oak hill, w.va. – Through its three decades of running, the Upper Gauley Animal Race has grown in notoriety and participation with both first-time and returning racers looking to tame the “Beast of ...

CARNIFEX FERRY, W.Va. — There’s additional access to the Gauley River in Nicholas County following the recent purchase of 665 acres of the Upper Gauley Canyon by the West Virginia Land Trust. WVLT ...

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 ...

Andrew McEwan says his days as a serious wildwater kayak racer are over, that he wouldn’t mind at all if someone came along and equaled or bettered his record in the Animal Upper Gauley Race. If such ...

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 ...

I just got back from whitewater rafting on the Upper and Lower Gauley in WV...wow! I had never done that river before, and all the guides were talking about was the water being so high.<br><br>From ...

OAK HILL, WV (WVNS) — It is that time of year again to tame the “Beast of the East” in the 31st annual Upper Gauley Animal Race! Bluefield West Virginia Fall Festival The race will take place on ...

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 multi-day trips on these Class ...

&#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 ...

SUMMERSVILLE, W.Va. -- A University of Illinois student died in a whitewater rafting accident on the Upper Gauley River on Sunday, a rafting company official said. The woman fell out of the raft when ...

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 ...

The raft steadies for what seems like a nanosecond before the crest of a wave hooks the thick rubber inflatable and propels it through the roiling water. Stick with the locals, who favor the Upper ...