2019 Backcountry Fest Photos

[Jackson]

From Team Rock Art:

Drill cores
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@Udink finds a mining claim from 1950-53
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Petrified wood
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Scenery
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Wish I could've done both! Awesome finds!

 

[Udink]

For @Udink (with thanks to @Nick and @Parma):

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Luckily I had gone through the grueling bowling permitting process!

 

[b.stark]

Really great time, definitely a lot of fun and got rid of the Nebraska winter blues in style. My mountain bike and I are having our own after party today and tomorrow.

 

[Udink]

Here are some of my photos. Someday I'll write up a full trip report. I had a really "Swell" time meeting everyone!

Henry Mountains above the San Rafael Reef


I hiked up a little knoll south of camp, we're camped out there in the distance

@Stephanie B and Blake, @ZLmtns, and @Miya and @Bobbiesworld626's camps


Gilson Butte poking out beyond the San Rafael Reef


Temple Mountain and our 5th-wheeler neighbors


Temple Mountain viewed from near Wild Horse Creek


Pano from the head of a side canyon of Wild Horse Creek


I visited my usual arrowhead-hunting grounds and found a couple


Ooh, a pretty rock!


Hiking into the Reef


Walking an old mining road


Crossing some recent rockfall


Drill cores


Velvet tobacco, America's smoothest smoke


Mining claim from 1950


Pictographs from a distance


@Chris Mosbacker getting a shot of the rock art


Pictographs


More pictos


@Dave checking a cairn for a mining claim


The group hiking back out of the Reef


Three handsome rigs


Temple Mountain seen from camp


'Round the fire


@Jackson on the knoll above camp


Following @IntrepidXJ's footprints from the previous day


Fremont pictograph in the San Rafael Reef


Cyst granary near the pictograph


Sticks with grooves cut into them from inside the granary


The Henrys above Wild Horse Creek


Providing the assist with @blueeyes' flat tire

 

[IntrepidXJ]

Hiking into the Reef
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That washout seems to have gotten worse!

 

[IntrepidXJ]

It was nice meeting everyone on Friday evening. I wish I could've stayed longer! My full trip report from the short weekend trip can be found here: http://adventr.co/2019/04/roaming-on-the-reef-hurst-bridge/

Welcome to Backcountry Fest!


BackcountryPost Fest 2019 by Randy Langstraat, on Flickr

Around the campfire on Friday evening.


Around The Fire by Randy Langstraat, on Flickr

My first view on Saturday morning.


Sunrise View by Randy Langstraat, on Flickr

Wild Horse Butte


Wild Horse Butte by Randy Langstraat, on Flickr

Behind The Wheel


Behind The Wheel by Randy Langstraat, on Flickr

Ernie Canyon


Ernie Canyon by Randy Langstraat, on Flickr

Hurst Bridge


Hurst Bridge by Randy Langstraat, on Flickr

 

[Udink]

That washout seems to have gotten worse!

Yep. I think in a year or two that gash will spread so even dirt bikes can't get past.

 

[Rockskipper]

Hey @Udink or anyone else, do you know if Hurst Bridge is named after pioneer backcountry pilot Jim Hurst? He's the one who named the Battleship above Green River.

 

[Rockskipper]

Love the Behind the Wheel one, @IntrepidXJ

 

[Udink]

Hey @Udink or anyone else, do you know if Hurst Bridge is named after pioneer backcountry pilot Jim Hurst? He's the one who named the Battleship above Green River.

I'd heard that's the case, but don't remember where from. Steve Allen mentions nothing about it in his Utah's Canyon Country Place Names book.

 

[Rockskipper]

Too bad Ned Chaffin's not still around, he would know.

 

[Parma]

That Saturday morning view is a sweet pic of my tent...nice!

 

[b.stark]

View of my campsite

 

[IntrepidXJ]

That Saturday morning view is a sweet pic of my tent...nice!

I wasn't sure who's tent that was!

 

[scatman]

Hey @Rockskipper, your scout troops were shooting at me. Tense times in the Swell!

 

[scatman]

The BCP spread.


Shot taken about thirty minutes before the highly anticipated "Bag Game." Ask @Jackson if you have any further questions.


More to come..........................................................

 

[Outdoors24]

Had a great time at the Backcountry Fest. I enjoyed meeting an awesome group of people. A special thanks to @Nick for organizing the event.







Another special thanks to @Udink for letting us tag along on the Rock Art hike.

 

[Bob]

View of my campsite

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Musta been a outcast....

 

[Rockskipper]

Hey @Rockskipper, your scout troops were shooting at me. Tense times in the Swell!

I think those were rangers, not scouts. Did you manage to get photos while running? But seriously, what happened? Did you shoot back?

 

[Nick]

I think those were rangers, not scouts. Did you manage to get photos while running? But seriously, what happened? Did you shoot back?

The one RV that took over our spot and never left, decided to start doing target practice on Saturday, even though they were basically surrounded by people. They were almost pointing right at the area that some of our group was setup in. It all started while I was hiking the mesa above camp so I stopped by to talk to Art on the way down and see how bad it was. We had some pretty scary ricochet action that sounded close and Scatman and Desert Jewel were even closer to them. I had to go over and ask them to stop, and they did. Their excuse was that they were shooting down into the canyon (also idiotic), but at least they stopped. Needless to say, Backcountry Fest 2.0 is going to be in a more remote location.