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Team Extreme Big Water Canyon Overnight - Trip #210
Two Full Days of Extreme Whitewater Rafting and Overnight Camping on the Lower New River!
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Rafting's full package deal: all the scenery and whitewater you can handle in a 12 foot custom boat, plus riverside camping and eating! The Team Extreme Big Water Canyon Overnight is a complete experience you won't ever forget.
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Trip Description
Extreme Overnight...Two Days of Pure Whitewater Pleasure
On the Extreme Big Water Canyon Overnight, you'll get a custom-designed 12-foot, 4+ person raft, a specially trained "Team Extreme" Whitewater guide, all the food you can eat, and the experience of a lifetime. First, you'll take in the amazing scenery of the Upper New with good beginner style rapids. Wind down in camp with your friends and family and some amazing riverside dinner. Then, on day two you'll up the ante with the big water rapids of the Lower New, and the added challenge of a smaller, Extreme boat. The huge waves and drops of the Lower New will feel even bigger in the smaller raft. The Extreme Big Water Canyon Overnight offers all the benefits of the regular Lower New Team Extreme Whitewater Rafting Trips, plus something a little extra. There is nothing like a night by the river: take in the sounds, smells, sights, and tastes of an overnight river trip. Wake up the next day to sunlight pouring into the Grand Canyon of the East; it's truly a spectacular sight to behold. After breakfast, get ready for the real fun when you drop into the bigger, more challenging rapids of the Lower New. Running our little boats really drives home how powerful the water is; you won't believe how big the New's rapids feel. Think about it. Our Extreme raft weighs over a hundred pounds LESS than the average boat...and there are four or five fewer people in it! The difference is incredible. It's the ride of your life. Our Extreme guides are experienced, veteran professionals...totally knowledgeable of the river's many nuances. Extreme guides' agendas are to run routes where others fear to follow. They surf places where others only sit and watch. All this added adrenaline seeking means they flip, they swim and they're the heroes of the day. A Team Extreme trip is not for the fainthearted and it's no place for out-of-shape people. Throughout the trip, you will almost certainly find yourself in and under water. Flips are almost a certainty, and we don't mean just one flip. Team Extreme guests need good swimming skills, good physical conditioning, and a well-developed sense of adventure. On the Big Canyon Overnight, your team will have all of day 1 to get in tune with one another. By day 2, you'll feel like seasoned whitewater professionals ready to brave the mightiest rapids. Extreme crew members have to paddle hard and have that gung-ho attitude. Besides Extreme paddling, your Team Extreme guide will teach you some water-reading and rescue techniques to help get your teammates back aboard when the inevitable swims occur. After this trip, you'll have that wonderful feeling of being part of a team where each member of the group helped the others to have the time of their lives. The New River is so huge in the springtime that, with the extremely high water levels, we can't safely run the smaller rafts. That makes Team Extreme rafting a summertime sport. In a normal year, we can run this trip in May through September. Team Extreme rafts hold 4+ paddlers plus the Guide. Keep this in mind when you get your group together and plan your rafting trip. For a full range of ultimate Extreme whitewater thrills, join us again in the Fall on a Gauley River Trip!
Trip Format
The Extreme Lower New in a 12' Raft
The lower section of the New River offers moderate to difficult rapids as a high volume of water constricts through the narrow gorge. The first half of the trip offers easier class II & III rapids that allow rafters time to learn to follow guide commands and paddle as a group. Jump Rock allows everyone to get out of the raft alongside the river and jump off of an (approx) 15-20 ft rock into the pool below. After lunch the Lower New alternates from exciting Class IV-V rapids to pools perfect for swimming. Upper and Lower Railroad, the Keeneys, Miller's Folly, and Double Z are among the many rapids that lie in wait on the second half of the trip. Experience the sense of a true outdoor adventure vacation as you encounter huge holes, roller coaster waves and house-size boulders plus some of the most stunning views in West Virginia. The Team Extreme trip is for experienced rafters only.
The Season
The Season for Whitewater Rafting the New River
What To Wear
What To Wear And Bring
Summer Meals
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ACE created "Team Extreme" for the select few who want...and can handle...an intense and aggressive whitewater experience. The Team Extreme trip uses the sport's smallest rafts and our most "extreme" guides. A Team Extreme adventure begins with an intense instructional orientation.You'll learn braces, and advanced strokes. Guests should not sign up for a Team Extreme trip unless they’re in top physical shape. The Team Extreme trip is not recommended for first time rafters.
Different seasons provide very diverse river experiences as the dynamics of the river and the rapids themselves are transformed. Spring rafting is a thrill ride with typically higher water levels, making the waves, holes and rapids even more powerful. March - May offers the biggest whitewater of the season, while summer months offer fun, excitement and warmer temperatures. Great whitewater remains a constant in September and October as fall is fabulous in the New River Gorge.
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