Huntington, West Virginia — A history museum is adding a year-round ski slope to its list of attractions.
WCHS ABC News reports that Heritage Farm just announced that it will be building year-round skiing and tubing slopes. The $8 million construction project began in April, and the goal is to open it in 2025. The ski slope will be a dry synthetic run with a misting system that keeps the surface wet and carvable. There will also be a tubing hill.
Audy Perry, who’s the Executive Director of Heritage Farm, said the following about why they’re building this facility:
“One of our main goals is to teach all of our local school children and their families how to ski. It is a wonderful sport that multi-generations can do together once everyone has learned. We want to provide an opportunity for local students and their families to learn how to ski, snowboard, and ice skate in a safe environment.”
In 1973, Mike and Henriella Perry bought a homestead in Huntington. After discovering old logs below the walls of their home, the Perry family decided to collect old structures from the Appalachian past. Opened in 1996, Heritage Farm is a tribute to the settlers who moved to Appalachia to live a rural life. The Appalachian village gives a glimpse of life in the Appalachians from 1850 to 1950. In 2021, they opened an adventure park. Attractions at the farm include ziplines, a ropes course, a climbing wall, and a downhill mountain biking park.
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