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Soaring eagle lodge
Picture of the Soaring Eagle Lodge in Snowshoe, WV. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Picture of the Soaring Eagle Lodge in Snowshoe, WV
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
BEFORE MODERN SPORT
Snowshoe
How settlement, access and winter sport shaped Snowshoe.
Scroll to read the contour through time
Snowshoe is an unincorporated community in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, United States, centering on the Snowshoe Mountain ski resort.
Sources for this chapter
BEFORE TOURISM
Before the resort map
The linked local overview does not preserve a clear account of Snowshoe before modern tourism.
This edition leaves that part of the timeline open rather than mistaking the first surviving sporting reference for the beginning of the place.
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ACCESS CHANGES
A route reaches Snowshoe
The surviving overview does not identify one decisive access date for Snowshoe.
This edition therefore leaves that date open rather than turning gradual change into a false single event.
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Jackson goldstone snowshoe 2022
Jackson Goldstone competes in the 2022 UCI Downhill MTB World Cup at Snowshoe, West Virginia. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Jackson Goldstone competes in the 2022 UCI Downhill MTB World Cup at Snowshoe, West Virginia
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
1974
Winter becomes organised
Snowshoe Mountain opened for skiing 51 years ago on December 13, 1974.
THE LIVING MAP
The mapped place
Snowshoe is recorded at 38.413° N, 79.995° W. Its catalogue reference reaches 1,482 metres. A modern resort map compresses terrain, exposure and access into a diagram. This exhibition keeps the underlying contour visible so the place does not become only a list of facilities.
Sources for this chapter
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Ledger AOD.US.SNOWSHOE.V00
Soaring eagle lodge
Picture of the Soaring Eagle Lodge in Snowshoe, WV. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Picture of the Soaring Eagle Lodge in Snowshoe, WV
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
TODAY
Snowshoe now
Snowshoe remains a mountaintop resort whose inverted layout places the village above most of its ski runs.
THE LEDGER
Sources and credits
This exhibition is built from local, institutional and sporting records. The source ledger keeps the claims visible and leaves space for correction as further local evidence emerges.
Sources for this chapter
Artefacts in order of appearance
Soaring eagle lodge
AOD.US.SNOWSHOE.V00 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
Jackson goldstone snowshoe 2022
AOD.US.SNOWSHOE.V01 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
Editorial record
Full US Beta edition. Place evidence is adapted from the linked Snowshoe, West Virginia overview under CC BY-SA 4.0 and remains subject to named historical and local review. Cartography is generated from the PeakWave location catalogue.