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CRF Trailwork At Coopers Rock, 2022 —by Adam Polinski Although this season fell short of my annual goal of at least 400 Hours of work performed by the CRF Volunteer Trailwork program, progress was still made and goals were still accomplished. Roadside Trail was the focus of a lot of the nearly 250 Hours […]
Unless you drove to the Coopers Rock Overlook 70 or so years ago, you’ve never driven under a rustic log and stone entryway across the main road that leads to the famous rock. But as of late December 2021, due to the brand new construction of a historic replica, that will change for all visitors […]
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Coopers Rock WinterFest 2022 The Coopers Rock Foundation will hold their tenth Coopers Rock WinterFest on Saturday, February 12th, from 10-4. The event will be based out of the Day Use Parking Lot only ¼ mile from the Interstate 68 Coopers Rock Exit. Several events and activities are featured during the day – participation is […]
Trailwork, Tree-planting,Trail Bridge Inventory and Tent Pad Construction — the Coopers Rock Foundation’s 2021 Service Work at Coopers Rock State Forest — by Adam Polinski [All daily hours totals *with volunteer groups* include not only my hours volunteered during the work session, but also my prep time and clean up, for CRF] 2021 […]
–by Adam Polinski In 2019, CRF spent our “Food Truck Sundays” revenue on materials for tent pads for Rhododendron Campground. We aimed at that target because an abundance of flat, dry tent sites were the only element lacking, when, in 2018, the WV DNR converted what had been managed as a picnic area into an […]
The Summer of 2020 saw the construction of a beautiful rustic pavilion in the Day Use Parking Lot of Coopers Rock, just ¼ mile from the Interstate 68 Exit. The 12’ square pavilion is an exact, scaled-down replica of the 16’ square pavilion at Coopers Rock’s Messinger Lake, a.k.a. Trout Pond, just two minutes away […]
–by Adam Polinski, CRF Trailwork Coordinator As always, the Coopers Rock Foundation thanks all of the volunteers who’ve worked with us between Labor Day and Thanksgiving, and in every season. WVU’s Adventure West Virginia Program, and Morgantown’s Scout Troop 93, made particularly large contributions to the improvement of Coopers Rock trails this Autumn, through working […]
2020 Schedule— All events are “open house” from 10:00 – 4:00 unless otherwise stated. Hosted by the Coopers Rock Foundation – coopersrock.org. ALL EVENTS ARE FREE. Food & Drink for sale; donations accepted. Funds go toward facilities improvement. 1] Try-out Cross-Country Skiing 2] Try-out Snowshoeing 3] Short Sledding Hill 4] Snow Sculpture Zone 5] Snowball […]
[The Coopers Rock Reservoir is across from McCollum Campground, and is not to be confused with Trout Pond, which is visible from Interstate 68]. A few years ago, CRF put in a trail along the entire forested half of the Coopers Rock Reservoir, paralleling the shoreline. Thanks to the completion of this project, there is […]