Skiing Downhill and Cross-Country

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Though you don't think of Virginia when you think of skiing, within three hours drive from Lexington, you will find six different resorts. The areas are small, but they provide a great opportunity for beginning skiers and snowboarders.

Wintergreen Resort

  • Phone: (804) 325-2100

  • Web: www.wintergreenresort.com

  • Time to get there: 1 hour

  • Slopes: 19

  • Night Skiing: Varies

  • Vertical: 1,003 feet

  • Longest run: 1.4 miles

Massanutten

  • Phone: (800) 207-MASS

  • Web: www.massresort.com

  • Time to get there: 1 hour

  • Slopes: 14

  • Night Skiing: Yes

  • Vertical: 1,1110 feet

  • Longest run: 4,100 feet

Homestead

  • Phone: (800) 838-1766

  • Web: www.thehomestead.com

  • Time to get there: 1 hour

  • Slopes: 9

  • Night Skiing: No

Snowshoe Mountain and Silver Creek, West Virginia

  • Phone: (304) 572-4636

  • Web: http://www.snowshoemtn.com

  • Time to get there: 3 hours

  • Slopes: 57 Night skiing: 14 slopes

  • Vertical: 1,500 feet

  • Longest Run: 1.5 miles

  • Annual Snowfall: 180 inches

Canaan Valley, West Virginia

  • Phone: (800) 622-4121

  • Web: www.skithevalley.com

  • Time to get there: 3 hours

  • Slopes: 37

  • Night skiing: 11 slopes

  • Vertical: 850 feet

  • Longest run: 2 miles

  • Annual snowfall: 150 inches

Timberline, West Virginia

  • Phone: (304) 866-4828

  • Web: www.timberlineresort.com

  • Time to get there: 3 hours

  • Slopes: 35

  • Night Skiing: Yes

  • Vertical: 1,000 feet

  • Longest run: 2 miles

  • Annual snowfall: 150 inches

 Winter Place, West Virginia

  • Phone: (800) 607-7669

  • Web: www.winterplace.com

  • Time to get there: 3 hours

  • Slopes: 27

  • Night Skiing: 25 slopes

  • Vertical: 603 feet

  • Longest run: 1.25 miles