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[quote=Anonymous]First off...I think unfortunately all the local resorts including in WV are pretty much awful if the temperatures are not cold and there is no natural snow.

Snowshoe is the only resort around here that has a true mountain "village", although it is at the top of the mountain vs. the bottom where you find them in most resorts.  That said, stay up in the village and it is nice to park your car and then be able to walk anywhere.

It does take much longer to get there and I actually consider Snowshoe to really only have about 2/3 of the trails they advertise.  They pull the old trick of taking what is really one slope and calling it a different name at various locations on the slope...that is how it gets to 60 trails.

I thought Snowshoe was very crowded, but again, I went during what are now the commonplace DC winters when only 20 slopes were open...even though it was a random Monday in January (not MLK).  I have to believe it is almost unbearable during Xmas week.

I like Wisp if the conditions are good and most of the slopes are open.  Unfortunately, that is a big If.  It is much closer and the Deep Creek Lake area, especially where Wisp is located, has lots of restaurants.  However, unless you just eat at the Wisp resort, you do have to drive.  Again, Snowshoe is nice in having the village atmosphere.

My family no longer plans ahead to go skiing anywhere within driving distance of DC.  Have been burned too many times by a cold early December, followed by some massive rain storm and 50s weather that decimates the base.  Heck, even Vermont is no longer as reliable as it used to be.[/quote]

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