Explore West Virginia!

Welcome to the West Virginia Explorer, the ever-expanding guide to wild, wonderful West Virginia (WV). Within these pages you'll find the news and information you need to explore West Virginia and share your discoveries with other fans of The Mountain State.

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  • Canopy touring is a year-round sport in the New River Gorge. (Courtesy Adventures on the Gorge)
  • A snowboarder leaps into the air at Snowshoe Mountain. (Courtesy Molly Wolff)
  • The New River Gorge Bridge arches over the New River near Fayetteville. (Courtesy Ed Rehbein)
  • A hiker surveys the eastward view from the Allegheny Front at Dolly Sods. (Courtesy Ed Rehbein)

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Now in its thirteenth year, the West Virginia Explorer is undergoing an unprecidented re-integration, during which you'll encounter broken links and incomplete information. Please be patient as we reassemble the thousands of pages of information that have earned West Virginia Explorer its reputation as a trusted source of West Virginia information.