Cross Country Ski White Grass

Dec 6 Come and Get It

White Grass Web Cam( not yet) * Our NWS Forecast * Snow Depths * USFS Canaan Web Cam * Dave's Local Weather Site

“The best time to head to the back country is when weather is about to change for the worse.” John Muir ...We have 8" to 14" and all 50 km open, not perfect yet it is actual live xc

Great JFC last night as many skied into during and after the celebration and now a perfect Sunday...hurry out and ski the rest of the weekend away

Fresh snow blankets the field and wood this morn in Helvetia. Up early to rebuild the Snowshoe 5k page. Check it out. Dan * The ever expanding Whitegrass universe.. Happy Jack Frost all ! Dickie

Even in Rough Economic Times, Conservation Remains a Priority for American Voters * Chip returns to the Aspen backcountry after the Jack Frost

"So utterly, entirely, completely, intensity, anticipating Whitegrass to glide on!" Alan Grubb

Through winter’s stillness,
The warm of friends and good fare,
Jack Frost comes to call.

Peace,
Rick Roderick

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 * The latest from-Accu-Weather

Local 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

Folks that want to lead a winter refuge educational snowshoe walk, pick a subject that would fit, 1-2 hours long with a free lunch and $50 travel fee if needed. Expand the Gateway To The Refuge

Trail Clearing Days will continue this Saturday for the finale * Ecosystem Spruce Planting Restoration by D. Saville

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 Oct 6 winners Kurt Litzau & Jim Baczuk / First Snow 10/17 Pete Kepner / Total Snowfall Guesstimations from 135" to near 300"

Endless WV DNR wetland info* Planting For Deer Resistance * Friends Of Cheat Access * Matt's Halloween pics * Canaan/WG Wikipedia * WVLliving 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

Welcome back Whitegrass !!! I was thinking of that fine nordic spirit bridge between the Mad River Valley and WG! Dickie

Furnace Mtn (One of our barn dance favorites)

Dave do - everything - Saville sent these wonderful pics of Sunday's Wreath Workshop

Carrie sends Love

Here is my money for my season pass. Thank you for making winter a season to forward to. Snow! Kathy Bine, Fairfax, Va

"Learning how to powder ski takes 10 years in the east or 10 days in the west." Dickie Hall

"She just doesn't want to admit that she hangs out with beginners... metal edges... phooey. Now I am ready! Let it snow let it snow let it snow" -paula

i love that regina spektor got mentioned in the daily report. she's crazy good. Amazing weekend fueled by the collective energy and majesty of canaan valley and your little mecca of good vibes. i will be out next weekend, with another friend in tow. are you guys doing any work on friday? Spencer Lee (yes, Robert and friends are coming as well)

SEVEN SPRINGS SIGNS LEASE TO OPERATE LAUREL MT.Seven Springs Mountain Resort, PA, has signed a 10-year lease to operate the dormant state-owned Laurel Mountain ski area, although it won't reopen this year and possibly not next year either, according to published reports. Seven Springs officials first want to build snowmaking ponds and change some ski runs and trails before it reopens the ski area in Laurel Mountain State Park, about 50 miles east of Pittsburgh. The two areas are about 25 miles apart. Last year, Seven Springs bought Laurel Mountain's ski area assets including a lodge, chairlifts, snowmaking and other equipment. The state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources owns Laurel Mountain and has ommitted $6.5 million to improvements Seven Springs plans there.

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

Can't wait to get back out for a new season - SKIP

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

FOLGR...friends of the lower greenbrier

You have no idea how exciting it is to hear from you!!yeay!and just so you know, i'm flying back to the states (with no return plane ticket to guatemala) mid December. My sister is expecting a baby, and i hope to be present for her home-birth.And come january, I'm planning a good long trip up to canaan valley and white grass!! yeay.i can't wait to see you all.take care.LET IT SNOW.i hope it dumps on you all this year.mucho amor, besos y abrazos. ali.

Long time pal and wg staffer has dropped the prices to a sweet place...dryforker@gmail.com

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Sundays adventure on Cabin Mountain - didn't quite make it to the top of Weiss Knob Absolutely beautiful in the National Nordic Got out on our Karhu short sticks (carvers) First time out in the snow with our new dog Tucker, who is now officially a ski dog - he likes the white grass Still smiling - Mike, Christi and Tucker Dog (Cole couldn't make this trip)

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I still get those homesick pangs for Wild Wonderful West Virginia with you hillbillies and all the great memories. Jill Shoemaker Owens Season Passers are already spreading their faith...Gatewoods * Joeys nearby Bike Shop

"I just use ol' natural gravity..." a downhill skier explaining the difference with xc

"have seen nothing but black worms this fall…..good sign I hope!" Paul S. Magness * Sods Trail Map fr MoTown's Adventure's Edge * 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 * How is everybody? I have both of Laurie's cookbooks now. She was part of my inspiration to study holistic nutrition. Crystal

chipper- thanks so much for the love! i'm at home working on writing music for a new album. hopefully i'll be back at the purple fiddle in the spring or summer of next year with a pile of new songs until next time, be well, and enjoy the mountains! abby washburn

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

Not too early to start appeasing Ullr, right? :-) Sarah...White Grass is in the middle of Accu Weather's snowiest winter 09-10 Winter Forecast / Could the "Year Without True Summer" Mean the Coldest and Snowiest Winter in Over Five Years from New York City to Washington, D.C.? Ski resorts could have a great year with plenty of powder for skiers.The areas that will be hit hardest this winter by cold, snowy weather will be from New England through the Appalachians and mid-Atlantic, including North Carolina. Keep in mind, if El Nino strengthens into the winter the cold air will have a much tougher time getting down into the Ohio Valley and eastern U.S. Brett from ACCU

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

Anvers Island off the Antarctic Peninsula. The skiing was pretty good on the glacier yesterday (May 31)yet I miss White Grass. Lisa Crockett, Athens, Ohio

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 " * Chip UTube clogging

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.

We are staying open until the fat lady sings and we have never ever closed if there is natural snow to ski. Tomorrow is our 114th straight day and we project another month easy! That will equal 144, great if it hit 150! 42" lay frozen in the high country this afternoon in powder conditions. Full moon skiing this March 15th. Our nordic trails have been graced with the best snows and cold we have ever wildly imagined. Region by region we are the surely the seasonal winners. Too dry out west, too cold in New England and just right in the Alleghenies. Sometimes the elevator-sometimes the shaft. chip chase 3/12/2003

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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