New River Mountain Guides
About Us
Since 1994 we've been mentoring climbers to help them expand their knowledge and become self-sufficient climbers at the New River Gorge and beyond. We offer private guiding and customized instruction for beginner to advanced climbers, who want to expand their knowledge, learn new skills, and gain experience to help reach their climbing goals.
All of our guides and instructors are not only climbers to their core, they are fun to climb with, and are skilled teachers who can help you meet your climbing goals. They're all trained and certified by the American Mountain Guide Association as Single Pitch Instructors (at minimum) and are dedicated professionals who take their job seriously.
We're headquartered in Water Stone Outdoors, your one-stop climbing shop at the New. The shop is open year-round, and the guide service operates seasonally from March to November (or whenever winter sets in). Have a trip booked? Meet your guide on the outdoor patio located at the rear of the store off the back parking lot.
Contact Us
101 West Wiseman Avenue
Permits & Insurance
NPS Commercial Use Authorization #NERI-2024-a87e886eGuide and teach beginning to advanced rock climbing and rappelling, including vertical rope rescue in New River Gorge National Park and Preserve and Gauley River National Recreation Area
Dept of Army Commercial Business License #DACW69-3-24-1018Completely land based, guided rock climbing around Summersville Lake
The Guides
Reviews
Trip: Full Day Climb
Guide: Dan A.
By Kristian S. on August 12, 2023
Trip: Full Day Climb
Guide: Tim L., John W.
By Morgan W. on August 10, 2023
Trip: Half Day Climb
Guide: Craig R.
Craig was a fantastic guide! He was friendly, knowledgeable, thoughtful, and safety oriented. We appreciated how he asked us what we wanted to get out of our trip and planned out our destination and routes accordingly. On the wall, he was an encouraging coach and cheerleader, and even stayed a little later (past our scheduled end time) so we could get an extra climb in. 10/10 would go again. Thanks for a fun time at the crag, Craig!
By Brian P. on August 09, 2023
Trip: Full Day Climb
Guide: Dan A.
A perfect day. Dan chose the perfect climbs to warm up on, then we worked up the scale to some harder challenges. I think he did a great job gauging what I could do and to really follow my lead (not literally) in terms of what I was up for. He filled in a couple of important technical issues I wanted to go over with current safety protocols. Just fyi, twenty years ago climbing was a primary focus of my life, I traveled and did a lot of different types of climbing (probably some not so smart)…took a break and am returning to climbing as an older but still strong person with gym-climbing the only local option. Dan brought a lot of experience and knowledge and was great about helping me transition to "relearning" climbing on real rock, but smarter and safer this time. I hope to be back at the New again and get some more routes in with him before too long!! Don't hesitate to hire a guide to make your visit to the New a safe and challenging experience. Especially if this is a transition form plastic to real rock!!
By Laura C. on August 08, 2023
Trip: Half Day Climb
Guide: Tim L.
My two daughters (10 & 12), wife and I had a fantastic morning. The weather, and temperature specifically, was just right after a rainfall the night prior, but it wasn’t anything special in comparison to the helpful teachings we received from Tim and the overwhelming trust we had in is commands. He was delightful and warm but confident and reassuring throughout. Our experience couldn’t have been better and I can’t help but think that Tim had a humongous influence on an activity we all come away raving about. Climbing with New River Mountain Guides was a a great way to spend the first half of the day and we took home a memory we won’t soon forget. Thank you.
By David S. on August 07, 2023
Trip: Half Day Climb
Guide: Tim L.
By Kevin M. on August 03, 2023
Trip: Half Day Climb
Guide: Craig R.
Our family of four (14 year old and 12 year old) had a fantastic time. Craig was an excellent guide, giving us climbs and rappels. We’ll be back for more climbing with New River Mountain Guides again when we’re back to visit.
By Barbara F. on August 02, 2023
Trip: Custom Trip
Guide: General I.
By Teri M. on July 29, 2023
Trip: Half Day Climb
Guide: Tim L.
Perfect routes selected fir our second half day. Very muched enjoyed the day
By Kevin M. on July 27, 2023
Trip: Half Day Climb
Guide: Dan A.
Great trip. Dan was awesome and very knowledgeable.
By Chris C. on July 27, 2023
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