The raging Gauley River has just bucked me off my raft and sucked me into its depths, swishing me around like a mouthful of Listerine before spitting me out downstream. I emerge unscathed ...

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 ...

and also the Kanawha River below the junction, together with the road running across the Gauley and along the opposite bank, communicating with Gen. BENHAM's camp further down the Kanawha.

The position of the forces on Saturday evening was as follows: The rebels were in possession of the left or west bank of New River; Gen. SCHENKS' Brigade a few miles above the junction of Gauley ...

One is on the upper Gauley and one on the lower. Rafters can also usually be booked as a marathon run where rafters will run the entire 26 miles of the river. What does a typical run on the Gauley ...

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 appe ...

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 ...

But, in the fall, the gates are opened on Summersville Dam, creating guaranteed flow on the Gauley River. People from all over the world come to New River Gorge to experience the whitewater ...

The process will continue weekly through Oct. 20, forming more than 100 rapids along the Gauley River. About 40,000 adventurers are expected to navigate the river during the six-week season.