Snowshoe Mountain
Largest ski resort in the Mid-Atlantic, atop Cheat Mountain in West Virginia, with 60 trails on 244 acres and 1,500 feet of vertical.
Key Stats
Terrain Breakdown
The percentage of marked trails in each difficulty level. A higher beginner percentage means more terrain suitable for novices and families; a higher advanced percentage means more challenge for experts.
Best For
When to go
Average monthly snowfall and snowpack depth, with the typical operating window shaded.
Snowshoe Mountain's heaviest snowfall lands in January; the snowpack peaks in February.
- Snowfall
- peaks Jan
- Snowpack
- peaks Feb
- Typical season
- Nov – Apr
Snowfall: NOAA, 30-year normals (1991–2020).
Snow depth: NOAA, daily station data (1994–2023).
Location
Snowshoe sits in the Allegheny Mountains of east-central West Virginia, part of the broader Appalachian chain. This is a continental interior setting on a high ridge, with the small community of Snowshoe and surrounding national forest land spread across the surrounding highlands.
Getting there
Fly into Greenbrier (LWB), about 1.5 hours from the resort by road.
- Greenbrier (LWB)1.5 hoursDirections
- Pittsburgh (PIT)4 hoursDirections
- Washington Dulles (IAD)4.5 hoursDirections
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