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Team Extreme Lower New All Day - Trip #3
The Team Extreme whitewater rafting trip on the Lower New River is the best way to step up your whitewater rafting adventure.
Summertime on the New means it's time to play! There's no more exciting way to take on the Lower New's crunching waves and huge surfing holes than in our smallest rafts...12-footers that carry 4+ paddlers. You'll flip, you'll swim and you'll be the heroes of the day!
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Trip Description
The Smallest Boats...the Wildest Whitewater Ride
But in addition to your special boat, Team Extreme trips have a special attitude. Your guide is an experienced, veteran professional…totally knowledgeable of the river’s many nuances. Team Extreme crews run routes where others fear to follow. They surf places where others only sit and watch. They flip, they swim and they’re the heroes of the day. When the day is over and you’re watching your trip’s video, folks from other trips will be watching too. Team Extreme crews are the envy of everyone else on the river. A Team Extreme trip is tough and physical…no place for out-of-shape people. You’ll spend a lot of time in, and sometimes under the water. The raft is almost certain to flip…more than once. Good swimming skills, good physical conditioning and a well-developed sense of adventure are essential. This is no place for the fainthearted. These trips are run in an instructional format. Each crew member has to paddle hard and have that gung-ho attitude. Once you hit the water, your Team Extreme guide will have you working as a team in no time. He or she 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 like those on our Premier Double Dare Rafting Trips. 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+ 5 paddlers plus the guide. Keep this in mind when you get your group together and plan your trip. As with all ACE full-day trips, there’s a delicious hot grilled lunch and 5-6 hours on the river. If you want the ultimate in whitewater thrills, join Team Extreme. Complement your Team Extreme adventure with a Kayak Clinic in ACE's Lake, or drive your own all-terrain vehicle on a New River Gorge backcountry ATV Tour. We'll head to ACE's remote northern slopes for some good ol' fashioned ATV trail riding.
Trip Format
Rafting 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 allows 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 on the Lower New
What To Wear
What To Wear And Bring
Summer Lunch
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Take ACE’s custom-designed 12-foot, 4+ person rafts…add a specially trained “Team Extreme” whitewater guide..and you’re set for the New River’s wildest ride. The huge waves and drops of the Lower New are even more exciting when your tiny boat is being tossed about like a toy. Think about it. The raft you’re in 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 whitewater ride of your life.
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.
Spring
Gourmet Lunch
