Early fall in Canaan Valley is a glorious time of year…maples dropping bright red leaves, aspens tinged in yellow and cool, clear sunny days. Here at Black Bear Resort, you can enjoy your first of two falls, as our elevation of over 3,200 feet means our autumn begins much earlier than the lowlands’…or the calendar’s! Revenge of the Rattlesnake Ultra MTB Race, Saturday Sept. 19 The cloudless blue skies are the backdrop for a[…]
Whew! “It’s getting hot,” I said to a visitor the other day and she just looked at me. Undeterred, I added “It’s gotta be getting close to 80 this afternoon”. She spoke: “It was 99 yesterday in Richmond!” But check it out for yourself; here’s our Canaan weather. “City people” who come to the mountains for the first time find it’s often 15 to 20 degrees cooler in Canaan Valley than in the neighboring cities.[…]
People ask “what is there to do in the Spring in Canaan Valley? The slopes are closed, the golf course is not open, what is there to do?” I think to myself: Spring is my favorite time of year! There are so many things to do here…or…you can choose to simply do nothing. In Early Spring, you might just want to come to relax. Come for the weekend, build a fire, pour a glass of wine[…]
Black Bear Resort is family friendly with individually owned cabins located in West Virginia’s spectacular Canaan Valley. Set on more than 40 landscaped acres, we have sweeping views of Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge, Cabin Mountain and Timberline ski area. Our resort is located on Canaan Mountain at the north end of Canaan Valley between Blackwater Falls State Park and Canaan Valley State Park. We are only four miles from the town of Davis, WV. Dolly Sods,[…]