The Allegheny Trail (ALT) is a 300+ mile footpath that runs north to south from the Pennsylvania-West Virginia border to the Appalachian Trail in Virginia. The ... Read More...
“I am a mighty mountain. I rise above the others and look down upon their crowns. When you see me from below I seem to shoulder out the sky. For more than half ... Read More...
It’s 1972 and Allen Jones nervously looks at his mother on the courthouse steps in West Union as he places successive bids against a timber company. The item up... Read More...
West Virginians take pride in our state’s rich natural resources and many of us enjoy them by hiking, paddling, climbing, and mountain biking our way through un... Read More...
This summer, I left the verdant landscape of Canaan Valley to embark on an urban escapade in St. Louis. I spent ten weeks working at a newspaper and becoming th... Read More...
If you read our summer print issue, you may have subtly noticed it was dedicated to the mountain bike. To some, the mountain bike is an adult toy that helps the... Read More...
West Virginia’s status as a mid-Atlantic mecca for outdoor adventure is the foundation for a growing outdoor recreation economy. Scattered throughout the state ... Read More...
The last few seasons have led to increasing media coverage of the challenges facing West Virginia’s $250 million ski industry as it adapts to warming winters. R... Read More...
If you were told there was a federal program that paid for public parks, forests, playgrounds, swimming pools, and ballfields that didn’t cost you, the househol... Read More...
