FAYETTEVILLE, W.Va. — A spokesperson for the National Park Service said it may be early next week before divers can enter the waters of the Gauley River at Shipwreck Rock to recover the body of a ...

— -- For Heather Lukacs of Russellville, W. Va., a favorite part of the Gauley River is near a break in a 100-foot rock wall where Canyon Doors Rapid forms standing waves. With a lifetime of ...

FAYETTE COUNTY, W.Va. (WCHS/WVAH) — A Fayette County man with several outstanding felony warrants was arrested Wednesday after a brief pursuit that ended in the Gauley River. Anthony Scott Lively of ...

FAYETTE COUNTY, W.Va. (WCHS) — An Ohio man drowned Monday during a commercial rafting trip on the Gauley River, a spokesperson for the National Park Service said. The 46-year-old man was rafting a ...

The fall rafting season on West Virginia’s Gauley River gets started this week. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will begin lowering Summersville Lake to its winter level through releases at the ...

A kayaker navigates the turbulent waters of the Gauley River in Summersville, W.Va., on Sept. 30, 2020. American Rivers has named the Gauley River No. 10 on its list of most endangered rivers. (Getty ...

GLEN JEAN, W.Va. — Friday kicks off the Gauley White Water Rafting season along the Gauley River – a season that attracts hundreds and thousands of visitors from out of state. On a recent appearance ...

To prepare for Gauley Fest, all year, whitewater paddlers train - both for the river and, paddlers often joke, for the after-party, which has a reputation of going all night. Gauley Fest is the ...

Question: Could you please advise us as to the most challenging whitewater-rafting rivers in the East (for a run this fall) and the outfitters who offer them? Adventure Adviser: By far the most ...

The call of Gauley River’s siren song has attracted rafting enthusiasts for close to 50 years. Dave Arnold, a co-owner of Class VI River Runners in Lansing, says the river was first rafted by a ...

The raft steadies for what seems like a nanosecond before the crest of a wave hooks the thick rubber inflatable and propels it through the roiling water. Stick with the locals, who favor the Upper ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The fall rafting season on West Virginia’s Gauley River gets started this week. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will begin lowering Summersville Lake to its winter level ...