ACE Adventures

What can we say, we love whitewater. Whether we first rafted during summer camp activities or family adventures, many of us who have chosen the river-life were introduced to whitewater at a young age. (Actually, if you ask around ACE most people can’t even remember a time when whitewater WASN’T…

June is here and schools are letting out. Even with a few more weeks left of spring, many consider this to be the kickoff of summer. This year the weather has been warm enough to believe summer arrived a few weeks earlier than normal.

Between the New River Gorge, Summersville Lake and the Meadows, there are over 65 miles of cliff faces to scale including over 1700 recognized routes to climb in our area – all range from easy to impressively difficult… and every route gives you the rush of defying gravity!

The adventure industry is a highly emotional industry. Throughout the course of the day, anyone can feel a whole range of emotions from anxiety to joy, tranquility to fear and so on.

We’ve got some exciting news here at ACE. Well, seeing as how you’re reading this on our brand spankin’ new website, you may have already noticed our big change.

It’s the middle of March, and we are finally seeing tiny signs of spring. Like grass, sunshine, smiles, raft guides emerging from hibernation, and here at ACE: Rafters! Yes, we took down a brave group…

All the words you need to know in order to speak cliff diving and rock climbing slanguage. from the “Climbing Dictionary” by Matt Samet, published in 2011 by The Mountaineers Books and with illustrations by Mike Tea – an illustrated historical reference to more than 650 climbing terms, for the…

On July 10th, I boarded a plane bound for Glasgow, Scotland. Arriving early the next morning, I rented a car and drove up to visit my friends at Ace Adventures. Huh?

While watching this video, that question resonated with me. I couldn’t remember the last time I did something that scared me. I’m a nearly 40 year old mother of 2.

I think we can finally start celebrating that summer is almost here. We’re rafting almost everyday and the gorge is almost green to the rim. After being cooped up all winter, I can hardly make…

That moment when you see your little monster mature in minutes while watching them climb higher than they ever thought they could and then you get that overwhelming teary-eyed emotion where you realize… they get it! It’s official. You’re doing this whole Momster-thing right. Fist bump.

Well, mommas…I think we should all appreciate us just being here. I might be locked in my bedroom trying to write this blog. And well, we can just pretend that you’re not locked in the…