West Virginia Sports and Recreation Flashcards

West Virginia University's football team plays in which major collegiate athletic conference?

Answer: Big 12 Conference

West Virginia University joined the Big 12 Conference in 2012, competing against schools like Texas, Oklahoma (formerly), and Kansas in football.

West Virginia's New River Gorge National Park is especially famous for which extreme outdoor sport?

Answer: Whitewater rafting

The New River Gorge offers world-class whitewater rafting on Class IV–V rapids, attracting thousands of rafters annually to its powerful waters.

Bridge Day, held annually at the New River Gorge Bridge, is famous for what extreme activity?

Answer: BASE jumping and rappelling

Bridge Day is one of the few days when BASE jumpers legally parachute off the New River Gorge Bridge, along with rappellers descending the structure.

Which West Virginia ski resort is the largest and highest in the mid-Atlantic and Southeast?

Answer: Snowshoe Mountain Resort

Snowshoe Mountain Resort in Pocahontas County is the largest ski resort in the mid-Atlantic/Southeast, with the highest base elevation in the region.

The Hatfield-McCoy Trail system in southern West Virginia is designed primarily for which recreational activity?

Answer: ATV and off-road motorized riding

The Hatfield-McCoy Trail system offers over 700 miles of trails for ATVs, dirt bikes, and other off-road vehicles across six southern WV counties.

Fishing is a major recreational activity in West Virginia; which sport fish is most associated with the state's cold mountain streams?

Answer: Trout (brook, brown, and rainbow)

Trout fishing in West Virginia's cold, clean mountain streams is world-renowned, with the state stocking brook, brown, and rainbow trout in hundreds of waterways.