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3 hills in West Virginia, most of them run by the state

Sledding Hills in West Virginia: Every One an Agency Names

Every hill below was named for sledding by the West Virginia agency that runs it, on a page linked beside it. What it costs, whether it runs tubing, a tow or lights, and the agency's own words.

3
Hills a public agency names
in 2 towns
The state
Most of them named by
0 local, 3 state, 0 national forest
2
That print no charge
no state winter parking permit
1 / 3 / 0
Tubing, tow or lights
1 publish hours, 1 a conditions page
The answer

Whose website to open first in West Virginia

West Virginia has 3 hills that a public agency has named for sledding in writing, and all of them are run by the state.

  • State park or forest: 3
  • West Virginia is one of the states where the park system itself does most of the naming, so the state park pages are the ones worth opening first.
  • 2 of the 3 print no charge and 1 print a fee or a parking charge.
  • The season runs on the state runs its sled run on published days and closes it when the weather does not allow.

West Virginia State Parks publishes its own list

Experience the magic of winter at West Virginia state parks and forests. Whether you prefer snowshoeing through a peaceful forest or rocketing down a mountain ski slope, there’s a winter sport in Almost Heaven you’re sure to love. Check out some of the activities available at these parks:
West Virginia State Parks, read September 23, 2026. Read it at the source
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Grouped by who named it

All 3 West Virginia hills

Each card opens with the agency’s own words, because that sentence is the reason the hill is on the page. Everything under it is an attribute the same agency published on the same page. Where an agency adds guidance of its own, it is quoted whole and nothing is added to it.

Named by the state3 hills

Blackwater Falls State Park Sled Run

State park

Blackwater Falls State Park. Davis. Run by West Virginia State Parks

Get ready to launch into winter fun at the iconic Blackwater Falls Sled Run — the longest of its kind on the East Coast.
Blackwater Falls State Park Sled Run, West Virginia State Parks, read September 23, 2026. Read it at the source

magic carpetWeekday tickets $28, weekend and holiday tickets $33, children under 5 ride free with a paying adult, each ticket includes a two hour sessionThursdays through Sundays through March 8, 2026 (weather permitting), with four daily sessions at 10 AM to Noon, 1 PM to 3 PM, 4 PM to 6 PM and 7 PM to 9 PMthe run runs on its published days, weather permitting, and sessions are sold in advance

Weekday tickets – $28 Weekend & holiday tickets – $33 Children under 5 ride free with a paying adult Each ticket includes a two‑hour session

West Virginia State Parks publishes this with the hill: “Patrons should arrive 20 minutes early to review rules and safety guidelines before the fun begins.”

Blackwater Falls State Park Sled Run, West Virginia State Parks

Snow Tubing Park

State park

Canaan Valley Resort State Park. Davis. Run by West Virginia State Parks

Our 1,200-foot snow tubing park is a popular winter attraction for family and friends.
Snow Tubing, Canaan Valley Resort State Park, read September 23, 2026. Read it at the source

Tubing, tubes rented on siteconveyor lift

West Virginia State Parks publishes this with the hill: “All riders must meet minimum height requirements. Snow tubing participants must be able to sit upright while tubing. Children must be accompanied by a responsible adult.”

Conditions from the agency · Snow Tubing, Canaan Valley Resort State Park

Sledding at Pipestem Resort State Park

State park

Pipestem Resort State Park. Pipestem. Run by West Virginia State Parks

When the mountains become a winter wonderland, Pipestem is a great location for cross-country skiing and sledding (weather permitting).
Pipestem Resort State Park Activities, West Virginia State Parks, read September 23, 2026. Read it at the source

walk upthe park names sledding as a winter activity when there is snow, weather permitting

Pipestem Resort State Park Activities, West Virginia State Parks

Cost and parking

What sledding costs in West Virginia

2 of the 3 print no charge and 1 print a fee or a parking charge. Nationally 140 of the 202 hills print no charge at all, and the ones that do are nearly always the two things that cost an agency money to run: a tubing operation that rents the tube, and a tow that carries you back up.

West Virginia sells no winter parking permit. 19 states do, and on nearly every hill that needs one the money is for the plowed lot rather than for the slope.

Four people in winter coats seen from behind carrying large black inner tubes up a packed snow run through dark evergreen forest, with more figures at the top of the run
Tubes going back up a run under their own power. A tubing hill is the one kind on these pages that usually charges, because the agency is renting the tube or running a lift rather than opening a slope, and it is also the one most likely to publish fixed hours and a conditions line. Eighteen of the hills here run tubing; most of the rest are a slope and a car park. “Snow Tubing”, Iain Laurence, CC BY-SA 3.0

West Virginia sledding questions

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Sledding hills in other states

West Virginia first snow datesWhen the first measurable snow has historically arrived, which is when a hill starts to be worth the drive.West Virginia snowpackHow much snow is actually on the ground right now, from the automated stations that measure it.West Virginia plow trackerWhether the road to the hill has been plowed, from the state that plows it.West Virginia cross country skiingThe groomed trail systems, which is what most state agencies publish instead of sledding.

West Virginia read September 23, 2026 from the agency pages linked beside each hill. Hours, fees and winter parking permit prices are set season by season and a hill opens on snow rather than on a date, so the agency page linked beside each one is the thing that governs on the day. Every state is on the sledding hills hub.