OAK HILL, W.Va. -- Two kinds of people clamber aboard a River Expeditions raft on the Upper Gauley River in late September/early October: Those who've been dumped overboard into the churning rapids ...

The third fatality of the 2009 Gauley River whitewater rafting season was reported Friday, this one claiming the life of an Indiana man, National Park Service officials said. It is believed to be the ...

The body of a Maryland man who drowned in an Upper Gauley River whitewater rafting accident was recovered early Thursday afternoon, authorities reported. Rescue workers recovered the body of Neville ...

There are plenty of places where the geography is right for whitewater rafting, but very few are as perfect as the New River Gorge area of West Virginia. Over millions of years, water pouring out of ...

Apr. 2—A hearty group of whitewater rafters and kayakers didn't let a dose of April Fool's snow get in the way of river fun Friday. On a blustery, snowy morning, three boats with 18 Adventures on the ...

SUMMERSVILLE, W.Va. — Skip Heater has been guiding raft trips in West Virginia for 30 years. He’s shot the rapids of the Gauley River more than a thousand times. He said it never gets old. “All the ...

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 ...

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 ...

[email protected] A: Two of the best rivers in this area for whitewater rafting are the New and Gauley Rivers in south-central West Virginia. Applachian Wildwaters runs half-, full-, and ...

I once spent two months camped in a parking lot in West Virginia so that I could have easy access to the scariest river in the Southeast. Four days a week the Army Corps of Engineers would open the ...