Jun 20, 2019 — Diana's Throne is a short canyon outside Zion's east side near the small town of Mt. Carmel. It's a great beginner canyon, but otherwise not particularly exciting. From the trailhead, we followed a web of dirt roads that are hard to describe to the head of the canyon, where a wash led us to some pretty narrows. We were able to skip all but one rappel by down-climbing or using webbing as a handline. Diana's Throne opened up toward the end, only to narrow again into the prettiest section of the route before opening up a final time. We escaped the drainage on the left up a steep and sandy slope, where there wasn't a defined social trail. I recommend looking for the most reasonable way up, avoiding cryptobiotic soil. We stumbled on a social trail toward the top of the slope that led us back to the dirt road and then to the trailhead.
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