Whitewater Rafting

Ohiopyle rafting buzz was in the air yesterday.. as the first rafting trip of the year hit the Youghiogheny River. Wilderness Voyageurs hosted a college group from Illinois on spring break who were working on a Habitat for Humanity project.  Kudos to them for their community involvement...

Whitewater river guide!?!  In Ohiopyle!?! The wind is blowing and the patches of black ice are waiting to ambush the unwary and your mind is drifting towards the coming spring.  If you are imagining sore muscles, swimming in cold rivers, feeling equal parts fear and...

Ohiopyle has long been a scouters high adventure destination.  In fact, it was through scouting that our founders, Lance and Lee Martin came to Ohiopyle and founded Wilderness Voyageurs.  Today, we are the largest provider of scout high adventure programs in the mid-atlantic.   One...

Hey, IF YOU  LOVE  THE YOUGHIOGHENY RIVER,  then please gift her a minute of your life right now to forward these 3 links and party info to your friends who also love the YOUGH !!!!     ...

The 11th Annual Ohiopyle Beer and Gear festival is this weekend June 16th! The Ohiopyle Beer and Gear festival will feature over a dozen breweries with top notch ales such as Helltown, Great Lakes, and Voodoo Brewing. There will also be stands from multiple outdoor and whitewater...

Horizon lines, Dream Stream, Sang Run, and Anticipation: what do these things have in common? Yep - Upper Yough season is upon us! We're getting excited...

Oh it was a MAGICAL first day on the mighty Cheat River Canyon. Opening rafting weekend at Wilderness Voyageurs in Ohiopyle started with a Saturday trip down the Lower Youghiogheny River and finished with a Sunday Meet The Cheat experience and gorgeous weather. A little...

Are you as fired up about this weekend of rafting the Cheat River as we are?  Pictures of a day of rafting on the Cheat Do you have some good photos of you having a blast on the Cheat?  Add them to the  post....

Can you say Spring time rafting action! The Cheat River is the largest undammed watershed east of the Mississippi.  The whitewater action gets going in Albright, West Virginia where the Cheat River narrows and drops into the Cheat Canyon.  At this point the might Cheat River...