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It was a shocking scene under the New River Gorge Bridge. There I was, 850 feet up in the air. I was walking on the tiny catwalk under the massive bridge, training to become a Bridge Walk tour guide. Then, all of a sudden, we spotted a Peregrine Falcon!
The stories are true from back then. First, you really could flip a raft at the put-in. And second, there was a constant rainbow above the tubes where the water discharged to form the whitewater that creates Gauley Season. Continue reading
Rangers from the National Park Service, New River National River visit ACE Adventure Resort to talk about the history of the New River Gorge. Continue reading
Want to know the secrets of the New River Gorge in West Virginia? You’re in luck. Rangers from the National Park Service are coming to ACE Adventure Resort (hey, that’s us!) to give a couple of presentations from a series called “Hidden History.”
Standing at our spectacular Concho overlook, you can still see the town once known as the “Dodge City of the East.” Listed on the National Register of Historical Places, Thurmond has a rich and incredible history. Continue reading
Waldo the Wonder Mule: “Yup, it’s true, ACE and the stables are my retirement home. See, the New River Gorge is the Grand Canyon of the East, but I got my “professional” start in the Grand Canyon in Arizona.” Continue reading
For me, one of the coolest things about this property is the fact that there were actually three towns once located here: Concho, Erskine and Dun Eden. Continue reading
On April 18, 1835, Richard Clayton became the first man to fly a hot-air balloon over 500 kilometers. In so doing, he became the first man to fly in West Virginia. His path crossed over or near ACE Adventure Resort! Clayton was a clockmaker, silversmith and budding aeronaut from Cincinnati, Ohio. Read more.
My last blog, “How Do You Map A Zip-Line Canopy Tour?”, talked about the difficulty of trying to map out our Zip-Line Canopy Tour, dealing with the rugged terrain and cliffs that surrounds it, and the new zip-lines we are adding this year. This bike map was totally different. It was easy to create. Continue reading
Hike the Thurmond-Minden Trail in the New River Gorge to find McKinley Rock, named because it’s profile was made by blasting the rock the day McKinley was shot Continue reading
