Trip reports and photos
Published trail descriptions go out of date. Water levels, blowdowns, road washouts, closures and fall color change week to week. This section collects reports from recent visitors and outlines how contributors will be compensated.
Submit current conditions
River levels, road conditions, blowdowns, closures and colour reports. The most useful West Virginia information is three days old, not three years old.
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Posts tagged with the regional hashtags below are surfaced on the matching region pages, credited to the account that posted them.
Browse #almostheavenInstagram by region
Each region pulls from its own tags and from the official park, agency and tourism accounts that cover it. Only accounts at or above 2,000 followers are shown with attribution.
New River Gorge
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Southern Coalfields
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Greenbrier Valley
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Potomac Highlands
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Mountain Lakes
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Eastern Panhandle
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Mountaineer Country
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Mid-Ohio Valley
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Metro Valley
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Statewide accounts worth following
@wvtourism
West Virginia Tourism
State park system@wvstateparks
West Virginia State Parks
Wildlife, fishing and hunting@wvdnr
WV Division of Natural Resources
National Park Service@newrivergorgenps
New River Gorge NPP
Regional tourism@visitwv
Visit Southern West Virginia
Trail town@fayettevillewv
Visit Fayetteville WV
Ski and bike resort@snowshoemtn
Snowshoe Mountain
State park resort@canaanresort
Canaan Valley Resort
National forest@visitmononghela
Monongahela National Forest
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