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Old Man Hooter
Formed during the last ice age, the rock was dressed up by the ski patrol 20 years ago, and has become one of Snoeshoe's most famous landmarks.

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Hot Shots/Mark Poore, Slatyrock, West Virginia

MNM#01-01387

Snowshoe Mountain is a downhill ski resort opened in 1974 on Cheat Mountain. In homage to local logging history, the ski runs are named after logging terms, such as "Ballhooter" a term for lumberjacks who felled trees on steep slopes.

This rugged face under the Ballhooter chair lift was enhanced with a birch log for a cigarette, or other rolled smoke, by ski patrol pranksters in the 1970s. The outcrop was dynamited in the mid 1990s to make room for a new express chairlift.

N 38° 24.810', W 79° 59.266'