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–by Adam Polinski, CRF Trailwork Coordinator Since Autumn 2000, there has been an Annual Rocky Habitat Restoration Day each September or October at Coopers Rock, held to minimize human impact among the most popular rocks for climbing and exploring, such as the Sunset Wall Area, the Tilted Tree Area, Roof Rocks, and more. It […]
Join us for our annual Celebration of the Outdoors festival! We’ll be at the Coopers Rock Overlook in the picnic shelters from 10am – 3pm, Sunday October 14 with all kinds of free, family friendly events. Check our schedule below for rock climbing, birdhouse building, live music, a drone demonstration, guided hikes, a raptor exhibit, […]
by Adam Polinski Two big days of work in August, 2018, catapulted the upgrade of the “campground hill” section of Scott Run Trail from 50% to 90% completed. The focus of this particular project on Scott Run Trail has been to tackle the poorly-drained, overgrown, and extremely rough trail surface of the quarter-mile […]
Rocky Habitat Restoration Trail Work Day Sunday, October 7, 2018, 11am – 4pm We’ll be planting trees and working to restore and rejuvenate areas of the forest that have been heavily impacted by visitor use. The meeting place is in the large, gravel ‘Overflow Parking Lot’ just before the Overlook Parking Lot, on the north […]
It’s that time again for the Coopers Rock 50k and Half Marathon races! Down below you will find further information about the event and a link to registration! Or you can skip to Sign Up, [Here] This is a rocky, challenging, and scenic trail race at Coopers Rock State Forest in north central West Virginia. The […]
–by Adam Polinski On Sunday, August 13th, 2017, two shifts of incoming WVU Freshmen, totaling 35 brand new college students, pitched in on CRF’s ongoing efforts to upgrade Scott Run Trail. The work they assisted with was hauling crusher run gravel in 5-gallon buckets to add a top-coating to an extremely bumpy, rough, rocky section […]