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The Dolly Sods Wilderness (DSW, originally simply Dolly Sods) is a U.S. Wilderness Area in the Allegheny Mountains of eastern West Virginia and is part of the Monongahela National Forest of the U.S. Forest Service. Dolly Sods is a rocky, high-altitude plateau with sweeping
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Recreational trails provide loops within the area as well as connecting to Red Creek Plains, Dolly Sods Wilderness and even further north to Canaan Valley. An average of 180 inches (15 ft) of snow falls on the area annually, affording opportunities for cross-country skiing and snowshoeing .
Allegheny Front Migratory Observatory (Bird Banding Station) near the Red Creek Campground at Dolly Sods. The station is open from August to October in good weather. Established in 1958, it is the only cooperative banding station in West Virginia.
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North Fork Mountain is the driest high mountain in the Appalachians, [3] and has vegetation and flora different from nearby, wetter high mountain areas immediately to the west such as Spruce Knob and Dolly Sods, with pines abundant on the mountain's ridgecrest, in contrast with the spruces so characteristic of these comparably high summits ...
Mount Porte Crayon is the sixth highest point in the state of West Virginia and the northernmost of the top ten state highpoints. It is also the highest point on the Roaring Plains, a natural extension of the Dolly Sods Wilderness. It is also the highest point on the Eastern Continental Divide in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.
The press release said that TNC plans to add additional trails that connect existing ones in Dolly Sods and Canaan Valley, creating an 80-mile network of trails.