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What you DON"T know about the New River Gorge

Posted by: ACE Blog Team in West Virginia, Rangers, presentations, presentations, New River Gorge, National Parks, National Park Service, History, ACE Adventure Resort on Aug 19, 2010

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Want to know the secrets of the New River Gorge in West Virginia?

You're in luck.

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Video | Whitewater Excursion Team Hits the Ropes Course

Posted by: ACE Blog Team in West Virginia, Team Building, Low Ropes, High Ropes, HD Video, GoPro, Girl Scouts, challenge, ACE Adventure Resort, ACE on Aug 18, 2010

The Whitewater Excursion Team from Ball State University recently visited the ACE Adventure Resort. Composed mainly of incoming freshmen, the team traveled all the way from Muncie, Indiana to experience a fun-filled outdoor adventure. While the main event for the trip was white water rafting the team also took advantage of some of the many high adventure activities ACE has to offer. One of the activities the team explored was the High Challenge Ropes Course.

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An Ode To Fluffy Box Of Kittens

Posted by: ACE Blog Team in Whitewater Rafting, West Virginia, Nathan Tennison, Great Gauley Blog-Off, Gauley Season, Fluffy Box Of Kittens, ACE Adventure Resort on Aug 17, 2010

Editor's Note: This is a Great Gauley Blog-Off contest submission by Nathan Tennison (who must be related to Lord Alfred?). Terms and rules are listed at the end of this post and your essay and poem submissions are being accepted through Sept. 7, 2010.

Once upon a time

Near a river so sweet

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Bridgewalk: We’re Almost Finished

Posted by: ScottP in tours, New River Gorge Bridge, BridgeWalk, ACE Adventure Resort on Aug 9, 2010

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ACE Adventure Resort is happy to announce that Bridgewalk “For the Walk of Your Life” is almost ready.

That’s right. Benji Simpson and his team are on the last leg of construction on the exciting venture we call Bridgewalk. After three years of blood, sweat and tears, their efforts are finally paying off with an exciting activity unlike anything in the Northern Hemisphere. Benji has persevered with this project through many challenges and is finally seeing his efforts come to fruition.

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Video: International Mountain Biking at ACE

Posted by: Evan Moore in West Virginia, The New River, singletrack, scenic, Rails to Trails, New River Gorge, Mountain Biking, historic, Guided Tours, fun, Bicycling, adventure, ACE Adventure Resort on Jul 26, 2010

A group from an international camp in Virginia came to ACE Adventure Resort and explored the New River Gorge by raft, horseback and mountain bike.

Camp Friendship invites youth from across the world and offers “challenge” trips where campers can try trips that offer more adventure than a normal day at camp. One of their main destinations is ACE because of the variety of activities available.

The group that visited us in early July came from all over the world from Russia to Spain. There were also campers from Saudi Arabia, France and Taiwan.

The weather was hot and sticky, but that didn’t stop the group of teenage boys from racing and challenging themselves on the mountain bikes.

The trip started by the ACE lake at the bike shop with a quick safety talk. After a test run on the bikes, we hit the road which quickly turned into a steady railroad grade trail that headed toward the historic town of Thurmond.

We made it to Thurmond which sits on the banks of the New River and spent some time exploring the empty town. The deserted railroad station now serves as a visitor’s center for the National Park Service and there are plenty of buildings left standing in the deserted town.

We left Thurmond and found ourselves back on the trail where we were challenged with some intense, but manageable terrain. Once we explored the remnants of a coke oven and ghost town, we headed back to the bus for cold drinks and a short ride home.

The kids were impressed with the freedom they were given while on the bikes and many said they had the most fun in comparison with the other activities they enjoyed at ACE.

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Good Things Come to Those Who Wait

Posted by: ScottP in Zip Line Canopy Tour, West Virginia, sky bridge, ACE Adventure Resort on Jul 26, 2010

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I met Josh Sapio, the Climbing and Canopy Manager, on Monday and we went to check out the progress of our Zip Line Canopy Tour. It may seem like this is taking a while, but let me reassure you, it will be worth the wait.

Josh really wanted me to see some of the highlights, so we hiked down to several of the lines. As previously reported, the A-frame structures at each launch and dismount are complete. The team from Beanstalk Journeys is now making progress on all of the decks attached to each A-frame. Josh was quick to point out that these decks are designed by engineers and adhere to ACE Adventure Resort’s safety standards.

Video Your Next Whitewater Rafting Trip At ACE

Posted by: Alyson Smith in Whitewater Rafting, West Virginia, videographer, video, reservation, boating, ACE Adventure Resort, ACE Adventure Gear on Jul 21, 2010

ACE Video Boaters

At any water level, on any section of river, whitewater rafting is cool. And for the people who choose to go boating, they get a few hours of feeling cool. And how can you savor those moments over and over? With a cool video of your cool day.

I often tell my rafting crews that, “It’s all about the video.” This means that they can ask silly questions, eat too much at lunch, spill sunscreen all over the boat and generally be a disaster, but as long as they look good in the video rapids, they will be able to hold their head up high at the end of the day.

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