Ilam House – Canaan Valley – Skiing Vacation Retreat

This Falls is on the Red Creek, inside the Doll Sods Wilderness area. To get here – drive from Ilam House out of Canaan Valley on 32 – and turn into Laneville Road (75?) and into the Dolly Sods Wilderness area. About 20 m from Ilam House are places to park and to hike down into the Red Creek Valley. You can do it as a rigorous day hike, or, an overnight backpacking trip as we have done. Get a good map of the area in Davis at the Highland Prospects outfitting store.
Red Creek falls

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Fun and games

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Snow drifts – Ilam House

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Off the picture to the right – the trail to the hot tub was clear!

Shakleton Crew returns from epic Planational Trail tour

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We skiied from Ilam House, out Canaan Loop road, took the first trail off to right- few hundred yards past the gate, the right again on Plantation Trail to Hwy 32. Was a gorgeous, and tough, 4 hr ski – breaking trail through knee/thigh deep snow, and brushing aside all the rhododenrons and other trees and shrubs weighted down and blocking the trail.

Warming hut – Whitegrass!

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We really enjoyed the wood stove at the Roundtop Warming hut on a cool February 13. We had a wonderful ski from the hut out along the Wilderness Trail, breaking trail some of the way through knee-deep velvet powder, through to Stone Coal Flats. Gorgeous!

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On the Plantation Trail heading towards Hwy 32, near Ilam House. A very snowy February 14, 2010.

beech lick trail – whitegrass

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It’s snowing today in Canaan Valley!

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Whitegrass XC Ski Center  (www.whitegrass.com) has skiing this weekend with 5 inches of snow (also 5″ at Ilam House!). First skiing of winter 09-10 in the Mid-Atlantic!