A huge winter storm brings heavy snowfall and freezing temperatures to the east coast of the US, as a state of emergency has been declared in seven states.
'A Nordic Nirvana' at West Virginia cross-country ski areapublished at 20:41
Max Matza
BBC News
It may be a Monday, but in West Virginia - one of more than half a dozen states under a state of emergency - the party at the White Grass Ski Touring Center, external is going on strong with schools out and locals taking to the ski trails.
"I mean it is like a dream come true. It's like creamy powder and it keeps snowing," says White Grass owner Chip Chase from the lodge in Tucker County, about three hours drive from Washington DC.
"It's a powder paradise. A Nordic Nirvana," he marvels.
The snow doesn't often stick around for long this far south, says Chase, meaning the locals know they have to get it before it melts.
"Whenever you get a lot of good snow south of the Mason-Dixon line, nobody takes it for granted. There's more excitement here when it snows than anywhere else in the ski world," he tells BBC News.