Ghent, West Virginia
Ghent, West Virginia, home to the Winterplace Ski Resort, is a small town in Raleigh County. Ghent, named after a town in England, offers a vast array of state parks, lakes, rivers, beautiful valleys, fishing, golf, white water rafting, mountain biking, hiking, rock climbing and even canopy zip lines.
Located near Flat Top, West Virginia, Ghent is often associated with the small Mercer county. The real estate in Ghent is some of the best that Raleigh County has to offer.
With the highest elevation in of any town in Raleigh County, Ghent and Winterplace Ski Resort, usually enjoy the best snowfalls. This usually helps the ski season last just a little longer too. Summer temperatures may even be as much as 10 degrees cooler than neighboring towns.
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"Winterplace," West Virginia
While most people refer to the town of Ghent as Winterplace, it's actually the name of the Ski Resort on top of Flat Top Mountain. The Southern West Virginia visitor's bureau promotes Winterplace as "the most accessible, affordable ski resort in the Southeast.
Top elevation is 3,600 feet with a vertical descent of 603 feet. There are over 90 acres of skiable area, with 28 trails, a terrain park, and nine lifts. The 16-lane snow tubing facility is said to be the largest in all of West Virginia.
Winterplace receives an average of 100 inches of snow each year. But just in case that's not enough snow, there's a 50 million gallon reservoir lake that allows for artificial snowmaking.
This information was obtain from wikipedia.