Tag Archives: Gauley River Rafting

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

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

Love for the Gauley runs deep for many people. For others like Ronda Hartzel, rafting this amazing river is their very connection to life, a reminder of the blessing each day holds. This is her 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

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

Starting September 23rd, we’re expecting about 400 cfs more every day. It doesn’t sound like much, but on a river the size of the Gauley, it translates into bigger rapids, steeper drops, and waves even the Big Kahuna would envy. Continue reading

We have a winner for our Gauley Warrior Face photo contest. We’re giving away a free one-day Upper Gauley or Lower Gauley rafting trip every Monday and Friday until the end of Gauley Season. Continue reading

If you miss our new cornbread salad on your rafting trip, no need to fret. We’re sharing the recipe so you could try it at home. Continue reading