When they open up the gates at the dam on the Gauley River, it is
one of the most impressive sites you will ever lay eyes on. The water roars out of these massive pipes with a sound
like the end of the world, and rafters and kayakers put in right there and ride the river down it’s several stages. I
have only rafted the Gauley once, but it was a great experience.
Paddler Magazine seems to share my
enthusiasm. This piece on the virtues of the Gauley brought back some fine memories of the days when I was a junior
guide and rafting was my life…one wonderful, albeit short summer long ago.