Thirty inches of snow have fallen at Snowshoe Mountain Resort in Pocahontas County in the last five days, making for great conditions on the slopes.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A warm December gave many southern New England ski areas a delayed start to the 2014-2015 snow season, while a winter plagued with high temperatures and low snowfall has kept a number of western resorts closed for much of the season and drastically reduced ski-able terrain at others.
But in the mountains of West Virginia, it’s been a solid season for skiing and snowboarding. And this weekend, following a deluge of fresh powder snow, slope conditions may be the best of a well-above-average winter.
“Everything is open, everywhere across the state,” said Joe Stevens, spokesman for the West Virginia Ski Areas Association. “Even the Nordic areas (which rely on natural snowfall) have all their trails open and covered with light, dry, powdery snow. It’s not often that in the middle of February, you’ll find the best skiing in the country taking place from North Carolina, up through the mountains of West Virginia and into Maine.”
At Snowshoe Mountain Resort in Pocahontas County, 30 inches of snow had fallen during the past five days, and a whopping five feet had descended on the mountaintop resort during the past four weeks.
“We had an incredible Presidents Day weekend at the mountain,”said resort spokeswoman Krysty Ronchetti. “Now, forecasters are predicting another 12 to 16 inches by Sunday…
