I just got back from whitewater rafting on the Upper and Lower Gauley in WV...wow! I had never done that river before, and all the guides were talking about was the water being so high.<br><br>From ...

SUMMERSVILLE, W.Va. — Whitewater rafters are getting ready to brace for the big class V rapids, because Gauley Season has officially begun. Governor Jim Justice made the announcement Friday. The ...

Thrill seekers searching for the adrenaline rush of crashing through frothy waters have an embarrassment of riches at hand. Tennessee's Ocoee River, for example, offers a whitewater rafting and ...

Story byThe Fayette Tribune, Oak Hill, W.Va. The Fayette Tribune, Oak Hill, W.Va. Sep. 8—It's beginning to look a lot like Gauley Season at West Virginia's largest adventure resort and rafting ...

Fayetteville, West Virginia, is one of the coolest small towns in America that most people have never heard of. Located in the heart of the New River Gorge -- home to the nation's newest national park ...

The Gauley River in West Virginia is notorious for its raging rapids, huge rocks, and fun whitewater rafting trips. September 8 and 9, five boys from Orange's Boy Scout Troop 14 took a trip down the ...

West Virginia Department of Tourism welcomes whitewater rafters from around the world just as fall colors arrive SUMMERSVILLE, W.Va., Aug. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- For a limited-time only, America's ...

&#151; -- 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 ...

An Ohio man drowned while whitewater rafting on the Gauley River in Fayette County Monday, according to the National Park Service. Authorities said the incident happened during a commercial rafting ...

Here’s everything you need to know about the mountain state’s rushing rivers, Appalachian hikes, and historic cities. From the Long Point Trail in New River Gorge National Park and Preserve, hikers ...