Clarence R Swann

Review of Ace Adventure Resort

ACE is a great one-stop outfit for outdoor activit...

ACE is a great one-stop outfit for outdoor activities in the mountains. The compound has just about everything you would need from water park and recreation, to food and beverages, even a proper restaurant with excellent adult beverage selection! We have used ACE to organize our rafting trips for the Upper and Lower New River, as well as our most recent Upper Gauley rafting trip. We always have a blast! Bar none - the experience can't be beat.

For the Lower New and Upper Gauley River trips, ACE provides an awesome spread of food for lunch - which is much needed after paddling through class 3+ rapids for 2-3 hours. I'm not talking about your standard picnic fare, no - it is essentially restaurant catering off-site and on the river bank! For the Upper Gauley trip we took shore in the "Colosseum of Carnage" after a huge drop in a Class IV to eat on a raised deck and watch other trips and river-goers. Bring your appetite because the portions are generous - but don't eat too much, because you still have more rapids to paddle through!

Kevin, our raft guide is a seasoned river-goer and outdoorsman, whose chill yet confident demeanor keeps us at ease but on-the-ready in angry water. We request him each time we put-in for the river. He knows the rivers intimately and never disappoints. His knowledge of local history, and of flora and fauna will be appreciated by the ecology enthusiast and historian alike, and will keep you engaged during flat water. This past Upper Gauley run was the best whitewater rafting experience we have had to date. Will be booking with ACE again next year!