Bag Night Challenge 2014

Total: 46

March 6-8: 2 Nights at Big Bend by Moab.
March 21: 1 Night above the Irish Canyons of North Wash.
March 28: 1 Night north of Goblin Valley near the San Rafael Reef
March 29: 1 Night in the San Rafael Desert
April 11-12: 2 Nights nearly Straight Wash on the San Rafael Reef
April 19: 1 Night at Blarney Canyon in the North Wash
April 20: 1 Night at Angel Cove
April 21: 1 Night outside Castle Dale
April 22: 1 Night at The Wedge Overlook
May 13: 1 Night at the Green Valley Gap, St G
May 27th: 1 Night in Mosier Gulch outside Buffalo WY
June 9th: 1 Night Medicine Lodge State Park WY
June 29th: 1 Night at Lake Solitude, Cloud Peak Wilderness WY
July 4-7: 3 Nights at Trail Park, Cloud Peak Wilderness WY
July 8: 1 Night at Oliver Creek, Cloud Peak Wilderness WY
July 16: 1 Night at Lake Helen, Cloud Peak Wilderness WY
July: 19-21: 2 Nights at Lake Helen, Cloud Peak Wilderness WY
July 25-26: 2 Nights at Crystal Lake, Cloud Peak Wilderness WY
July 27: 1 Night at Emerald Lake, Cloud Peak Wilderness WY
Aug 3-4: 2 Nights at Trail Park, Cloud Peak Wilderness WY
Aug 8-9: 2 Nights at Upper Kintla Lake, Glacier National Park MT
Aug 13: 1 Night by Lost Twin Lakes, Cloud Peak Wilderness WY
Aug 15-18: 3 Nights at Lake Helen, Cloud Peak Wilderness WY
Aug 22-24: 2 Nights in Highland Park, Cloud Peak Wilderness WY
Aug 24: 1 Night at Shell Ranger Station, Bighorn Mountains WY
Aug 31: 1 Night at Trail Park, Cloud Peak Wilderness WY
Sept 6-8: 2 Nights at Lake Helen, Cloud Peak Wilderness WY
Oct 1-2: 1 Night at the Wedge Overlook
Oct 11-12: 1 Night, La Verkin Creek of Zion's Kolob
Oct 17-19: 2 Nights, 1 outside Virgin UT above the Virgin River, 1 outside Mt Carmel UT

Spent a couple nights out to enjoy Zion with a friend.
 
Total: 49 nights

1 night - Jan 2 @ Diamond Fork Hot Springs with Tess
1 night - Jan 18 @ Vally of the Gods with Tess and Miss Buffalo
1 night - Feb 7 @ Boulter Peak (outside Eureka)
2 nights - Feb 13-14 @ Yant Flats with Miss Buffalo
1 night - March 7 @ The Wedge Overlook
4 nights - March 12-16 @ the Maze with Tess and Miss Buffalo
1 night - March 29 @ SRS Lone Warrior Campsite
1 night - April 2 @ backyard testing gear with Tess
1 night - April 5 @ Alpine with Tess
1 night - April 11 @ Torrey, UT
3 nights - April 16-19 @ Bluejohn Canyon with Tess, jentzschman , and Miss Buffalo
2 nights - May 2-3 @ Zion NP, Kolob with pixie1339, Tess, and Laura
3 nights - May 7-10 @ Labyrinth Canyon with Tess
1 night - May 23 @ AF Canyon with Tess
1 night - May 30 @ Secret Spot with Tess, taking my mom backpacking for the first time in her life. I think she's hooked.
1 night - June 2 @ Swell Float Trip with Miss Buffalo
2 nights - June 5-7 @ Great Basin NP with Miss Buffalo, Mike K, and Tess
3 nights - June 19-22 @ Coyote Gulch with Miss Buffalo, jentzschman and Tess
2 nights - June 29 - July 2 @ Wyoming with Tess
1 night - July 4 @ Alpine with Tess and family
1 night - July 18 @ Lake Hardy to South Thunder Peak with Tess, Mike K , WasatchWill and WillisBodillus
1 night - Aug 1st @ Whitney Reservoir, Uintas with @Eric O and Tess
1 night - Aug 15th @ Logger's Lake, Skyline Drive with Tess
3 nights - Aug 28-30 @ Bryce Canyon NP with Mike K and Tess
8 nights - Sept 5-13 @ Yosemite, CA Redwoods with Tess
1 night - Oct 10 @ Moab with Tess
1 night - Oct 17 @ AF Canyon with Tess
 
my brother got married in september and ruined a whole month

2 nights, fish and owl canyons, cedar mesa, ut, february
4 nights, zion np, march
2 nights, sawtooths, id, june
2 nights, middle fork payette river, id, june
4 nights, grand teton np, july
2 nights, yosemite np, july
2 nights, seven devils, id, july
1 night, sawtooths, id, july
3 nights, sawtooths, id, august
6 nights, mt rainier np, august
2 nights, sawtooths, id, october
1 night, wire pass trailhead, ut, october
7 nights, grand canyon np, october

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at the wire pass trailhead
 
Total: 47 nights

1/17 - 1/20 : Goosenecks SP, Valley of the Gods, Natural Bridges NM | 3 nights|
2/14 - 2/15: Yant Flats area with sixstringsteve |1 night|
2/22 -2/23 : Little Finland with pixie1339 |1 night|
3/8 -3/9: Wedge Overlook, Swell |1 night|
3/9-3/10: Goblin Valley |1 night|
3/10-3/12: Arches |2 nights|
3/13 - 3/16: The Maze, Canyonlands NP with sixstringsteve and @Tess | 3 nights|
4/11 -4/12: |1 night| Monument Valley during a school field trip ( never camp at Gouldings, it's awful)
4/18-4/20: | Bluejohn Canyon with sixstringsteve and Tess |3 nights|
5/21-5/22: Valley of the Gods | 1 night |
5/22-5/25: Grand Gulch with pixie1339 | 3 nights|
5/25 - 5/26: Old Sheffield Road near Escalante | 1 night|
6/2-6/3 : San Rafael Swell with sixstringsteve | 1 night|
6/5-6/9: Great Basin NP with sixstringsteve , Tess and Mike K | 4 nights |
6/18-6/22 : Escalante Area & Coyote Gulch with sixstringsteve ,Tess , jentzschman , Corinne Nyman | 4 nights|
7/18-7/20: Ice Lake Basin, Colorado with @pixie1339 | 3 nights|
8/11 -8/12: Pine Valley |1 night|
8/13/ - 8/15: Panguitch Lake | 2 nights|
8/15 - 8/17: Bryce Canyon |2 nights |
8/17 - 8/19 : Escalante, Wide Hollow Reservoir |2 nights|
8/30 - 9/1/ : Lake Powell |3 nights|
10/15-10/19/: Catalina Island | 4 nights|



Finally a few bag nights, even it is was just on a field trip with the university sleeping on deck of a tall ship.
But at least it was sleeping under the stars :)


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Update: 57 nites.....

4/1 - 4/4 Grand Gulch, Utah, 4 nites
6/6 - 6/9 Island park, Idaho, 3 nites
7/18 - 7/22 Crane, Oregon, 5 nites
7/24 Salina, Utah, 1 nite
725 - 7/29 Levan, Utah, 5 nites
8/3 - 8/10 Winthrop, Washington, 8 nites
8/11 - 8/17 Twisp, Washington, 7 nites
8/25 - 9/2 Wind Rivers, Wyoming, 9 nites
9/5 - 9/7 Island Park, Idaho, 3 nites
9/19 Bear Creek, Idaho, 1 nite
9/20 Wet Creek, Idaho, 1 nite
10/3 - 10/6 Island Park, Idaho, 3 nites
10/16 - 10/22 Cold Springs WMA, 7 nites

Sunrise, Deer Camp.... phone pic
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Saw deer....... had pity and let them run by.... :)

I think can do a few more nights still....
Good thing I wasn't here in 2011.....had about 100 nites out under the stars..
 
Good thing Tipi Walter isn't competing, he's been averaging 300 nights/year for decades. Lucky guy, he is. He runs around in GSMNP
 
Total: 41

1 night - Jan 2 @ Diamond Fork Hot Springs with @steve
1 night - Jan 18 @ Valley of the Gods with @steve and @Miss Buffalo
4 nights - March 12-16 @ the Maze with @steve and @Miss Buffalo
1 night - April 2 @ my backyard testing some gear with @steve
2 nights - April 17-18 @ Robbers Roost with @steve and @Miss Buffalo
1 night - April 19 @ San Rafael Swell with @steve and @Miss Buffalo
2 nights - May 2-3 @ Zion NP, Kolob with pixie1339, @steve , and Laura
3 nights - May 7-10 @ Labyrinth Canyon with @steve
1 night - May 23 @ AF Canyon with @steve
1 night - May 30 @ Secret Spot with @steve
2 nights - June 5-7 @ Great Basin NP with Miss Buffalo, Mike K, and @steve
3 nights - June 19-22 @ Coyote Gulch with Miss Buffalo, jentzschman and @steve
2 nights - June 29 - July 2 @ Wyoming with @steve
1 night - July 4 @ Alpine with @steve and family
1 night - July 18 @ Lake Hardy to South Thunder Peak with@steve , Mike K , WasatchWill and WillisBodillus
1 night - Aug 1st @ Whitney Reservoir, Uintas with @Eric O and @steve
1 night - Aug 15th @ Logger's Lake, Skyline Drive with @steve
3 nights - Aug 28-30 @ Bryce Canyon NP with Mike K and @steve
8 nights - Sept 5-13 @ Yosemite and CA Redwoods with@steve
1 night - Oct 10 @ Moab with @steve
1 night - Oct 17 @ AF Canyon with @steve
 
33 nights total

02/22-02/23: 1 night, Little Finland with @Miss Buffalo
03/21-03/23: 2 nights, Kodachrome Basin
04/19-04:20: 1 night, Island In The Sky
05/02-05/04: 2 nights, Smith Mesa and LaVerkin Creek with @sixstringsteve, @Tess, and @Laura
05/22-05/25: 3 nights, Grand Gulch with @Miss Buffalo
06/14-06/21: 7 nights Yosemite National Park
07/04-07-06: 2 nights Allsop Lake, Uintas
07/17-07/20: 3 nights Ice Lakes Basin, CO with @Miss Buffalo
07/26-07/27: 1 night Cutthroat Lake, Uintas
08/08-08/10: 2 nights, Naturalist Basin, Uintas 08/22-08/24: 2 nights, Mesa Verde National Park 09/13-09/14: 1 night, Ibantik Lake, Uintas
09/20-09/21: 1 night, Yuba Lake with @Wishcat
09/24-09/27: 3 nights, Maroon Bells, Prince Creek, Kebler Pass, CO
10/10-10/11: 1 night, Lake Blanche
10/25-10/26: 1 night, The Wedge
 
30 nights in 2014

- 3 Anza Borrego, southern CA
- 2 Needles District, Canyonlands
- 4 Below the north rim, Kanab Creek Wilderness/GCNP
- 1 San Rafael wilderness survey
- 2 Long Canyon
- 4 Absarokas and Crazy Mountians, MT
- 2 Paintbrush Divide, Tetons
- 3 Wind Rivers, climbed Warrior II
- 3 The Maze, Canyonlands
- 2 West Rim Trail, Zion
- 2 Bear Creek and PIA Gulch, Lost Rivers Mountains, ID
- 2 10K' in the Uintas near Bald Mtn Pass

Two great days and one great sunset at 10K' in the High Uintas. And then the snow hit this morning....
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Total: 46 Nights

January 31 - February 2 | Stateline | 2 Nights
March 14-16 | Johns Canyon & Butler Wash | 2 Nights
March 29-30 | The Wedge | 1 Night
April 18-19 | No Thoroughfare Canyon | 1 Night
April 30 - May 4 | Salt Creek Canyon | 4 Nights
May 11-14 | Montezuma Canyon & The San Juan River | 3 Nights
May 23-26 | High Spur, Millard Canyon & Maze Overlook | 3 Nights
June 7-8 | Black Canyon of the Gunnison | 1 Night
June 21-22 | Ouray Amphitheater | 1 Night
June 28-29 | Firehole Canyon | 1 Night
July 12-13 | South Fork Clear Creek | 1 Night
July 18-20 | South Fork Mineral Creek | 2 Nights
July 26-27 | Mineral Basin | 1 Night
July 29-30 | Kite Lake | 1 Night
August 2-3 | Blue Lakes | 1 Night
August 9-10 | Lead King Basin | 1 Night
August 16-17 | Lake Fork | 1 Night
August 22-26 | Devils Fire, Whitney Portal, Whitney Trail Camp, Amargosa Desert | 4 Nights
August 30 - September 1 | Wetterhorn Basin & Mineral Basin | 2 Nights
September 12-14 | The White Rim | 2 Nights
September 20-21 | Gray Copper Gulch | 1 Night
September 27-28 | Prince Creek | 1 Night
October 4-11 | The Gulch, Egypt (x2), Fortymile Ridge, Coyote Gulch, Harris Wash, Little Spencer Flat | 7 Nights
October 24-26 | Devils Kitchen | 2 Nights
 
34 nights total

02/22-02/23: 1 night, Little Finland with @Miss Buffalo
03/21-03/23: 2 nights, Kodachrome Basin
04/19-04:20: 1 night, Island In The Sky
05/02-05/04: 2 nights, Smith Mesa and LaVerkin Creek with @sixstringsteve, @Tess, and @Laura
05/22-05/25: 3 nights, Grand Gulch with @Miss Buffalo
06/14-06/21: 7 nights Yosemite National Park
07/04-07-06: 2 nights Allsop Lake, Uintas
07/17-07/20: 3 nights Ice Lakes Basin, CO with @Miss Buffalo
07/26-07/27: 1 night Cutthroat Lake, Uintas
08/08-08/10: 2 nights, Naturalist Basin, Uintas 08/22-08/24: 2 nights, Mesa Verde National Park 09/13-09/14: 1 night, Ibantik Lake, Uintas
09/20-09/21: 1 night, Yuba Lake with @Wishcat
09/24-09/27: 3 nights, Maroon Bells, Prince Creek, Kebler Pass, CO
10/10-10/11: 1 night, Lake Blanche
10/25-10/26: 1 night, The Wedge
10/31-11/01: 1 night, Capitol Reef
 
Total: 48 nights :)

1/17 - 1/20 : Goosenecks SP, Valley of the Gods, Natural Bridges NM | 3 nights|
2/14 - 2/15: Yant Flats area with sixstringsteve |1 night|
2/22 -2/23 : Little Finland with pixie1339 |1 night|
3/8 -3/9: Wedge Overlook, Swell |1 night|
3/9-3/10: Goblin Valley |1 night|
3/10-3/12: Arches |2 nights|
3/13 - 3/16: The Maze, Canyonlands NP with sixstringsteve and @Tess | 3 nights|
4/11 -4/12: |1 night| Monument Valley during a school field trip ( never camp at Gouldings, it's awful)
4/18-4/20: | Bluejohn Canyon with sixstringsteve and Tess |3 nights|
5/21-5/22: Valley of the Gods | 1 night |
5/22-5/25: Grand Gulch with pixie1339 | 3 nights|
5/25 - 5/26: Old Sheffield Road near Escalante | 1 night|
6/2-6/3 : San Rafael Swell with sixstringsteve | 1 night|
6/5-6/9: Great Basin NP with sixstringsteve , Tess and Mike K | 4 nights |
6/18-6/22 : Escalante Area & Coyote Gulch with sixstringsteve ,Tess , jentzschman , Corinne Nyman | 4 nights|
7/18-7/20: Ice Lake Basin, Colorado with @pixie1339 | 3 nights|
8/11 -8/12: Pine Valley |1 night|
8/13/ - 8/15: Panguitch Lake | 2 nights|
8/15 - 8/17: Bryce Canyon |2 nights |
8/17 - 8/19 : Escalante, Wide Hollow Reservoir |2 nights|
8/30 - 9/1/ : Lake Powell |3 nights|
10/15-10/19/: Catalina Island | 4 nights|
10/31-11/01/: Smith's Mesa near Zion with @steve and @Tess | 1 night|

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Hey Art..... I'd a gone to the Uintas
 
Total: 70 nights
3/23-29--Missouri River--6 nights
4/20-26--Missouri River--6 nights
6/8-14--West fork of the Madison River--6 nights
6/28-7/7-- Miner Lake, Bitteroot Mtns--9 nights
7/28-8/5-- Beartooth Plateau--8 nights
8/19-23--Missouri River--4 nights
9/19--Outside Malad, ID-- 1 night
9/20--Outside Torrey Ut--1 night
9/21-10/5--Escalante Ut--14 nights
10/6--10/20--Ticabo Mesa Ut-14 nights
10/21 Outside Pocatello, ID--1 night

This may end up being my final total unless I get fired up for a freezing fishing trip..IMG_2642.jpgIMG_2576.jpgDSCN2477.jpg
 
I'm pretty excited that I hit my goal of 50 nights.

1 night - Jan 2 @ Diamond Fork Hot Springs with Tess
1 night - Jan 18 @ Vally of the Gods with Tess and Miss Buffalo
1 night - Feb 7 @ Boulter Peak (outside Eureka)
2 nights - Feb 13-14 @ Yant Flats with Miss Buffalo
1 night - March 7 @ The Wedge Overlook
4 nights - March 12-16 @ the Maze with Tess and Miss Buffalo
1 night - March 29 @ SRS Lone Warrior Campsite
1 night - April 2 @ backyard testing gear with Tess
1 night - April 5 @ Alpine with Tess
1 night - April 11 @ Torrey, UT
3 nights - April 16-19 @ Bluejohn Canyon with Tess, jentzschman , and Miss Buffalo
2 nights - May 2-3 @ Zion NP, Kolob with pixie1339, Tess, and Laura
3 nights - May 7-10 @ Labyrinth Canyon with Tess
1 night - May 23 @ AF Canyon with Tess
1 night - May 30 @ Secret Spot with Tess, taking my mom backpacking for the first time in her life. I think she's hooked.
1 night - June 2 @ Swell Float Trip with Miss Buffalo
2 nights - June 5-7 @ Great Basin NP with Miss Buffalo, Mike K, and Tess
3 nights - June 19-22 @ Coyote Gulch with Miss Buffalo, jentzschman and Tess
2 nights - June 29 - July 2 @ Wyoming with Tess
1 night - July 4 @ Alpine with Tess and family
1 night - July 18 @ Lake Hardy to South Thunder Peak with Tess, Mike K , WasatchWill and WillisBodillus
1 night - Aug 1st @ Whitney Reservoir, Uintas with @Eric O and Tess
1 night - Aug 15th @ Logger's Lake, Skyline Drive with Tess
3 nights - Aug 28-30 @ Bryce Canyon NP with Mike K and Tess
8 nights - Sept 5-13 @ Yosemite, CA Redwoods with Tess
1 night - Oct 10 @ Moab with Tess
1 night - Oct 17 @ AF Canyon with Tess
1 night - Oct 31 @ Smith Mesa with Tess and @Miss Buffalo
 
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