Make The New River Gorge Your Playground
Pick Your Passion
Adventure is a personal thing like humor, taste in music, taste in food, etc.
Thankfully here in the New River Gorge, we can offer a multitude of opportunities for people to find their own personal adventures happy place.
Adventure doesn’t have to mean pegging your adrenaline meter with some arduous or physically demanding sports.
Hot tubbing at your cabin in the woods is an awesome adventure!
Adventure can be taking a drive on a country road without really knowing where you’re going or how to get there.
Adventure can be finding that perfect gift at a Junktique store in one of the coolest small towns in America, Fayetteville, WV.
Adventure can be finding a new favorite food at one of our wonderful locally-owned restaurants.
Adventure can definitely be that heart-pounding, adrenaline-pumping, dream-inducing, outdoor fun that has made the New River Gorge world-famous:
- “Whitewater” rafting
- Mountain biking
- Ziplines
- Canopy Tours
- Rock climbing
Pick your passion and then Pick a new one.
Wild Side
Our cabins are right in the center of outdoor fun in the West Virginia mountains. If you want to try some white water rafting, mountain biking, or rock climbing, Opossum Creek is the place.
And don’t forget kayaking, and horseback riding, too. We can think of lots of wild ways to have a good time.
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Rock Climbing
Not only is West Virginia home to America’s Best Whitewater, it can also lay claim to some of America’s Best Rock Climbing.
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Mountain Biking
This area has a variety of trails, from rolling fire roads, to treacherous, rocky, technical single track.
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Fishing
Smallmouth, Trout and Longbeards! The opportunities for fishing in West Virginia are plentiful and varied.
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Whitewater Rafting
This area’s original claim to fame is having “America’s Best Whitewater”. With the New and Gauley Rivers to work with, it is the truth!
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Skiing and Winter Sports
We are fortunate to a have a local ski hill 50 minutes down the road. Winterplace is a full service ski resort with 9 lifts, 27 trails and ski/snowboard instruction.
Mild Side
Hey, if you want to take it easy, we’ve got that covered, too. Take a jet boat tour, or play some golf. We’re the leisure experts- no one plans time off like us.
Hiking and birding are always fun activities, too. The adventure factor is still there, even if the adrenaline factor isn’t.
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Dining
The stress of finding a place to eat wearing you down? Stress no more! It’s time to relax with world-class homemade food with good ol’ Fayetteville flare.
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Shopping
One fun way to relax is to shop this beautiful mountain locality. Lots of nice handmade novelties to take back to your home.
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Golfing
A little known fact is that West Virginia had the first golf course in the country at the fabled Greenbrier Resort.
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Hiking
There is great hiking all over Fayette County. To get oriented, start at the National Park Service’s Canyon Rim Visitor Center, just about five minutes from your cabin.
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Jet Boat Tours
This is a great alternative to a raft trip, it gets you on the river and it’s lots of fun without the danger factor.
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Bird Watching
Our guided Birdwatching tours are great for everyone from the backyard birder to the seasoned veteran looking for one to add to his life list.
