David Sibray
The National Park Service is inviting members of the public who have an interest in climbing at New River Gorge National Park and Preserve and Gauley River National Recreation Area to an October 27 meeting at the Canyon Rim Visitor Center near Fayetteville, West Virginia. The park service will update guests on actions taken as … Read more
The new Fallout 76 video game — to be released by Bethesda Softworks on November 14, 2018 — might have been set in Pennsylvania rather than West Virginia. However, one of the game’s developers says he found West Virginia’s landscape more alluring. “We were considering either West Virginia or Pennsylvania, but I decided I liked … Read more
Born into relative obscurity in the valley of the Greenbrier River in Alderson, West Virginia, Ada “Bricktop” Smith became one of the world’s most iconic personalities of the Jazz era, a singer, dancer, and the owner of clubs in Rome, Paris, and Mexico City. In October and November, her story is brought to life in … Read more
October may be the biggest month yet when it comes to whitewater rafting in West Virginia. Autumn color, Halloween fun, and the epic Bridge Day weekend add up to unparalleled excitement in whitewater country. If you’ve never been rafting before, October may be a great time to introduce yourself to West Virginia’s whitewater rivers, and … Read more
I had the opportunity to walk the one-mile loop trail at Walter Nature Park near Winfield, West Virginia, in Putnam County, a delightful path and wanders through forest and young woodlands in the hills above the Kanawha River. If you’re looking for a good family trail in western West Virginia, this gets my vote. The … Read more
Is it too soon to talk about skiing? — not in the highest peaks in the Appalachian Mountains, in which snow is expected in less than a month. Flakes will fall west of Washington, D.C., by the end of October; and Canaan Valley Resort will be waiting. One of three ski areas in what’s been … Read more
While we at West Virginia Explorer tend to focus on the natural attractions and landmarks that define West Virginia, it’s hard to deny the excitement that surrounds the college football season here each fall. Over the years, West Virginia University’s Mountaineer Football has established a reputation as a consistently competitive program and one that tends … Read more
Fall color in high-elevation Tucker County will peak during the first ten days of October, says Brian Sarfino, who’s worked to determine exact schedules for autumn leaf change at Dolly Sods and in the Canaan Valley in West Virginia’s Allegheny Highlands. “Peak fall foliage comes in the first ten days of October. This is the … Read more
I could hardly have chosen a more sweltering afternoon on which to hike the Alice Knight Memorial Trail — a 1.1-mile loop that follows the upper course of Coonskin Fork, a tributary of the Elk River for which Coonskin Park is named. Temperatures were hovering in the mid-90s, remarkable in September even in the lush, … Read more
WVGhosts.com, a website that archives paranormal encounters from throughout West Virginia, announced today the launch of its 2018 Halloween attractions directory for the Mountain State. The directory includes kid-friendly venues as well as attractions that could cause adults to have nightmares, according to Jonathan Moore, founder of West Virginia Ghosts. “We currently cover 28 venues hosting … Read more
