Winter in Charlottesville

by John Ince, President Charlottesville Country Properties, LTD

Winter is a big surprise to most people and the perfect time to look at country property in Virginia. In the winter in Virginia the hardwood forest lets you walk through unencumbered without the blackberry canes and poison ivy snatching at your pant leg. If you wondered what the view might be like with a little clearing, now you can see through the trees and imagine a home site with dramatic mountain vistas. If you insist on privacy from your neighbor, winter is the time to see how it feels with the leaves gone or how effective those evergreens might be
High on the top ten list of why people who can choose where they live, choose Charlottesville, Virginia is that we have four distinct seasons, none of them severe. Winter provides just enough cold weather to make the threat of snow exciting and fun. We have just enough hard freezes to keep parasites down but can almost always count on warming up above freezing in the afternoons. Two ski resorts up around 3000’ can make snow from fall till early spring and crystal clear days and nights are the perfect complement to those slow, hazy summer days. We’ve already had a four incher this month, (December) and there’s a buzz going around about a white Christmas
you enjoy walking the land, there is no better time to visit the area and see Charlottesville the way we love it, without the tourists and students. Lodging is a breeze and restaurants have tables. You can visit Monticello without a wait and maybe catch a glimpse of the Keswick Hunt galloping over hill and dale. Any of our cozy Bed and Breakfasts would love to save you a place by the fire and we’d love to take you over the river and through the woods