Spot report
🇺🇸Gauley River (Upper & Lower), West Virginia
updated 05:15 local · open-meteo
🌀 Whitewater· dam-release class IV-V river · base: Summersville
Six to seven weeks of scheduled Summersville Dam releases after Labor Day create the Upper Gauley's five class V rapids and the annual Gauley Fest, the largest paddling festival in the world.
Heads up · Release weekends only; Upper is class V with mandatory swims consequences
Wind
10 km/h
gusts 13 · from S
Water
flat
inland — lakes and rivers
Road
dry
dry — 16 °C
Daylight
07:31 → 18:47
16 °C air · 0.0 mm · UV 0
What's rideable right now
Wind
Water
Mountain
River
🚵
Mountain bike
RIDEABLEhero dirt, 16 °C — prime
Best windows this week
- Wed 7am–6pmRIDEABLE
hero dirt, 16 °C — prime · 12 h
- Thu 7am–6pmRIDEABLE
hero dirt, 20 °C — prime · 12 h
- Fri 7am–6pmRIDEABLE
hero dirt, 20 °C — prime · 12 h
This week
Today
12 km/h
16–26 °C · 6 mm
🚵Mountain bike
Thu
9 km/h
19–24 °C
🏄SUP
Fri
21 km/h
6–25 °C · 12 mm
⛵Sailing
Sat
21 km/h
4–11 °C
⛵Sailing
Sun
12 km/h
3–17 °C
🛶Kayak & canoe
Mon
11 km/h
5–19 °C
🛶Kayak & canoe
Tue
6 km/h
10–18 °C
🏄SUP
bars: daily max wind · best sport each day
Pack list
- No water temp inland → judge by air — 16 °C. Lakes run colder than they look.
- UV 0 — low → no sun worries today
- 16 °C → sun shirt, 2 L of water
- Daylight 07:31–18:47 → golden hour from 17:47
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