Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge Edition October 17, 2025
Comparison to Northern Cabin(Cabin Mt-Western Sods)
–
The day began with clear and calm conditions, after a lengthy night of below freezing temperatures. Temperatures fell below freezing last night at 8pm and continued in to the 20s and eventually the teens. Bottoming out at 16.6°. Even the beaver ponds had a skim coat of ice around the edges, ice needle formation, and just enough fog across the valley to make the landscape nice and frosty white at daybreak.
The trek to the valley began shortly before 7 as daybreak just began brightening the landscape Arriving at the valley floor, not only was the temp drop felt, but as you broke out of the woods to the open valley, conditions were a bit lighter, and noticeably white. –––Middle Valley Trail getting a much needed bridge across Glade Run that is frequently dammed up downstream by beavers. That creates knee to waist deep waters traversing the trail. The stillness and frost a half hour before sunrise. The golden Aspen, while not plentiful offered enough contrast to the frosty white for some good scenery The beaver pond getting a thin layer of ice on top–––Nollie loving the cold weatherIce Needles–The frost was beautiful The fog came and went a few times prior to sunriseThe Lone Red Spruce––––As daylight brightened the skies, the landscape grew whiter––If the clock had a pause button. 15 minutes prior to sunrise i would have pressed it. The view up to Cabin Mt. Where temps were above freezing The sun begins the illumination –Bright whites of the trees stood out––––––––––This is where I’d rated this a 10/10 moment–––A picture in every direction–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Snoozing in the sunCabin Mt–After the melting–Stations new additions ––Northern Valley Station and up on top, Cabin Mt-Western Sods Station––––Glade Run Bridge again Exiting the valleyFounders overlook middayFrom Founders overlook earlier by Dave Carroll––
–
–
For the remainder of the days data and pics click the link below:
Allegheny Mountains Weather 