A note to all the people referring to WV as the mountain state...

[Buddyblazon]

Now that may be what WV is called. And that's fine and all.

But I've driven a Semi through WV and that region before...a few times. Heck me and a buddy did Karaoke at some bar/restaurant/motel/campground/truckstop in the middle of nowhere in WV at 2AM (a "help yourself" Karaoke machine) on a convoy from St. Louis to South Carolina. There were more waitresses than us in the establishment.

While their HILLS may be beautiful (and that they are)...those are not mountains...those are HILLS.

Now...I'm fifth generation Coloradan. You want mountains? I'll show you some mountains. The area that we have here that is comparable to the WV region? We call those FOOTHILLS.


Just thought I'd set the record straight ;)

[HowHasItComeToThis]

1. WE HAVE SOME HILLS IN CALIFORNIA

CALLED THE SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAINS

[Buddyblazon]

4. Those are mountains too..

I left CO and lived in LA for a couple of years. Hollywood to be exact (Yucca and Cahuenga). I worked in Manhattan Beach.

While I loved the city...I didn't like the people and moved home.

I miss the food most of all (particularly In & Out and Roscoes Chicken and Waffle).

[bowens43]

2. Nope they're mountains.....

very, very old mountains. They were mountains when the hills of colorado were just a gleam in their mothers eye....

[snooper2]

5. so, how many years back do we get to go..

When did the last glacier wack those mountains down :rofl:

[Buddyblazon]

8. What is the highest peak in WV?

And too make it fair...I'll remove 5280 feet from our highest peak.

[Buddyblazon]

11. Did the research...

Highest peak in WV....

Allegheny Mountains...4862 ft

http://www.mountainzone.com/mountains/highest-peaks.asp?s=WV


Highest peak in CO....

Mt. Elbert....14,433 ft

and I said I'd subtract 5280 to be fair.

9153 is the final number.

[geiger]

3. mountaineers, unite.

It's actually called the mountaineer state.

[Aloha Spirit]

6. The appalachians are the oldest mountains in the world. May be small, but they have serious cred.

[thunder rising]

20. There are no mountains older than 5000 years. Just ask any good winger Christian.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

21. Sorry to disappoint you,

but the Ozarks are actually the oldest. Of course, technically, they aren't mountains, but rather an eroded plateau, so I'll concede that the beautiful Appalachians are the oldest mountains. Personally, I prefer the Ozarks and Appalachians and Berkshires to the mountains in the West. I like trees all the way to the top of the mountains.

[greguganus]

7. Did you know HILLary was named after them hills in WV? n/t

[DemVet]

9. Anything over 2000 feet is a mountain.

Especially since you were probably at a high elevation (and not in a valley like Colorado) and you were merely just seeing the peaks.

Just thought I'd set the record straight. :)

[nxylas]

23. Anyone ever see that movie 'The Englishman Who Went Up A Hill But Came Down A Mountain'?

It was based on a true story about a hill in Wales that about 10 feet shy of being a mountain, so the villagers nearby caried buckets of earth up to try and make it taller. Hugh Grant played the titular Englishman, a surveyor for the British government who was charged with making the official ruling.

[Avalux]

10. Please don't diss the Appalachian mountains.

No, they're not the mountains of Colorado, but they're mountains just the same and a good deal older than what you have. I grew up in central PA in a valley between two mountain ranges; could hike out my back yard and right up Brush Mountain, elev. 2557 ft. Here it is:



This is MY mountain and what I still consider home. Don't be mean.

[Buddyblazon]

14. I'm not being mean...

I think that area of the country is breath taking. Absolutely one of the most beautiful areas in our country.

But I just don't see them as mountains. They may be technically mountains. And they may be older. But they look like massive hills to me...and they remind me of our Foothills that make up our front range.

I'm not dissing you at all. You area is very beautiful.

[OnionPatch]

12. So they aren't as big as your mountains, but they are still mountains.

Hang out in Kansas awhile or Florida or southern Georgia. Then drive the 19 through West Virginia and tell me they don't have mountians.

[Buddyblazon]

15. I lived in Lawrence for a few years as a kid...

I've made the drive from KC/Lawrence to Denver probably 40-50 times in my lifetime. I know KS.

And I've driven through WV several times. Though I can't recall what route we took. I did it in a semi...and you DEFINITELY notice steep grades. And that they have.

I thought it was cool seeing them loom in the distance as we got closer (that happens as you get closer with the Rockies as well).

[OnionPatch]

17. I'm thinking more like living somewhere flat for awhile.

I lived in Florida for 11 years and after that, the mountains in W VA seem like mountains. Even the foothills of eastern Ohio seemed like mountains. Now I live in southern CA and am looking out my window at an 11,500 ft. peak, so those mountains back east don't seem like so much to me now. I guess it's all relative.

[Buddyblazon]

18. Well...

While eastern KS is quite full of hills....western KS is flat as table.

I lived there from '77 - '84.

[CoffeeCat]

13. I'm from Iowa...

...and those hills look like Everest to me! ;)

[Hawkeye-X]

16. Damn right. I'll pit the Rocky Mountains to the puny Appalchains..

*sorry if I misspelled the region*

And I still have a beautiful view of the Rockies outside my window.

[eridani]

19. The official word from the Pacific Northwest

If it doesn't have snow on it or hasn't erupted recently, it's a HILL, not a mountain.

[cali]

22. I come from the Green Mountain State and no doubt our mountains

are dinky compared to yours, but they're still lovely old things, and just about this time of year, you'll never see anything greener.