A bill that would ban camping on most public land across West Virginia took one step closer to becoming law Tuesday.

If you ask me, hiking in the winter is supremely underrated. If you don’t mind bundling in layers and braving a bit of weather, then you’re almost guaranteed to be rewarded with solitude and scenery.

Blackwater Falls is the signature attraction of its namesake park; the 57-foot-tall cascade is easily viewed from the flat, quarter-mile Gentle Trail or the steep, half-mile Blackwater Falls Trail, ...