The 500-acre campus of the Nantahala Outdoor Center (NOC) near Bryson City, North Carolina, is quiet in mid-February except for the rushing waters of the Nantahala River flowing through it. There are ...

The Western North Carolina mountains are dripping with rivers, a smorgasbord for kayaks, canoes, tubes, stand-up paddle boards and rafts. But if you've tackled the usual suspects, including the French ...

Prepare to get wet! Even the most hesitant of whitewater rafting beginners will be wishing for more waves, more spray, and more fun at the end of one of these 7seven family-friendly whitewater trips.

Whitewater Express and Nantahala Outdoor Center will be the outfitters operating on the Chattahoochee River whitewater course that’s to open next summer. Whitewater Express will be in downtown Phenix ...

The Nantahala River in the Nantahala Gorge reopened Sept. 4 to the public for all uses, including private and commercial rafting and kayaking and fishing. A technical team led by the U.S. Forest ...

The Real Deal: This guided paddling adventure includes kayaking on Lake Nantahala and Nantahala River; five nights at the Nantahala Outdoor Center Mountain Cabins; five breakfasts, four lunches, and ...

“In the heart of western North Carolina, the Nantahala River Gorge joins other wilderness and natural areas to create a vast recreational paradise,” reads what appears to be an official site for the ...