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Timeline

Timeline of West Virginia
Snow Sports Areas

This is a work in progress please email wvsnowsportsmuseum@gmail.com with suggestions or edits.
Click the links in
pink for more information.
* Denotes Nordic Area

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1951 - 1962

Cabin Mountain (Driftland)
Canaan Valley, WV

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1953 - 1980

Chestnut Ridge
Bruceton Mills, WV

Shirley Lojewski - Chesnut Ridge1959.jpeg

1955 - 1961

Gregg's Knob
near Afton & Terra Alta, WV

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1956 - 1959

Weiss Knob
Canaan Valley, WV

weiss_knob1.jpg

1956 - Present

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1940 - 1965
1969 - Present

Oglebay Resort

Wheeling, WV

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1958 - 1961

Bald Knob Ski Slopes

Ghent, WV

Bald Knob Ski Slopes Near Beckley.jpg

1959 - 1965

Weiss Knob II

Canaan Valley, WV

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1959 - 1965

Green Bank Observatory

Green Bank, WV

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1968 - 1980

Coonskin Park

Charleston, WV

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1971 - Present

Canaan Valley Resort

Canaan Valley, WV

Canaan Valley Ski Resort Post Card.jpg

1972 - Never Opened

Job Knob

Job, WV

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1974 - Present

Alpine Lake Resort *

Terra Alta, WV

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1974 - Present

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1976 - Present

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1981 - Present

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1981 - 1984

Mount Timberline

Canaan Valley, WV

Timberline Snow Cat Skiing.jpg

1983 - Never Opened

Tory Mountain

Harman, WV

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1984 - Present

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1984 - Present

Silver Creek

Snowshoe, WV

silver-creek.jpg

1985 (circa) - ?

Richwood Adventure *

Cranberry Wilderness Area, WV

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1985 - Never Opened

Laurel Creek Club

Lewisburg, WV

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1986 - 2018

Timberline 4 Season Resort

Canaan Valley, WV

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2003 - Never Opened

Almost Heaven

Harman, WV

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2020 - Present

Timberline Mountain

Canaan Valley, WV

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