Continuing Bill Coperthwaite’s Passion: Our New Yurt
Ask just about anyone who’s visited what first comes to mind when they think of Spruce Knob Mountain Center (SKMC),...
Founder Spotlight: Jennifer Taylor-Ide
Jennifer and her granddaughter look up at the sky in wonder and awe The first time Jennifer visited the mountain,...
Trail Work Works
by Katie Wolpert Trail work can be a hard sell and offer only elusive rewards. It takes hard manual labor...
Expanding Our Bubble
There’s a bubble at the Spruce Knob Mountain Center. That top floor in the biggest yurt — above the library...
Shower Shack Update
One side at a time, so that our guests still have access to toilet facilities, we are upgrading the oldest...
Fascination Street
For almost 20 years starting in 1982 our West Virginia Scholars Academy focused on personal development and statewide growth in...
COVID-19 Policy Statement
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic Experience Learning is bringing to bear our proven risk management structure to do our part...
Finding Community in a Time of Social Distancing
The intent behind all of our programming is to expand our understanding of and participation in the communities that surround...
There Must Be a Balance: Skout’s Story
by Katie Wolpert Skout Barger remembers her 4th grade field trip to Spruce Knob for many reasons. She was enthralled...
The Humanity of Hard Tasks: Three Days of Trail Racing in the WV Backcountry
by Katie Wolpert “Day 2 is really the crux of the race,” says Dan Lehmann, co-race director of the West...