A tourist helicopter carrying family members from Spain plunged into the Hudson River in New York City, killing six, including three children. The New York Helicopters chartered chopper ...

The campground is the hub of all activities during the annual Gauley River rafting season. Gauley Season brings in rafters from around the world for Class V and VI whitewater rafting in the river.

6 that Gauley Season whitewater rafting opportunities have begun officially for 2024. The Gauley River National Recreation Area will offer rafters an opportunity to take on some of the world’s ...

releasing 44 million gallons of water into the Gauley River at a rate of 2,800 cubic feet per second, creating premier whitewater rafting conditions. That volume is enough to fill one Olympic-size ...

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.

Consider a multi-day rafting trip so you can stop and camp on the beaches, enjoy the natural hot springs and spend time wildlife watching. Choose your own adventure on the Gauley River.

Every September and October, West Virginia’s Gauley River features the world’s best ... U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to create close to 100 rapids, including nine Class V rapids in 26 miles.

My rafting guide, Matt Zickafoose, was everything I’d dreamed of when I signed up to shoot the legendary Class V whitewater of the Upper Gauley. A true-blue Appalachian river rat who’d grown ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

I got hooked on whitewater kayaking after a rafting trip down the Gauley River in West Virginia. I had just retired from being a competitive in-line speed skater and was looking for a sport that ...