ADAM HAYDOCK

SCORPION CANYON 3AII. DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, CALIFORNIA

December 04, 2018

Scorpion Canyon. Death Valley National Park, California

Scorpion canyon is a death valley canyon located near the Badlands and Zabriskie Point.This canyon is a mud and clay stone canyon which gives it a unique look and a very dry desolate appearance to the canyon.

Scorpion Canyon. Death Valley National Park, California

There were 7 raps in this canyon that ranged from 25 ft to 150ft in length.

Scorpion Canyon. Death Valley National Park, California

We started off in the lower badlands and hiked our way up to a plateau ridge where a wash started to appear.

Scorpion Canyon. Death Valley National Park, California

We followed that wash down and simply found the canyon as we followed the obvious wash.

Scorpion Canyon. Death Valley National Park, California.

There are other canyons that you can go to from this area.

Scorpion Canyon. Death Valley National Park, California

You have vineagroon which would be canyon right, scorpion canyon which is straight ahead, and arachnophobia canyon which would be canyon left and up another hill.

Scorpion Canyon. Death Valley National Park, California

We continued down this highway like dry spring to the first rap which was some of the easiest walking in any canyon.

Scorpion Canyon. Death Valley National Park, California

The raps were really straightforward and nice to work through.

Scorpion Canyon. Death Valley National Park, California

We replaced some of the anchors but, overall the anchors appeared to be a bit better than the anchored webbing we found in purgatory canyon.

Scorpion Canyon. Death Valley National Park, California

The weather was perfect for this canyon and by the time we got to the final section, the weather must have been in the 70s.

Scorpion Canyon. Death Valley National Park, California

I highly recommend this canyon for a great second day canyon to a weekend death valley excursion.

Scorpion Canyon. Death Valley National Park, California

I also recommend vineagaroon canyon as a great follow up Sunday canyon but the drops are not as big.

Scorpion Canyon. Death Valley National Park, California

I am looking forward to checking out the remaining canyons in the area.

Scorpion Canyon. Death Valley National Park, California

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PURGATORY CANYON 3AIV. DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK, CALIFORNIA

December 03, 2018

Dantes View trail to Purgatory Canyon 3AIII. Death Valley National Park, California

Purgatory canyon is one of the many wonderful canyoneering routes in Death Valley and one of the best canyons on the Black Range.

approach to Purgatory Canyon 3AIII. Death Valley National Park, California

One of the great aspects about these canyons in the Black Range, is that you can park your car at the top of Dante's View and park a shuttle at the bottom of the mountain to have a "top-down" route through the canyons on the black range.

hiking to Purgatory Canyon 3AIII. Death Valley National Park, California

For most of these canyons you can hike along the ridge and descend the canyon you will like to choose from and enjoy the ride down.

the team at the top of Purgatory Canyon 3AIII. Death Valley National Park, California

We had to camp pretty close to Dante's View and set up our shuttle cars the night before and with a group of ten people, it can be a bit of a firedrill to get everything set up.

Getting ready to descend into Purgatory Canyon 3AIII. Death Valley National Park, California

We got up at 5am and headed for the top of Dante's View.

Purgatory Canyon 3AIII. Death Valley National Park, California

Soon after we set out on the ridge of the black range to the tail of Purgatory Canyon.

Purgatory Canyon 3AIII. Death Valley National Park, California

The hike was straightforward and pretty easy in comparison to other canyons in Death Valley.

Purgatory Canyon 3AIII. Death Valley National Park, California

After going over a few hills, we made it to the tail end of Purgatory canyon.

hydrothermal looking rock formations in Purgatory Canyon 3AIII. Death Valley National Park, California

Its all down hill from here. We have over 500 feet of elevation loss and the first 4th of the canyon was hiking down broken up scree piles to get to the technical section of the canyon.

Purgatory Canyon 3AIII. Death VAlley National Park, California

We passed by some mining material where they use to mine from the hills which was interesting to see.

Purgatory Canyon 3AIII. Death Valley National Park, California

After a couple hours from the trailhead we got to the tail end of Purgatory canyon .

Purgatory Canyon 3AIII. Death Valley National Park, California

Now the fun begins!!!

Purgatory Canyon 3AIII. Death Valley National Park, California

We had around 19 rappels in the canyon which were up to 125ft in length.

Purgatory Canyon 3AIII. Death Valley National Park, California

one of the interesting features of this canyon is that ithas some really nice rock colors and marbleized minerals.

Purgatory Canyon 3AIII. Death Valley National Park, California

The swirling rock reminded me of similar features I have found in caves where hydrothermal activity was occurring.

Purgatory Canyon 3AIII. Death Valley National Park, California

What is interesting is that this range appears to be volcanic in nature so I can only assume without a educated guess that these swirls are from hydrothermal activity within volcanic activity.

rapping down on of the many raps in Purgatory Canyon 3AIII. Death Valley National Park, California

the plasticity and swirling colors of rock remind me of some features in caves with similar properties.

Purgatory Canyon 3AIII. Death Valley National Park, California

It also reminded me of Ben and Jerries ice cream which was also quite enjoyable to see.

Purgatory Canyon 3AIII. Death Valley National Park, California

There were a good amount of raps and down climbs.

Purgatory Canyon 3AIII. Death Valley National Park, California

The canyon also head great views of the valley floor and some more wonderful short narrow sections.

Purgatory Canyon 3AIII. Death Valley National Park, California

There were a lot of anchors that we had to re-build so that took a bit of time to do and we added a couple extra to help people get down quicker.

Purgatory Canyon 3AIII. Death Valley National Park, California

we also staggered more experienced people in the front middle and back and leap frogged each other so we could get the anchors and raps set up.

Purgatory Canyon 3AIII. Death Valley National Park, California

Everyone carried webbing and carried a rope which helped to keep the group moving.

Purgatory Canyon 3AIII. Death Valley National Park, California

we got out of the canyon in 10 hours and 45 minutes just after the sun set and got to the cars just as darkness set in.

Purgatory Canyon 3AIII. Death Valley National Park, California

The canyon doesn't really narrow all that much but the views and the beautiful rock make up for lack of narrows.

Purgatory Canyon 3AIII. Death Valley National Park, California

I highly recommend this canyon for the black range top down canyons and I think that this is a great trip to run for anyone looking to get some death valley canyoneering.

Purgatory Canyon 3AIII. Death Valley National Park, California

this blog is only for informational purposes and personal documentation and not to be used as official beta. please refer to www.ropewiki.com for beta and questions to be answered on how to run this canyon.

Purgatory Canyon 3AIII. Death Valley National Park, California

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DEADEYE DICK CANYON 3BII. ZION NATIONAL PARK

Adam Haydock November 19, 2018

Deadeye dick canyon

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.

deadeye dick canyon

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.

Deadeye Dick Canyon. Zion National Park

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

Deadeye Dick Canyon. Zion National Park

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.

ice water in Deadeye Dick Canyon. Zion National Park

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.

Deadeye Dick Canyon. Zion National Park

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.

Deadeye Dick Canyon. Zion National Park

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.

Deadeye Dick Canyon. Zion National Park

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.

Deadeye dick canyon

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.

Deadeye dick canyon

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

Deadeye dick canyon

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

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.

Deadeye dick canyon

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.

If you are looking for accurate information and beta to safely descend dead eye

dick canyon, please refer to www.ropewiki.com or call your local guide to have information provided to you .

a cold narrows exit out of deadeye dick canyon

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