Blacksmith Fork

01. Hardware Ranch to Hyrum City Power Plant

Difficulty	I-III
Length	8.6 mi
Avg Gradient	n/a
Gauge	Blacksmith Fork Ab Up and L Co.'s Dam Nr Hyrum, Ut
Flow Rate as of 32 minutes	55 cfsbelow recommended
Reach Info Last Updated	April 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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Access PointDistance: 0 mi

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Take Out

Access PointDistance: 9 mi

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Trip Reports

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.