Fifty miles long and over 5 miles wide at places, Cheat Mountain is an extremely high and rugged mountain in the eastern part of West Virginia. Until the logging industry stripped the mountain of its splendid forests, Cheat Mountain supported the largest red spruce forest south of Maine, but by 1960 it had been largely stripped bare. In 1960, Cass Scenic Railroad State Park was established to protect the area and re-forestation has been an ongoing project. Today you can take the scenic railway all the way to Bald Knob at the top of Cheat Mountain to admire the impressive views from the summit. Hikers can explore along the Cheat Mountain Ridge Trail, which is also good for snowshoeing in winter.

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