We will match the boat size to the water level and your group to give you the best ride for the river level on the day of your trip. The Cheat Canyon runs primarily from March through June, but we will run anytime we are experiencing good rainfall amounts (especially big summer storms and fall hurricane season).īecause the Cheat is an undammed river our conditions will change from day to day. As a undamed river, the Canyon shows her stuff when heavy rains and snowmelt equal higher water levels. The season for running the Canyon is Spring. You will encounter such rapids as Decision (where you decide once and for all whether to continue your trek into the canyon), Big Nasty, Tear Drop, Coliseum, Fossil Falls, and of course a Swimmers Rapid at the end of the trip.

But don’t let the beauty of the Cheat Canyon fool you, she can dish out some pretty serious rafting. While taking a break from the intense whitewater action you will see waterfalls coming into the canyon and unique rock formations. The Cheat Canyon trip departs directly from our Visitor Center in Albright and quickly enters a remote, steep walled canyon. This 13 mile section of river contains rapids rated Class III to Class V surrounded by the beauty of a spectacular wilderness canyon. The Cheat Canyon stretches 13 miles from Albright, WV to Jenkinsburg Bridge. The bottom photo is taken from the Gaudineer Scenic Area off of route 250, a few miles west of Durbin.There are no roads, skyscrapers or condos – just some of the best and wildest whitewater in the East. Overall, it was approximately 5 miles round trip. We returned to our vehicle using the same route. It was also very busy, with quite a few campers and some fishermen in the area. The falls are nice, but there wasn't much water flowing over them during our visit. There's a train depot located here so that those who are unwilling to make the trek over the mountain can also experience the beauty of the falls via the Cheat Mountain Salamander passenger train. At the bottom, we finally came to the Cheat river, turning north on the railroad tracks and followed them down stream for 1/2 mile to the High Falls. This portion of the trail was rocky in places, and toward the top we were able to pick our share of blackberries. We stayed on the High Falls trail and began the descent down into the Shavers Fork of the Cheat river valley. High Falls of Cheat waterfall on Shavers Fork is accessible via the train trip from Elkins WV 4000 × 2348 pixels 13.3 × 7.8 in DPI 3 × 587. Toward the top of the mountain the trail passes through a lush forest of ferns before finally meeting up with Allegheny Trail in a saddle at the top. The climb is not bad, and the trail is in good shape and well marked. High Falls trail soon enters the woods as it quickly begins climbing Shavers Mt. 44 is 3.6 miles to get to the falls, but there are swimming spots along the Shavers Fork from the time the trail meets the water at 2.75 miles. The High Falls Trail starting at Forest Rd. After crossing the foot bridge over the West Fork of the Glady, we began ascending Shavers Mountain, passing through a large open field with the West Fork Rail Trail running through it. The High Falls of the Cheat is a great swimming hole area because there are multiple spots to swim and there is a hike to get there, so crowds are not likely (unless the train stops with a group when you are there). We began our hike at the High Falls Trailhead, located 4 miles south of the small community of Glady, on Forest Road 44. We hiked to the High Falls of the Cheat River on Saturday, August 23rd.

High falls of the cheat