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.

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 ...

(WBOY) — West Virginia’s Gauley River was recently named the 10th most endangered river in the United States by American Rivers, a clean water advocacy group. American Rivers puts out yearly l ...

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 ...

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 ...

Adventure Adviser: By far the most challenging fall whitewater is West Virginia’s Gauley River. By whitewater, I mean more than 100 Class III, IV, and V rapids in a 28-mile stretch. You’re ...

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.

I’ve always wondered what the concrete dam-like structure is on Junction creek by the river trail where Junction Creek comes into the Animas River. Is it some type of device to stop fish from ...

The Gauley River National Recreation Area will offer rafters an opportunity to take on some of the world’s top whitewater runs during the Gauley Season, ordinarily for six weeks in the fall but ...