I’d never been whitewater rafting before, but I wanted our visit to New River Gorge National Park and Preserve in West Virginia to be the pinnacle of our recent family vacation, so I chose a trip with ...

After all, he had spent most of the ride outlining all the possible dangers to be found on this lower part of the wild New River, the centerpiece of the United States’ newest national park. What I ...

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 ...

The New River may be iconic, but it’s also a misnomer: It’s actually one of the oldest rivers on Earth. No one knows exactly when it started to trickle—estimates range from 10 to 360 million years ago ...

“The ink is almost dried,” as Class VI River Runners co-owner Doug Proctor put it Wednesday, on a deal that would merge his company with two other whitewater rafting outfitters — The Rivermen and ...

It was early June, more than a year since our family of four had ventured too far outside our central Ohio bubble. We knew we weren’t alone in our caution, as the pandemic’s uncertainty hung over our ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover travel with a focus on conservation and sustainability. The rush of floating down a river. The anticipation of what lies ...