The best one
Blackwater Falls State Park
The Blackwater Falls sled run, with a magic carpet lift back to the top. The longest of its kind in the region and worth building a day around.
Full guide to Blackwater Falls State Park →Sledding & Tubing Hills
Blackwater Falls State Park operates the longest sledding magic-carpet run in the region, and Canaan Valley Resort runs a snow-tubing park. Both are the family-friendliest winter options in the state.
Blackwater Falls runs a lift-served sledding hill, which turns one good run into twenty and changes the whole calculation with kids.
Two operations in the same valley, both time-slotted, both selling out on holiday weekends.
Our recommendations
Where we'd send you
For tubes
Canaan Valley snow tubing
A dedicated tubing park at the resort, with lanes and a lift, on the same property as skiing and lodging.
Full guide to Canaan Valley →Free and local
State park hills
Most state parks with open meadow terrain tolerate informal sledding when there's snow. Bring your own everything.
Full guide to Babcock State Park →Practical note
Both organized operations sell timed sessions and they sell out days ahead over Christmas and Presidents' Day. Book before you drive.
What to know before you go
- Blackwater Falls' sled run uses a lift, so laps come cheap
- Sessions are time-slotted and sell out on holiday weekends
Regions that do it best
Every place we cover for sledding & tubing hills
State Park · Potomac Highlands
Blackwater Falls State Park
A 57-foot falls where the Blackwater River drops into an eight-mile canyon, its water stained amber by hemlock and spruce tannins.
57 ft falls8 mi canyon
State Park · Potomac Highlands
Canaan Valley
The highest large valley east of the Mississippi, at about 3,200 feet — a 14-mile-long bowl of wetland, bog, beaver meadow and northern hardwood that behaves climatically like central Canada.
3,200 ft valley floor17,000+ ac refuge
Ski Area · Potomac Highlands
Snowshoe Mountain
The largest ski resort in the mid-Atlantic, built upside-down: the village sits at 4,848 feet on the summit ridge of Cheat Mountain and you ski down from it.
4,848 ft summit1,500 ft cupp run vertical
State Park · Potomac Highlands
Canaan Valley Resort State Park
The state's only resort park with lift-served downhill skiing, plus a lodge, cabins, a golf course, snow tubing and cross-country trails, sitting on the floor of Canaan Valley beside the national wildlife refuge.
6,015 ac park850 ft ski vertical
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Guides and rentals for sledding & tubing hills
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Where can you go sledding in West Virginia?
Blackwater Falls State Park runs a lift-served sledding hill and Canaan Valley Resort operates a snow-tubing park.
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Snowshoe Mountain
The largest ski resort in the mid-Atlantic, with a summit village, night skiing and a lift-served bike park in summer.
Visit Canaan Valley Resort
Winter
State park resort with downhill skiing, snow tubing, cross-country trails, golf and lodging in the Canaan Valley snow belt.
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Sledding, snow tubing, cross-country skiing, snowshoe rentals and winter lodging across the park system.
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West Virginia has roughly 1.5 million acres of public land and a handful of places that carry almost all of the attention. The consequence is that a great deal of very good ground sits nearly empty, usually for one of three reasons: nobody has heard of it, the road in is gated or rough, or it is undeveloped and has nothing to advertise. Those are the places below — of them across regions.