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  Our Top 3 Reasons to Book an End of Summer Adventure Vacation with ACE Summer is subsequently coming to a close, but that doesn’t mean the adventure has to end, especially at Ace Adventure…

Fall is just around the bend in the Gauley and New River areas of West Virginia, and camping is in full swing here at our resort. With lots of options to choose from you’ll find all that you need to enjoy a few days of hiking, biking, and most important RAFTING for the ultimate mountain and river adventures campground getaway of your life. Just pack your bags and head to Ace Adventure Resort to get started on your days in the woods.

Most of the time when you think about a unique adventure resort, people tend to assume just the trip – the experience that you have while out on an excursion. That isn’t quite the case when you think about Ace Adventure Resort.

As an effort to diversify our habitat here in the New River Gorge, officials from the EPA are introducing the American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) into the ecosystem. The current biosphere of the area is believed to support this species. “The water of the New River can reach temperatures around 85 degrees during the summer months. There is also plenty of aquatic life to sustain a healthy diet for the reptile,” an agency representative stated.

Nothing makes your heart beat faster than your sweetie, right? Wrong. Our zip line canopy tour is the most heart-pounding thing you can do this time of year here in the New River Gorge (unless you want to brave some icy whitewater, then winter/spring rafting actually beats everything on the heart-pounding scale).

As we’re dashing through the snow in a one horse open sleigh this holiday season, the mind tends to drift to memories of sunny days, blue skies and the wonderous whitewater we enjoyed at ACE this past year.

#1: John Muir said it best: “Going to the mountains is going home.” We could elaborate on this, offer a study or some statistics to prove what we already inherently know.

HEY ALL YOU RAFTERS WITH THE GOPRO ON YOUR HELMETS. WE SEE YOU ON EVERY TRIP. YOU’RE MULTIPLYING, BUT WE NEVER SEE ANY OF YOUR FOOTAGE.

What is the hold up?? Did you air paddle the whole time and your video is proof? Did you forget to charge your battery?? What happened? We can’t get enough, so show us your stuff.

WE DARE YOU TO EDIT, UPLOAD AND POST THAT WHITEWATER GOODNESS.

Over the past few days in Washington, D.C., Pope Francis has been very busy offering many blessings to those who filled the streets to greet him. Before heading to New York, Pope Francis decided to spend this morning paying respect to the river gods of the Upper Gauley River.

Somewhere along the way to becoming “grown-ups” we seem to have been taught that play is frivolous and meant for children. That it’s something you do on vacation, or while entertaining small children. This loss of play in our grown up lives is more costly than you may think.

Flip through or new 2015 catalog for fun vacation ideas, lodging information and plenty of whitewater rafting trips!