In short, during fall release, the Upper Gauley is considered Class V and the Lower Gauley is considered Class IV.

The entire 26 miles of river has more than 100 rapids throughout. There are 5 Class Vs on the Upper, and 2 Class Vs on the Lower.

One thing I like to remind people in my raft of (which you might already be aware of) is this: the class of a rapid only describes how difficult a rapid is, and not necessarily how big a rapid is. This is especially true on the Gauley, where many of the rapids are what we call, in technical terms, “huge”, but aren’t Class V’s.

If you’re interested in more info, give us a call: 1-800-356-7238. One of our phone folks can tell you all about it.

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