Frederick and Western Maryland
Frederick is a great home base for exploring the region's lush mountain forests, powerful national battlefields, and quaint historic towns.
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Frederick is a great home base for exploring the region's lush mountain forests, powerful national battlefields, and quaint historic towns.
Frederick is a great home base for exploring the region's lush mountain forests, powerful national battlefields, and quaint historic towns.
Frederick is a great home base for exploring the region's lush mountain forests, powerful national battlefields, and quaint historic towns.
The two biggest attractions in the area are Deep Creek Lake and Marsh Mountain, and the Wisp Resort takes advantage of both. Called "the Wisp" by locals, the mountain has a humble history: its eastern face was once a cow pasture. Today it's one of the area's most popular destinations. Not only does the resort boast Maryland's only alpine ski slopes, it's also a veritable amusement park with water and snow tubing, mountain biking, a mountain coaster, skate park, paintball course, climbing wall, paddleboarding, canopy tours, and waterskiing, to name a few activities. Instructors teach skiing and snowboarding to all ages and ability levels, and afterwards you can stop into one of several restaurants and bars to warm up and relax after a day on the slopes.
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