Late last October, I took my younger daughter and a couple of her friends, all active 20-somethings, to visit Canaan Valley in the Allegheny Mountains of West Virginia ... hike one of the many ...

The Blackwater River snakes through the Canaan Valley ... hiking, cross-country skiing, and stargazing. West Virginia’s Blue Ridge peaks, dramatic gorges, and rushing rivers put it on the map ...

located across West Virginia 32 from the main resort complex (so no ski-in, ski-out option here). With 43 trails spread across 91 skiable acres, Canaan Valley isn’t a large facility, at perhaps ...

The new headquarters facility at the Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge ... the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, West Virginia Ecological Services and the Office of Law Enforcement.