The seven week long Gauley River whitewater season kicked off Friday with a blast from the past. A huge tube in the Summersville Dam was opened for four hours creating waves and wind near the dam's ...

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 ...

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 ...

— -- 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 ...

Gauley Season has officially begun. The Gauley River National Recreation Area will offer whitewater rafters from around the globe an opportunity to take on some of the world’s top whitewater runs in a ...

Not much can rival the thrill of white-water rafting. Every run is an adventure, with the spray hitting your face as you whoosh down the river, the scenery streaking by. All rafters have to start ...