Category Archives: Gauley River Rafting

Bottom line: Comfort breeds fun, so gear yourself up right for your West Virginia rafting trip, or wherever you may be, and you’ll be smiling all the way down the river. Continue reading

ACE’s Facebook friends love one thing, pure and simple: White water rafting on West Virginia’s best rivers. Here are the ten most popular Facebook posts from 2011. Continue reading

You can be assured we will be doing everything we can to fulfill our resolutions and if you’d like to jump on the bandwagon, well, there’s plenty of room. Continue reading

There’s something visceral about strapping on a helmet, bracing your feet in the raft and digging deep into the Gauley River with your paddle. Just watch David Hall explain. This is his story. Continue reading

Sometimes you just can’t get enough of a good thing — like rafting the Gauley. Just the idea of it sticks in your mind long after your trip is over and you carry it around with you in your waking hours. Jeff Fischgrund knows what we mean. This is his story Continue reading

Your river guide is the number one variable that makes your Gauley trip (or any other rafting trip, for that matter) a success. Your guide is the font from which all river knowledge flows, your captain in the maelstrom. But they weren’t born that way. Continue reading

The Gauley gets under your skin. Some days you’d swear it was flowing in your veins the same way it flows through the mountains of West Virginia. Clay Wright knows. He’s been at it for almost thirty years. This is his story.
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ACE fans are at it again, posting their best Warrior Faces to win a Gauley rafting trip (on either the Upper or Lower Gauley). And now, our latest winners. Continue reading

Everyone’s always talking about what to bring on your Gauley rafting trip, what to wear, what to eat, how to behave and so on. What about what not to bring? Continue reading

Don’t let Rita’s picture fool you. You don’t need to be engulfed in flames to get in on the Warrior Face contest. You can pose in the kitchen or your backyard. Or at Pillow Rock. Just saying, is all. Continue reading