Bag Night Challenge 2012

Total Bag Nights: 30
3-8 to 3-11 - North wash /sandthrax area
3/13 to 3/14 - Triassic bouldering area.
3/30 to 4/1 - The Swell
4/13 to 4/15 - Arches
5/3 to 5/5 - death hollow
5/7 to 5/9 - robbers roost
5/20 to 5/23 - moab area
5/25 to 5/28 - the swell
**two+ months living in alaska in a shipping container** <--- I feel like this should almost count towards my bag nights!
8/9 to 8/10 - zion NP
8/31 to 9/2 - North Wash
9/06 to 9/07 - East canyon
9/22 to 9/23 - Wasatch mountains
9/28 to 9/29 - Joe's Valley
10/5 to 10/7 - Uintas
10/9 to 10/11 - poison springs
10/19 to 10/21 - the swell​
 
Mind blowing weekend in Zion. It may be a little cold to be swimming through canyons but for fall colors like that, I'll take it!

Total: 51 Nights

Dec 31-Jan 2 | Vermillion Cliffs | 2 Nights
Jan 13-14 | Island in The Sky | 1 Night
March 10-22 | Coal Pits Wash | 1 Night
March 23-25 | Sand Creek | 2 Nights
April 6-8 | Little Death Hollow | 2 Nights
April 19-22 | Maidenwater, Trachyte and Swett | 3 nights
April 27-29 | North Temple Wash & Chimney Canyon | 2 Nights
May 11-12 | Uintas: North Fork Provo River | 1 Night
May 17-20 | Zion: West Rim & Subway | 3 Nights
May 24-28 | The Maze | 4 Nights
May 31-June 1 | Lake Blanche | 1 Night
June 14-17 | The Zion Narrows & Subway | 3 Nights
June 22-24 | Imogene and Hellroaring Lake, Sawtooths | 2 Nights
July 5-7 | Wind Rivers: Cook Lakes Loop | 2 Nights
July 21-22 | Leidy Peak to Chepeta | 1 Night
July 27-29 | Priord Lake, Uintas | 2 Nights
Aug 9-12 | Stough Creek Lakes, Wind Rivers | 3 Nights
Aug 24-26 | Uintas: Weir & Island Lakes | 2 Nights
Sept 7-9 | Lower Black Box & Southern Baptist Canyon | 2 Nights
Sept 13-16 | Zion: Fat Man's Misery, Keyhole, Pine Creek & Mystery
Oct 12-14 | Canyoneering in North Wash | 2 Nights
Oct 17-21 | Escalante: Neon Canyon via Twenty Five Mile Wash Loop | 4 Nights
Oct 25-28 | Zion: Mystery, Russell Gulch, Subway & Yankee Doodle | 3 Nights
 
Came back a day early from my Cedar Mesa trip because my friend got sick and we had to cancel our Grand Gulch backpack. :cry:

29 Nights Total

3/10-3/11: 1 night Coalpits Wash, Zion
3/24-3/25: 1 night Sand Creek
4/5-4/7: 2 nights Hole In The Rock Road
4/21-4/22: 1 night Capitol Reef
5/2-5/4: 2 nights Stateline Campground
5/12-5/13: 1 night West Rim, Zion
5/26-5/28: 2 nights Dinosaur National Monument
5/29-5/30: 1 night Dance Hall Rock
5/30-6/1: 2 nights Coyote Gulch
6/22-6/24: 2 nights Moosehorn Lake, Uintas
7/6-7/8: 2 nights Amethyst Basin, Uintas
8/3-8/5: 2 nights Ryder Lake, Uintas
8/25-8/26: 1 night Island Lake, Uintas
8/30-9/01: 2 nights Jordan Lake, Uintas
9/21-9/23: 2 nights Smithsonian Butte Byway
10/12-10/14: 2 nights Canyonlands Needles District
10/20-10/21: 1 night Capitol Reef
10/25: 1 night Natural Bridges National Monument
10/26: 1 night Comb Wash
 
Since I'm pretty sure Parker (just turned 1year old) is done camping for the year I thought I'd post his bag nights for everyone to see all the places he's been in the first year of his life.

18 nights total

March - 2 nights at Calf Creek campground - hike to Zebra
April - 1 night Samuel P. Taylor in CA
1 night Pt. Reyes CA Coast camp
May - 2 nights Capitol Reef
May - 2 nights Zion at Backcountrypost fest
June - 2 nights at lost creek campground, uintas
July - 2 nights at Bryce canyon
August - 1 night at Zion
August - 1 night at Weir Lake
Sept - 1 night at Maple Canyon
Oct - 2 nights at White Pocket
1 night at Kodachrome basin

I might add that as his mom I was with him on all these trips so my bag count is pretty much the same +1 from my awesome hike with my sister last weekend.
 
I wish I lived in a better place for backpacking/camping in the fall/winter
up to 6:

June 30-July 1: passaconaway campground, kancamagus highway in the white mountains national forest Saturday night and in the back country half way on an 18 mile trek through the Sandwich Range in the WMNF (mmmmmmm sandwiches)
Oct 6/7: Zion Watchman Campground
Oct 9: Grand Canyon North Rim
Oct 13: Valley of Fire
 
Well, it looks like this might be my final post in this thread this year. Not quite as many nights as last year but I feel like I did so much more. Hopefully I'll still get out one more time in December though, over New Years perhaps. Tomorrow I go in for an MRI which will be followed shortly by knee surgery and some down time. They wanted to do it last spring but I didn't want it to mess with backpacking... No better months of the year to waste than Nov-Dec, I suppose! What a great year it's been.

Total: 52 Nights

Dec 31-Jan 2 | Vermillion Cliffs | 2 Nights
Jan 13-14 | Island in The Sky | 1 Night
March 10-22 | Coal Pits Wash | 1 Night
March 23-25 | Sand Creek | 2 Nights
April 6-8 | Little Death Hollow | 2 Nights
April 19-22 | Maidenwater, Trachyte and Swett | 3 nights
April 27-29 | North Temple Wash & Chimney Canyon | 2 Nights
May 11-12 | Uintas: North Fork Provo River | 1 Night
May 17-20 | Zion: West Rim & Subway | 3 Nights
May 24-28 | The Maze | 4 Nights
May 31-June 1 | Lake Blanche | 1 Night
June 14-17 | The Zion Narrows & Subway | 3 Nights
June 22-24 | Imogene and Hellroaring Lake, Sawtooths | 2 Nights
July 5-7 | Wind Rivers: Cook Lakes Loop | 2 Nights
July 21-22 | Leidy Peak to Chepeta | 1 Night
July 27-29 | Priord Lake, Uintas | 2 Nights
Aug 9-12 | Stough Creek Lakes, Wind Rivers | 3 Nights
Aug 24-26 | Uintas: Weir & Island Lakes | 2 Nights
Sept 7-9 | Lower Black Box & Southern Baptist Canyon | 2 Nights
Sept 13-16 | Zion: Fat Man's Misery, Keyhole, Pine Creek & Mystery
Oct 3-8 | Yellowstone | 0 Night (Hotel)
Oct 12-14 | Canyoneering in North Wash | 2 Nights
Oct 17-21 | Escalante: Neon Canyon via Twenty Five Mile Wash Loop | 4 Nights
Oct 25-28 | Zion: Mystery, Russell Gulch, Subway & Yankee Doodle | 3 Nights
Nov 3-4 | Keg Knoll | 1 Night
 
I don't have anymore camping trips planned this year, so this could be my last update....but I might make some last minute plans before the year is up? I'm happy to get into the 40's this year!

Total: 41 Nights

April 7-8 | Comb Wash | 1 Night
April 21-22 | Muley Point | 1 Night
April 28-29 | Dominguez Canyon | 1 Night
May 5-6 | Indian Creek | 1 Night
May 18-20 | Coyote Valley | 2 Nights
May 29-28 | Devils Kitchen & Peekaboo | 2 Nights
June 8-10 | Cedar Mesa | 2 Nights
June 16-17 | Gray Copper Gulch | 1 Night
June 23-24 | Mineral Creek | 1 Night
June 29-30 | Nellie Creek | 1 Night
July 13-15 | Cottonwood Canyon & Peekaboo | 2 Nights
July 20-21 | Stevens Gulch | 1 Night
July 28-29 | Paradise Divide | 1 Night
August 4-5 | Big Flat | 1 Night
August 10-12 | Clear Lake & Lower Ice Lake Basin | 2 Nights
August 17-19 | Taylor Lake & Hancock Lake | 2 Nights
August 24-26 | Ruby - Horsethief Canyons | 2 Nights
August 31-September 3 | Stud Horse Point, State Line & Saddle Mountain | 3 Nights
September 15-16 | South Mineral Creek | 1 Night
September 21-23 | Kebler Pass | 2 Nights
September 29-30 | Vista Point | 1 Night
October 6-13 | Arizona Strip & Southern Utah | 7 Nights
November 1-4 | Beef Basin | 3 Nights
 
Total Bag Nights: 32
3-8 to 3-11 - North wash /sandthrax area
3/13 to 3/14 - Triassic bouldering area.
3/30 to 4/1 - The Swell
4/13 to 4/15 - Arches
5/3 to 5/5 - death hollow
5/7 to 5/9 - robbers roost
5/20 to 5/23 - moab area
5/25 to 5/28 - the swell
**two+ months living in alaska in a shipping container** <--- I feel like this should almost count towards my bag nights!
8/9 to 8/10 - zion NP
8/31 to 9/2 - North Wash
9/06 to 9/07 - East canyon
9/22 to 9/23 - Wasatch mountains
9/28 to 9/29 - Joe's Valley
10/5 to 10/7 - Uintas
10/9 to 10/11 - poison springs
10/19 to 10/21 - the swell​
11/2 to 11/4 - robbers roost​
 
Total - 55 nights

Robbers Roost, Jan. - 2 nights
Maverick Springs/Medicine/Cherry Creek ranges Nevada, Jan. - 4 nights
Upper Mary's River to Humbolt, Nevada, Jan. - 3 nights
Owyhee Desert Nevada, Feb. - 3 nights
Butler Wash/Comb Ridge/Cedar Mesa, Feb. - 3 nights
The Swell, Feb. - 1 night
The Swell, Mar. - 2 nights
Halls Creek/Happy Canyon, Apr. - 3 nights
North Rim/AZ Strip, May - 4 nights
The Swell, May - 2 nights
Boulder Mountain, Jun. - 3 nights
Amethyst Basin, Jun. - 2 nights
Henry Mtns and Elk Ridge, Jul. - 4 nights
Uintas, Jul/Aug - 5 nights
La Sals, Aug - 5 nights
West Desert, Sep - 1 night
White River (AR), Sep - 3 nights
West Desert, Oct - 2 nights
Beef Basin, Nov - 3 nights

Added 3 nights in Beef Basin over the weekend. I have 3 more nights in the Henry mountains planned in two weeks. But nothing penciled in after that. Still hoping to get a couple more nights in Dec. sometime though, maybe out in the Owyhee.

- DAA
 
I spent Friday night at Cottonwood Wash in the Swell, expecting bad weather but it turned out perfectly that night--temps in the 50s as I set up camp well after sunset and maybe high 30s at night. Just one more night in December and I'll have hit my goal of camping at least once per month in 2012.

Total 19
1/15 - Base of the San Rafael Reef between Farnsworth and North Temple
2/17 - Garvin's Chimney near Old Woman Wash
3/9 - San Rafael Reef south of Iron Wash
3/23 - Garvin's Chimney near Old Woman Wash
4/27 - Spring Canyon, San Rafael Reef (just south of Black Dragon)
5/31 - Just outside of the San Rafael Reef near Temple Mountain
6/1 & 6/2 - Standing Rock in the Maze
6/3 & 6/4 - Doll House 3 in the Maze
7/6 & 7/7 - Amethyst Basin, Uintas
7/20 & 7/21 - Grandaddy Basin, Uintas
8/24 - Three Finger Canyon
8/31 - Lake Powell
9/15 - Temple Mtn/Goblin Valley road junction
10/11 - Keg Knoll
11/9 - Cottonwood Wash
 
What was that I said about being done for a while? I'm going in for knee surgery on Tuesday so this is definitely my last for at least a little while, and what a way to finish off the season!

Total: 54 Nights

Dec 31-Jan 2 | Vermillion Cliffs | 2 Nights
Jan 13-14 | Island in The Sky | 1 Night
March 10-22 | Coal Pits Wash | 1 Night
March 23-25 | Sand Creek | 2 Nights
April 6-8 | Little Death Hollow | 2 Nights
April 19-22 | Maidenwater, Trachyte and Swett | 3 nights
April 27-29 | North Temple Wash & Chimney Canyon | 2 Nights
May 11-12 | Uintas: North Fork Provo River | 1 Night
May 17-20 | Zion: West Rim & Subway | 3 Nights
May 24-28 | The Maze | 4 Nights
May 31-June 1 | Lake Blanche | 1 Night
June 14-17 | The Zion Narrows & Subway | 3 Nights
June 22-24 | Imogene and Hellroaring Lake, Sawtooths | 2 Nights
July 5-7 | Wind Rivers: Cook Lakes Loop | 2 Nights
July 21-22 | Leidy Peak to Chepeta | 1 Night
July 27-29 | Priord Lake, Uintas | 2 Nights
Aug 9-12 | Stough Creek Lakes, Wind Rivers | 3 Nights
Aug 24-26 | Uintas: Weir & Island Lakes | 2 Nights
Sept 7-9 | Lower Black Box & Southern Baptist Canyon | 2 Nights
Sept 13-16 | Zion: Fat Man's Misery, Keyhole, Pine Creek & Mystery
Oct 3-8 | Yellowstone | 0 Night (Hotel)
Oct 12-14 | Canyoneering in North Wash | 2 Nights
Oct 17-21 | Escalante: Neon Canyon via Twenty Five Mile Wash Loop | 4 Nights
Oct 25-28 | Zion: Mystery, Russell Gulch, Subway & Yankee Doodle | 3 Nights
Nov 3-4 | Keg Knoll | 1 Night
Nov 16-18 | Robber's Roost - Larry Canyon & Lost Spring Canyon | 2 Nights
 
Total - 58 nights

Robbers Roost, Jan. - 2 nights
Maverick Springs/Medicine/Cherry Creek ranges Nevada, Jan. - 4 nights
Upper Mary's River to Humbolt, Nevada, Jan. - 3 nights
Owyhee Desert Nevada, Feb. - 3 nights
Butler Wash/Comb Ridge/Cedar Mesa, Feb. - 3 nights
The Swell, Feb. - 1 night
The Swell, Mar. - 2 nights
Halls Creek/Happy Canyon, Apr. - 3 nights
North Rim/AZ Strip, May - 4 nights
The Swell, May - 2 nights
Boulder Mountain, Jun. - 3 nights
Amethyst Basin, Jun. - 2 nights
Henry Mtns and Elk Ridge, Jul. - 4 nights
Uintas, Jul/Aug - 5 nights
La Sals, Aug - 5 nights
West Desert, Sep - 1 night
White River (AR), Sep - 3 nights
West Desert, Oct - 2 nights
Beef Basin, Nov - 3 nights
Henry Mtns, Nov - 3 nights

Added 3 nights in the Henry's over the weekend. Got a trip penciled in for the first weekend of Dec., whether one night or two still to be determined - plans are semi weather dependent. Good chance for another one or two nighter before Christmas. Should end up somewhere over 60 nights for the year. Been a good one!

- DAA
 
Total - 59 nights

Robbers Roost, Jan. - 2 nights
Maverick Springs/Medicine/Cherry Creek ranges Nevada, Jan. - 4 nights
Upper Mary's River to Humbolt, Nevada, Jan. - 3 nights
Owyhee Desert Nevada, Feb. - 3 nights
Butler Wash/Comb Ridge/Cedar Mesa, Feb. - 3 nights
The Swell, Feb. - 1 night
The Swell, Mar. - 2 nights
Halls Creek/Happy Canyon, Apr. - 3 nights
North Rim/AZ Strip, May - 4 nights
The Swell, May - 2 nights
Boulder Mountain, Jun. - 3 nights
Amethyst Basin, Jun. - 2 nights
Henry Mtns and Elk Ridge, Jul. - 4 nights
Uintas, Jul/Aug - 5 nights
La Sals, Aug - 5 nights
West Desert, Sep - 1 night
White River (AR), Sep - 3 nights
West Desert, Oct - 2 nights
Beef Basin, Nov - 3 nights
Henry Mtns, Nov - 3 nights
Lucin Sun Tunnels, Dec - 1 night

Been trying to get out every weekend this month, have had PLANS to get out every weekend this month. But things keep coming up and making me cancel my plans. Finally got 1 night out, camped out at the sun tunnels Fri. night. I've got a two nighter out on The Roost planned for next weekend, which if it doesn't get derailed somehow, will put me at 61 nights for the year.

- DAA
 
Last weekend I reached my goal of camping at least once each month this year, though I'm still considering trying for one more trip before the New Year.

Total 20
1/15 - Base of the San Rafael Reef between Farnsworth and North Temple
2/17 - Garvin's Chimney near Old Woman Wash
3/9 - San Rafael Reef south of Iron Wash
3/23 - Garvin's Chimney near Old Woman Wash
4/27 - Spring Canyon, San Rafael Reef (just south of Black Dragon)
5/31 - Just outside of the San Rafael Reef near Temple Mountain
6/1 & 6/2 - Standing Rock in the Maze
6/3 & 6/4 - Doll House 3 in the Maze
7/6 & 7/7 - Amethyst Basin, Uintas
7/20 & 7/21 - Grandaddy Basin, Uintas
8/24 - Three Finger Canyon
8/31 - Lake Powell
9/15 - Temple Mtn/Goblin Valley road junction
10/11 - Keg Knoll
11/9 - Cottonwood Wash
12/13 - Cottonwood Wash
 
Anyone else have bag night updates for 2012? Here are the standings based on the most recent posts:

Top 10:

DAA 59
Nick 54
langutah 45
Miss Buffalo 43
IntrepidXJ 41
gloo 32
pixie1339 29
Bill 26
Udink 20
wes242 20

I know we said there was no prize other than bragging rights, but I think that 59 put up by DAA deserves something. Dave, send me a PM with your shirt size and address ad I'll send you out a free BCP hiking shirt to wear while you rack up the nights next year!

First person to get a bag night in 2013 has the honor of starting the new bag night thread, this time we'll call it 'Bag Night Challenge 2013'. I'm coming after you this year, DAA! :cool:
 
Sweet!

I ended up not getting any more nights over the weekend. Took the family to St. George and day tripped Zion and Snow Canyon instead. It was a good year though!

- DAA
 
UPDATE and 2012 TOTAL - 45 nights

I ended up finishing strong due to the long Xmas vacation. 40 is my goal to maintain equilibrium and peace of mind. I call them "nights on the ground" instead of bag nights and I have been tracking them for the new millenium. Happy New Years all and let's get to 40 each and every one of us each and every year :) Enjoy Wilderness!

Green means Great.
Yellow means Not So Great.

2012: 45
2011: 36
2010: 47
2009: 24
2008: 41
2007: 40
2006: 54 !!
2005: 38
2004: 24
2003: 26
2002: 39
 
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