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Thanks For Another Great Year!

This years Beer and Gear Festival was another huge success! With beautiful summer weather and ground breaking attendance, Garrett Street was slammed with well over 800 PEOPLE ready to sample micro-brews from across the State. Wilderness Voyageurs would like to thank everyone who came out this year,...

23 June, 2010

3rd Annual Vasque Sponsored Trail Run

As part of our annual Beer and Gear Festival, Wilderness Voyageurs will be hosting a Vasque Sponsored Trail Run. This event is Open to the Public where a 5$ Entrance Fee will be donated to Friends of Ohiopyle (FOO), a Local Conservation Group that...

15 June, 2010

The Beer is Here!

After a year of waiting, our 9th Annual Beer and Gear Festival is finally here! Starting at 3 PM on Saturday, June 19th, brewers and boozers from across the state will find their way down to Ohiopyle for a day of Family Fun. ...

15 June, 2010

Buy a Kayak, Get a Lesson – all thru June

This month, when you buy a new Kayak from Wilderness Voyageurs, we will give you a free spot in a Learn to Kayak Weekend!...

10 June, 2010

Summer Thrills: Alive and Thriving

Ohiopyle is Summer Thrills Central Bike Tour Season is finally here! Our first trip of the year set out on Sunday completing day 1 of 6 in our Great Alleghany Passage tour from Pittsburgh to Washington DC. With tornado warnings to the north and flood watches...

08 June, 2010

Higher than Usual

It was another big day on the Upper! After a week of continuous rain and heavy, natural flow, Fridays Deep Creek release of roughly 600 CFS brought the river up to an exciting 2.5 feet, making some of the rivers low-water lines a bit gnarly....

01 June, 2010

Ever try Stand-up Paddling?

We have! Last week, a handful of us took our new inflatable Stand-up Paddleboard to the Yough Lake near the Middle Yough putin....

01 June, 2010

MEMORIAL DAY 2010 SPECIALS!

Stop down to Wilderness Voyageurs in Ohiopyle this Memorial Day weekend to check out our AMAZING Holiday Specials.  The weather forecast is projecting sunny skies with temperatures reaching the mid-80s by Sunday, so thrill seekers, jump on one of our Upper Yough trips challenge your "American Spirit". But...

27 May, 2010

Buckeye Youth Top-Out in Ohiopyle

The weather lifted on Tuesday allowing for a perfect, bluebird day for climbing. After making a 5+ hour trip from Toledo, students from Maumee Valley Country Day School got to try their skills on a rock crag just off The Great Allegheny Passage Trail....

27 May, 2010

Have you ever heard of the Top Yough?

This past Friday, after a spectacular day Shredding down the Upper Yough, I had the opportunity to do an impromptu kayak run on the Top Yough. This section of the Youghiogheny is upstream of the Upper Yough and characterized by superb whitewater, mostly 4 ft...

24 May, 2010