Halls (Stockwell) Creek

Section from Garage road down is surprisingly sceenic and has nice sandstone boulder surf spots throughoot, some of which are very good.  Felt a bit  easier than Morrison creek which I also ran on the same day.  A big thanks to whoever has been clearing the trees out of this beautiful canyon.  Probably never gets to high to kayak.

I think the overall description posted above is accurate for this creek when it is low, but becomes less accurate as the water gets higher. The more water is in it, the more playspots there are. There is a flat rock upstream of the takeout at County Hwy E. If it is visible, there won't be much play. If the water completely covers it, there will plenty of play. Also, I would discourage people from using the listed put-in and take-out listed here unless they want a longer, scenic but mostly flat run. Putting in at the utility right-of-way at the end of Camp Bradfield road and taking out at County Hwy E cuts out almost all of the flatwater and leaves most of the gradient and scenery.

I paddled this stretch last year (2013) at the end of March after a substantial rainstorm. The Black was running over 10,000 cfs. The last two drops were class III and the old dam made a really sweet multi-boat wave. Additionally there were a number of solid catch-on-the-fly waves. This run just gets to be more fun with more water. Its hard to imagine a level that would be too high to run.

@ ~8 ft.