For park
Snowshoe — Silver Creek
The Silver Creek side holds the terrain park and the night riding, and it's noticeably quieter than the main basin.
Full guide to Snowshoe Mountain →Snowboarding
All three West Virginia downhill areas allow snowboarding, with terrain parks at Snowshoe and Timberline. Snowshoe's Silver Creek side concentrates the park and night-riding terrain.
All three West Virginia downhill areas permit snowboarding. Terrain parks are built at Snowshoe's Silver Creek area and at Timberline.
The same snow belt and season across all three areas, differing mainly in terrain park provision and trail length.
Our recommendations
Where we'd send you
For long runs
Timberline Mountain
Timberline. Salamander gives you two continuous miles, which is rare anywhere in the region.
Full guide to Timberline Mountain →For a quiet day
Canaan Valley Resort
Smaller and less expensive than Snowshoe, and very quiet on weekdays in January.
Full guide to Canaan Valley →Practical note
Mid-Atlantic snow is manmade more often than not, and it sets up hard overnight. Morning laps are firm and fast; afternoon is soft and slow. Plan accordingly.
What to know before you go
- Silver Creek at Snowshoe holds the terrain park and night skiing
- Mid-week is dramatically quieter at all three areas
Regions that do it best
Every place we cover for snowboarding
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
Timberline Mountain
A Canaan Valley ski area with about 1,000 feet of vertical and Salamander, a two-mile top-to-bottom run that is the longest trail in the mid-Atlantic.
1,000 ft vertical2 mi salamander
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 snowboarding
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List your business hereQuestions people ask
Are there terrain parks in West Virginia?
Yes — Snowshoe Mountain's Silver Creek area and Timberline Mountain both build terrain parks.
Organizations, agencies and resources · 3
Groups that handle access, maintenance, licensing and conditions data for this activity. Starred entries publish updates worth following.
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.
Visit Timberline Mountain
Winter
Canaan Valley ski area home to Salamander, the longest trail in the mid-Atlantic.
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Related activities
Every organization we link to: local tourism offices, the state and federal agencies that manage the land, the nonprofits and clubs that keep access open, and the universities doing the research.
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.