut, otherwise just stay on 220)
Follow 972 to 220/50 and go West on 220/50 for a couple miles
Take 93 South to Davis, WV
Take 32 South from Davis
Village Inn Motel is on route 32, 2 miles north of
Canaan Valley
Southern route:
From the DC Beltway (495)
Rt. 66 West for 60 miles
Rt. 81 South for 4 miles
Rt. 55 West for 48 miles
Rt. 220 South for 12 miles to Petersburg, WV (220/28/55 run coincident for a
while)
From Petersburg follow 55/28 South or West to Seneca Rocks
From there stay on 55 West to Harmon
Take 32 North to the Village Inn Motel, 2 miles
north of Canaan Valley
Alternate Southern route:
Instead of taking 55 West from 81 South, continue on 81
South to 33 West
Follow it to Seneca Rocks and then take 55 West to Harmon
Take 32 North to the
Village Inn Motel, 2 miles north of Canaan Valley
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