Blacksmith Fork

01. Hardware Ranch to Hyrum City Power Plant

DifficultyI-III
Length8.6 mi
Avg Gradientn/a
GaugeBlacksmith Fork Ab Up and L Co.'s Dam Nr Hyrum, Ut
Flow Rate as of 1 hour
73 cfsbelow recommended
Reach Info Last UpdatedApril 1, 2021

River Description

Christopher Pajak shared:

Tight and technical, short but steep rapids, enough wood to make you nervous - people have been pinned on logs here. One ~6-8-ft riverwide vertical drop over an old concrete diversion, not too sticky on the right, deep pool. Put in and take out where ever you want.


River Features

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Distance: 0 mi

Take Out

Distance: 9 mi
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DAVID NIX
DAVID NIX

Sep 10, 2017


Ran this at 160 in packrafts. Seems like an ideal flow, much more and the over hanging trees/ bushes would be more of a problem. Few strainers, only a couple portages. Two class III+ drops. Lots of bush bashing in boats though. That said, its a beautiful river, clean, clear, sandy bottom, little pollution, a gem for Northern Utah. The ~7 mile section below the dam looks good too.