Cross Country Ski White Grass

Dec 29 UPDATE Can You Believe How Good This Is?

White Grass Web Cam * Our NWS Forecast * Snow Depths * USFS Canaan Web Cam * Dave's Local Weather Site

Base: 4 "-12" packed

In The Woods: 6"-24"

4000' stake: 21 "

Surface: Powder

Km open: 50

Km Groomed: 25-30

CAFE:open for lunch, next dinner is Thursday eve

Happenings: Full Moon skiing every night here this week

New Snow: 7"-9"

Snow so far this season: 59 "

2 PM: 17 SUNNY CALMING DOWN

Skiable days: 22

Skiable w/ 50 km: 16

Season Passers: Thomas Breach, Arlington, VA & Bill Connelly, Alexandria, VA (205 passers so far...)

Skiers Yesterday: 135 or so...

Find out why the Appalachians have some of the planet's finest xc skiing conditions every once in a while like RIGHT NOW!!! Wind has slowed and the sun is popping out!

New Years Week? Extra Extra Purple Powder Alert Calling All Lovers of Snow....What have we done to deserve this?

Morgan 360 on XC gear by Todd * the most fun ever had without a motor Robbie * WG is like a secret fishin' hole, only tell the good good friends. Tom and Julie

Ice Staion Zebra here this windy am... * I started skiing by myself....but then I met up with all my....Tom Preston

KINDLY WALK TO THE SIDE WHEN WALKING ON OUR TRAILS, WE WANT SMOOTH- SWEETNESS FOR ALL! * We have openings for MUSICIANS to play @ CAFE

Stonecaol Flats looked like an early episode of Star Trek Jamie Mulligan * Chaga Bowl Mark and Clare Anderson

Dude of the Week: Doesn't matter how far he moves away, never drop WG...Lester Lind Mr. Extraordinariness is back all winter in the PB and top of the staff

The Story We Know by Martha Collins
The way to begin is always the same. Hello,
Hello. Your hand, your name. So glad, Just fine,
and Good-bye at the end. That's every story we know,

and why pretend? But lunch tomorrow? No?
Yes? An omelette, salad, chilled white wine?
The way to begin is simple, sane, Hello,

and then it's Sunday, coffee, the Times, a slow
day by the fire, dinner at eight or nine
and Good-bye. In the end, this is a story we know

so well we don't turn the page, or look below
the picture, or follow the words to the next line:
The way to begin is always the same Hello.

But one night, through the latticed window, snow
begins to whiten the air, and the tall white pine.
Good-bye is the end of every story we know

that night, and when we close the curtains, oh,
we hold each other against that cold white sign
of the way we all begin and end. Hello,
Good-bye is the only story. We know, we know.

Blue Ridge Outdoors

White Grass U Tube Remix catching mostly air thru Todd * the new look and function of the MountainMade online store * Fall Refuge birwalks * Mon Forest Expanding

Local little Canaan map * looks like about a 30% chance of a colder and drier winter. Dennis Mennerich * Ecosystem Spruce Planting Restoration by D. Saville

ocal history Behold the Land of Canaan * CVI MT Bike trails * MtnMAde.com/Local artists * Chip's in a mushroom blog * Local CVI Trail News* Winter is bringing us all together

So utterly, entirely, completely, intensity, anticipating Whitegrass to glide on! Alan Grubb * Chip, thanks for another amazing winter kick-off to glide on! Peter * The ever expanding Whitegrass universe.. Happy Jack Frost all ! Dickie

12/28/09

WG recorded 96 skiable days with about 188" snow last winter. Hats off to all for helping us keep the doors open and trails used.

Brew Pub Live Music * xc snowboarding parody...martin * First Frost Pool 10/ 6 winners Kurt & Jim Baczuk / First Snow 10/17 Pete Kepner / Total Snowfall Guesstimations from 135" to 300"

Endless WV DNR wetland info* Planting For Deer Resistance * Friends Of Cheat Access * Matt's Halloween pics * Canaan/WG Wikipedia * WVLiving Magazine * TMI @ Spruce Knob

Laurie is baking cakes, cookies, and other yummies for Trail Mix * 37,000 new acres of protected W.V land * Davis River Front * Davis River Front's blog * wvhighlandsartists * What to Bring XC Ski

Curtis LugeZip (3/5).mpg * ChipNattyTurns * CurtisQuickies.mpg *ChipRedOak(3/4)* GeohopsCanMon.mpg * Opensezame*ChipCanMon3/2* LugeRunGisela. (3/2) * FlowBYxc. (3/2) * Skihiking and Foolery * PackPowWill* Chip and JoJo Dance WG/Facebook * Trailblazer 'CV has its own mystique'* Upper SpringerGeo.mpg * SeeAMouse.* Morgan360canoe*TwistySkiing* Goodstuffjumpin * WG testimonial.mpg * Local boy gone BIG City - http://nick-waite.blogspot.com/ * Vermont’s Mad River Rocket Sleds*WG Web Cam History mode * Snowfarming * Ski Jouring in WV * Granny Gear schedules 3 big 24 Hour bike races next year * Freeland Road Bubbling springs Video * Denali Nato.wma

Davis Consignment Shop * MaryAnn the mapmaker has a new site * WG skiers meet VA fiddlers by Todd * Snurfer Poaches Mad River SKi Area * skibuilders.com * 10 great places to peacefully glide cross-country USA TODAY * Lost Ski Areas * Season passers recieve 10% discount at Highland Prospects * Hyno Coffee * Tucker County Trails* Chipper Chase in Off Piste * The ChipperCHase Article.pdf

The ultimate ski Showdown Utube by xcskizone * if you like check this one * xc ski zone.com

Freaky STyle WG If you've ever skied WhiteGrass this video makes complete sense! The kind of place you might want to plan your entire winter around.

All my life, right and wrong tangled, playing with the moon, ridiculing the wind, listening to the birds…Many years wasted seeing the mountain covered with snow. This winter I realize snow makes the mountain - Dogen Zenji

At 140" +/-average snowfall in CANAAN we almost double Erie! ERIE, PA. 88 * BUFFALO, NY 93 * TALKEETNA, AK 115 * MARQUETTE, MI 141 * MT. WASHINGTON, NH 260

Send "A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions." Oliver Wendell Holmes

Check out these clips from the recent dump in SWVA: Pretty epic good times! I have been waiting years to shred this hill. The junkboards work great, BTW.Can’t wait to see yall, the SWVA gang will be up there for New Years! P. Sully

Hello White Grassers! I hope the snow's thick and the skiing good for you all this holiday season. I'm planning our wedding and am interested in learning more about your catering options and pricing. The date and location are not finalized yet, but we're shooting for late summer somewhere in the valley. White Grass cultivates the type of vibe and delicious food that I'd love to share with our friends and family. Thanks so much, Happy New Year! Best, Kellee Gomola

sox sent by Emma Dave Faunce will be putting out endless pics....enjoy!

Gisela shot long time pals Chris Good and Bob Walsh near the sweet Blue Ridge of VA

Really good conditions yesterday with stunning frost! A couple pics attached 1. Grateful Dead Dancing Bears spending Christmas at White Grass 2. Frosted Cat Tail Thanks. Rick and Karen

Jack Frost Week end Picture Gloria Chepko * Chip UTube clogging

Love you all like I love the snow... Enjoy your rest and your family and friends that surround you. Hope to see you all soon. Ali.

pics of Colo by Geo Bell * Clare's Colorado photos with Chipper and the gang last week * Dan's Picaso Colo pics

We've been thinking about both of you. Used the cook book last night. Hope Chip is doing well. We want to wish you a Merry Christmas.Hope to see you at White Grass in mid-January.Hope to ski the Jura or some other cross-country area of Switzerland. Will need the usual brush up lessons before we go.Love and best wishes. Pat and Molly Morgan, Reidsville, N. C.

Congratulations on all the new snow! While I did actually meet you back in the '80's at a PSIA nord clinic somewhere in southern PA, I hardly remember much from the clinic (well, accept Paula C, who I ended up following to NH and working at her XC center for four seasons). But I do remember you talking up White Grass, and the Dolly Sods, and I've always wanted to visit. When this storm hit, for some reason the thought popped up in my mind that it must be epic at White Grass, so I Googled your site. Wish I was there now, looks like a good time! Rain here on Mt Hood, freezing level at 7k. Jeremy Bishop

I hope you are doing well! Added some pics to the site that you might want to also share on your ski report page. Missing your cheerful disposition. Next time I get out there to ski I'll definitely try 3 mile or a much easier trail than the one I did last year. I'm bet Obama can ski better than I. That's why I got a little flustered, no ski skills! Happy Holidays. Jonathan

...some of the sweetest community and stoke building times, thanks as always, I think Ullr mightta heard us this time, good times brother, good times. Tomi

Peter Wentzel

13. It's how many cups o' Joe you would need to drink in order to even come close to matching the energy level of one Canaan Valley hermit snow gnome many call Chipper. Hypno

Heartachin' for WG. Dying to get back this year, maybe a couple of times. Will bring the boys (Joe, 13 is the speedy skater in the photo). I'm as much of a nord maniac as I've ever been: 50 outings last year, and I'm hungry to improve my Mountain State 25K time after shedding a dozen pounds a few years ago. Big hug, Chip. Sorry about Jack :-(, but I hope to see you all real soon. John Clarke in Northern Cali

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* Hansi's blog WG visit

...and watch this video. Short and beautifully done. Elizabeth Gilespie (Clue...snowboarding in leaves) * This is from my friend Justin, a HS English teacher and poet in rural VT. Junkboarding ... Mine is waxed and ready. Denis

by Bert JR's Canaan Valley wedding pics Late 70's in Canaan by Tool

Us on g. earth sent by Mark Blumenstein fond memories from winter Marc and Kara

Nils Larsen mastering his Altai ski techniques Powder Creek BC Rare Merlin catch at Dolly Sods

On my way to work. Anne Wanted to help to extend your season. Where do you want it? TeleBruce

WG is the heart and soul of all things freeheel and your support of the Karhu brand is invaluable to the snowsports industry! Thanks for spreading the Karhu love. Hope to see you and Laurie soon. Cheers! -Doug

. Bob Jordan a great spirit * I edited a trailer of "Sweet Joy" for You Tube---(Adam Chase skiing backwards for starters)...Cheers, Wendy

This is a wonderfully off the grid place where skiing (no matter how well or poorly), food, and friends are the whole thing. The terrain is amazing offering easy greens to well above my talent level blacks. There are some extraordinary telemarkers weaving patterns down the face and a whole lot more skinny skis and red cheeks just going with flow. The rustic lodge is really a shed with the most tantalizing smells in the world coming out from a modern, if crowded kitchen. It's hard to find a place to sit and the energy and buzz are just amazing. If you want to leave the mall and find the back country...or enjoy some set tracks through gorgeous countryside, come on out. Being how it is WV and conditions are subject to change check out the site. White Grass is an unparalled full on EXPERIENCE for all the senses.

After hearing people rave about the place for years, I finally enjoyed a meal at Canaan's White Grass Cafe earlier this month - and, wow, was it worth the wait. On the grounds of White Grass, a cross-country skiing center with a decidedly international vibe, the cafe offers one of the most unique dining experiences I've enjoyed in some time. Ted/WV Food Guy

Chip Chase founded White Grass in 1979. No one in the ski world before or since has had a better time on skis or doing anything related to snow (Ive been buzzin since I was born!). That zest is totally communicable. White Grass is a blast, in a lot of ways a throwback to the 1960s, with much more wool than lycra. You'll find easy trails and gnarly trails amidst a lot of snow, gentle streamsides, hardwoods, conifers, and a big meadow by the lodge. You'll see everyone from kids being pulled in pulks to folks in their 70s, all wearing huge smiles. Jonathan

"Chip, you are my hero!! You don't take life too seriously, you throw an excellent party, and we are facing youtube fame together! I really love that video, Becky and I agreed that was a most organic jam in a beautiful place on a perfect day. See you soon...yay! Rachel Eddy "

Here's the link to the White Grass article in Get Out! michelle * Best food ever. Thanks for the recipes Laurie and Chip! Margaret and Hansi, Minnesota / Hansi's Blog

Take a walk down memory lane with ski writer Randy Johnson’s look at the history of cross country skiing in the Boone, NC area. Also check out his Web site for a video cross country ski lesson in Blowing Rock and a video look at Roan Mountain Nordic in the 1980s.

Todd searches and finds the healthy Birch tree chaga mushroom ...great info about it.

Most important muscle in skiing is the one in your cheek that makes your lips shape into a smile. Dickie Hall

WG You Tube Video Weiss Knob Ski Area * Harrison Shull's WG SlideSHow	Kid's Free Trade In XC Gear $175 Kid's Free Tele Trade In Gear $575	Our Community Living Room The Purple Fiddle * Doerfels Live mpeg Davis River Front
lightningboards.com woodenskis.com* Work in progress. Check it out Colleen* Early ski days in Davis Wendel Allen My gallery is Dolly Sods Views. Mary Ann * Chase Kids Couloir Article.pdf * Zanny Nordic Website xczone.Davis National Highlights USA Today * Amazing Snow From Mr. Dave * Pocahontas County has average mean elevation of 3219'"...cross-country skiing through that utterly magical snow encrusted pine forest this past winter was enough to make a grown person weep with awe." Susan Moundsville, WV Wild and Wonderful Walks Company	Our senior Senator, Robert C. Byrd, is fond of noting that: “West Virginia is one of the most beautiful and unique places. It is the most southern of the northern and the most northern of the southern; the most eastern of the western and the most western of the eastern. It is where the East says good morning to the West, and where Yankee Doodle and Dixie kiss each other good night!” Indeed, West Virginia is a most beautiful and unique place. And with the introduction of our legislation, “Wild Monongahela: A National Legacy for West Virginia’s Special Places, we are striving to keep it that way” Hon. Nick Joe Rahall introducing the new WV Wilderness Bill	Canaan Valley Nat'l Wildlife Refuge HC 70, Bx 200 Davis, WV 26260 304-866-3858
Ullr is the Norse god of skiers, and Skade is his wife. According to mythology, Skade was a mortal granted the right to marry a god, and being partial to the mountains, she chose Ullr.	When winter is a no-show in the mid-Atlantic region, count on West Virginia's Dolly Sods Wilderness, four hours west of Washington, D.C., for a healthy dose of the real thing. Perched on a 4,000-foot tableland in the Allegheny Mountains, the Sods averages more than 12 feet of snow each year. Wind permitting, follow the Breathed Mountain and Big Stonecoal trails into the high plains, with their decidedly Western feel. White Grass is known for some of the best and most extensive cross-country skiing on the East Coast, with a natural foods cafe that attracts nearly as many fans. All 31 miles of the center's varied trails, half of which are groomed, are open following the weekend storm. A one-day trail fee is $12 for adults; rentals are $12 on weekdays and $15 for weekends and holidays.(Wash Post)Total # of Trails: 44 with 50KM, 30 KM machine groomed Beginner 30% Intermediate 55% Advanced 15% Top Elev.: 4436 Base Elev.3250 Vertical Drop:1200' Terrain Features pretty challenging constantly varying open hardwood glades, pastures, mountaintops, old ski area runs, railroad grades.	Local Wild Weather Facts ****Our Best Local Weather Site =========================================================== Davis 3SE, West Virginia (Canaan Valley 3N) 39-05-52N 79-25-53W Elev 3698 ft. Dave Lesher * Highlands New Weather Forecast Zone * Canaan Snow Data * Winter 06-07Dave the Weatherman’s Office Window Daily Photo Local snowfall table enclosed : Early Canaan Ski story Life is good...and especially good in CV. Dave Lesher

WG You Tube Video

Weiss Knob Ski Area * Harrison Shull's WG SlideSHow

Kid's Free Trade In XC Gear $175 Kid's Free Tele Trade In Gear $575

Our Community Living Room The Purple Fiddle * Doerfels Live mpeg

Davis River Front

lightningboards.com woodenskis.com* Work in progress. Check it out Colleen* Early ski days in Davis Wendel Allen My gallery is Dolly Sods Views. Mary Ann * Chase Kids Couloir Article.pdf * Zanny Nordic Website xczone.Davis National Highlights USA Today * Amazing Snow From Mr. Dave * Pocahontas County has average mean elevation of 3219'"...cross-country skiing through that utterly magical snow encrusted pine forest this past winter was enough to make a grown person weep with awe." Susan Moundsville, WV

Wild and Wonderful Walks Company

Our senior Senator, Robert C. Byrd, is fond of noting that: “West Virginia is one of the most beautiful and unique places. It is the most southern of the northern and the most northern of the southern; the most eastern of the western and the most western of the eastern. It is where the East says good morning to the West, and where Yankee Doodle and Dixie kiss each other good night!” Indeed, West Virginia is a most beautiful and unique place. And with the introduction of our legislation, “Wild Monongahela: A National Legacy for West Virginia’s Special Places, we are striving to keep it that way” Hon. Nick Joe Rahall introducing the new WV Wilderness Bill

Canaan Valley Nat'l Wildlife Refuge HC 70, Bx 200 Davis, WV 26260 304-866-3858

Ullr is the Norse god of skiers, and Skade is his wife. According to mythology, Skade was a mortal granted the right to marry a god, and being partial to the mountains, she chose Ullr.

When winter is a no-show in the mid-Atlantic region, count on West Virginia's Dolly Sods Wilderness, four hours west of Washington, D.C., for a healthy dose of the real thing. Perched on a 4,000-foot tableland in the Allegheny Mountains, the Sods averages more than 12 feet of snow each year. Wind permitting, follow the Breathed Mountain and Big Stonecoal trails into the high plains, with their decidedly Western feel. White Grass is known for some of the best and most extensive cross-country skiing on the East Coast, with a natural foods cafe that attracts nearly as many fans. All 31 miles of the center's varied trails, half of which are groomed, are open following the weekend storm. A one-day trail fee is $12 for adults; rentals are $12 on weekdays and $15 for weekends and holidays.(Wash Post)Total # of Trails: 44 with 50KM, 30 KM machine groomed Beginner 30% Intermediate 55% Advanced 15% Top Elev.: 4436 Base Elev.3250 Vertical Drop:1200' Terrain Features pretty challenging constantly varying open hardwood glades, pastures, mountaintops, old ski area runs, railroad grades.

Local Wild Weather Facts ****Our Best Local Weather Site
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Davis 3SE, West Virginia (Canaan Valley 3N) 39-05-52N 79-25-53W Elev 3698 ft. Dave Lesher * Highlands New Weather Forecast Zone * Canaan Snow Data * Winter 06-07Dave the Weatherman’s Office Window Daily Photo

Local snowfall table enclosed : Early Canaan Ski story Life is good...and especially good in CV. Dave Lesher

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"skiing is not a matter of life and death, it’s more important than that"

The pure spirit of skiing and the good life is alive and well and living at Whitegrass. I know of no other place where skiers gather and get closer to that wonderful spiritual aspect of skiing and fellowship. That special place in all nords that makes us want to go outside put on our skis and have fun. Whitegrass is quite simply my favorite ski area in North America. Ski Hard, Play Fair, Have Fun, Dickie Hall (NATO)

Nothing finer than standing on this great planet / chip

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