While for some folks April and May might seem too cool for a whitewater-rafting trip, college students don’t mind at all and account for a large part of spring rafting enthusiasts, according to the owner of an outdoor-adventure resort on the New River in West Virginia.
Students blowing off steam before finals make up a perennially large part of the spring rafting audience, says Heather Johnson, vice president of 
Guests soak at the River Expeditions basecamp[/caption]
“Many rafters who book with us in spring are students from universities looking for a way to relieve pressure before the end of the spring term,” Johnson said.
“Though we provide wetsuits that will keep anyone warm enough, students don’t seem to be deterred and if anything seem attracted by the idea of the challenge.”
Penn State, Lyndon State , Virginia Tech, Southwest Michigan College, and Louisburg College account for a large part of the resort’s out-of-state student rafters, she said, while WVU-Tech and Marshall University are regular in-state schools.
Johnson, whose family has been guiding on the 
Rafters at Red Dog River Saloon[/caption]
River Expeditions offers annual weekend 
Rafters plunge into a West Virginia rapid[/caption]
The basecamp center also includes a dining hall, outfitters shop, meeting facilities, and an outdoor pool and hot tub as well as the saloon and grill, and students are welcome to stay in their choice of campgrounds as well as dozens of basecamp rustic and deluxe cabins.
For more information on rafting packages for university students or for general information on River Expeditions, call 800-463-9873 or visit their website.