Deadeye Dick canyon is appeared to be rated at a 3AII but at the time that we went into this canyon and found some wet water sections so I am going to give our experience a 3BII.  

That being said, we went into this canyon in mid November and found ice sheets in the pools of water that we had to puncture through. 

 Not only was it pretty darn cold, the ice made for some awkward movement through the water wading sections.

We set out from the Dakota ridge trailhead and we found that to be a great option as it shaved off a bunch of time. We also found that we were able to shave off some distance by making a B line into the canyon and bypassing a walk around which saved some more time.

once we got into the canyon, we bypassed the first dry fall on the left and came to the first drop which was around 30ft into the canyon.

The raps in the canyon are straightforward and we found them easy pulls. We found that there were a total of 6 raps in the canyon.

The first two were back to back with a short narrow corridor.  The canyon opened back up and than closed back down into the remaining 4 raps, which all came in a rapid fire succession. 

We found the raps to be 100ft. or less.  The last drop was a really nice fluted rap with some great sunlight coming into the canyon that reflected a fire hue. 

After a short walk from the last rap, we found ourselves in the narrows.  Dead eye dick pours you out into the upper narrows section so a hike out to the Chamberlain ranch trailhead is the way out. 

You will want to set up a shuttle car at chamberlain ranch so you can get back up to Dakota ridge. 

There is another option to run dead eye dick without a shuttle car by parking at chamberlain ranch and hiking in and up a break in the narrows to the top of dead eye dick but we found that this shuttle route we completed was a lot easier. 

Deadeye dick canyon is a great half day can and a great "rest" day canyon if you are planning a week long trip in Zion. 

The hike out of the narrows from Deadeye dick to chamberlain ranch started of pretty scenic but was quickly dissolved by the ice on the river bank that created quite the chill walking through. 

Eventually we got to the valley and continued to walk on a dirt road back to the TH. 

It was a great Sunday

afternoon and I am looking forward to checking out Eastern sun and mighty mouse canyons next time in the area.

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