Bag Night Challenge 2013

Spent last night out at the Lucin Sun Tunnels for the solstice with the Expedition Utah crew. Too overcast this morning, no luck at all on seeing the sun come up through the tunnels. The planet is broken, the sun failed to show through the sewer pipes of the solstice... It never got all that cold though, which was kind of nice. Just snowed a bit.

Total 54 nights.

White Pine/Elko counties NV, Jan - 2 nights
West Desert, Jan - 1 night
Newfoundland Mtns, Feb - 2 nights
Cedar Mesa, Mar - 3 nights
Starr Springs/Poison Springs, Apr - 4 nights
Cedar Mesa/Grand Gulch, Apr - 4 nights
Wendover to St. George, May - 2 nights
West Desert, May - 1 night
Uintas/Upper Rock Creek, June - 3 nights
Antelope Island, July - 2 nights
Elk Ridge/Beef Basin/North Long Point, Aug - 3 nights
La Sals, Aug - 6 nights
Uintas, Sep - 2 nights
Jarbidge Mtns, Sep - 2 nights
White River (AR), Sep - 4 nights
Antelope Island, Oct - 2 nights
Owyhee Desert, Oct - 2 nights
West Desert, Oct - 1 night
Diamond A Desert/Bruneau, Nov - 3 nights
Henry Mtns, Nov - 2 nights
Poly Mesa, Dec - 2 nights
Lucin Sun Tunnels, Dec - 1 night

- DAA
 
What a great year BCP'ers! You've managed to kick me out of the top 3. Happy New Year and Happy Wilderness Experiences to all for 2014.

45 nights in 2013 -w00t!!

- 9 Anza Borrego, southern CA
- 2 North Rim of the Grand Canyon
- 2 Swell - Eardley Canyon
- 3 Dirty Devil Traverse
- 4 White Rim
- 2 San Rafael Swell
- 8 Wind Rivers Crossing
- 2 Uintas Amethyst Lake
- 1 Uintas Notch Mtn
- 4 Salt Creek, Canyonlands
- 2 San Rafael Swell - wilderness survey
- 2 UMT/Capital Reef recon.
- 3 Dark Canyon
- 2 shores of Lake Foul
- 2 Utah Hills

Green means Great.
Yellow means Not So Great.

2013: 45
2012: 45
2011: 36
2010: 47
2009: 24
2008: 41
2007: 40
2006: 54 !!
2005: 38
2004: 24
2003: 26
2002: 39
 
Fun to think back...so, here goes

March, 3 nights-swell
April, 3 nights-northern arches
April, 5 nights-capital reef
May-1 night- swell
May-4 nights-cedar mesa
June, 3 nights-Tetons
June, 3 nights-colorado
July, 5 nights-colorado
July, 2 nights-great basin
August 3 nights-north rim of gcanyon
August, 1 night-high uninaths
September, 2 nights-swell
September, 1 night, vernal
October, 3 nights-canyonlands
October, 2 nights-white rim


Good memories...
 
Stick a fork in me...

Total: 50 Nights

Feb 15 | San Rafael Reef | 1 Night
Mar 2 | Near St. George | 1 Night
Mar 13-17 | Llewellyn & Cottonwood Gulches, Escalante | 4 Nights
Mar 29-31 | Sandthrax | 2 Nights
Apr 11-14 | Halls Creek Narrows | 3 Nights
Apr 25-28 | Escalante | 3 Nights
May 3-5 | Capitol Reef | 2 Nights
May 16-19 | Zion | 3 Nights
June 6-9 | Boulder Creek | 3 Nights
June 15-16 | Cutthroat Lake, Uintas | 1 Night
July 3-7 | Wind Rivers - Big Sandy Area | 4 Nights
July 25-28 | Wind Rivers - Atlantic Canyon | 3 Nights
August 10-16 | Wind Rivers - Green River Lakes to Elkhart Park | 6 Nights
Sept 19-22 | Lake Powell Yakpacking | 3 Nights
Oct 4-6 | A nice little canyon in the desert | 2 Nights
Oct 17-21 | Labyrinth Canyon | 4 Nights
Oct 31-Nov 3 | Around Zion | 3 Nights
Dec 29-31 | Goblin Valley Area | 2 Nights

Something unusual happened on the 49th bag night. We kinda sorta accidentally stayed up until about 8am. :facepalm: This shot was taken at 7:15am as the sky lightened. I feel that even though it was more of a bag day, I'm still ok calling it a bag night.

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55 Nights final!!! :)
It's definitely not going to happen next year, but this year was a pretty good one

1/3-3/3 | Yant Flats Area | 2 nights
3/12 | Mojave Desert | 1 night
3/13-3/15| Joshua Tree NP | 2 nights
3/15 | Mojave Desert Preserve | 1 nights
3/22-3/24| Toroweap | 2 nights
3/30-3/31| Little Finland | 1 night
4/20-4/21 | Square Top Mtn near St. George | 1 night
5/1 - 5/3 | Meeks Mesa | 2 nights
5/3 - 5/4 | Egypt | 1 night
5/4 - 5/5 | Willow Gulch | 1 night
5/9 - 5/10 | Meeks Mesa, Capitol Reef | 1 night
5/10 - 5/12 | Halls Crek Narrows | 2 nights
5/20 | Kane Creek, Moab Area | 1 night
5/21- 5/24 | Needles District | 3 nights
5/24- 5/28 | Salt Creek Canyon | 4 Nights
5/28 - 5/29 | Moab Area | 1 night
6/6 - 6/7 | La Verkin Creek, Zion NP | 1 night
6/17-6/18 | Kodachrome Basin SP | 1 night
6/23 - 6/24 | Dixie National Forest near Cedar Breaks | 1 night
6/29-6/30 | Ashdown Gorge | 1 night
7/9-7/13 | Uintas - Scudder Lake, Amethyst Lake, Middle Basin with Ryder Lake and McPheters Lake | 4 nights
8/5-8/7/13 | Uintas - Priord Lake | 2 nights
8/8 - 8/11/13 | Wind Rivers - Big Sandy Area | 3 nights
8/16 - 8/18/13| Stateline CG, Vermillion Cliffs NM | 2 nights
10/10-10/13/13 | Egypt, Escalante Area | 3 nights
11/26 - 11/30/13 | Valley of Fire SP | 3 nights
12/16-12/19 | Stateline Campground, Vermillion Cliffs NM | 3 nights
12/26-12/30 | Moab Area, Arches and near Canyonlands | 4 nights
12/30 - 12/31 | Goblin Valley Area | 1 night

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thanks everyone.
I told a few weeks back I'm not out of the race until end of December. :)

But 55 nights is really awesome. It's not going to happen this year I guess.
I also accomplished my goal of reaching 500 hiking miles and ended up with 602 miles. :frantic:
Updated my file yesterday and finally finished with 602 miles.
It definitely was a good year
 
Nick said:
Anyone else have nights to report for 2013? Looking like this is the leaderboard right now:

@DownUnderNoel 1

I didn't tag anyone that hadn't posted since July. Did I miss anyone? Very impressive numbers! One of these years I'm gonna get you guys! :)
Click to expand...

I want to claim my two nights, only because it puts me ahead of the Aussie :) (He is thrashing me in an unrelated numerical competition)
 
35 Total in 2013. A lot more than I thought! I wish I had more vacation time.

1 night - Jan 1st - Moab, Tusher Tunnel
1 night - Jan 13th - Swell
2 nights - Feb 15 - Newfies
3 nights - March 3 - Hole in the Rock Trail
2 nights - April 21 - Lockhart Basin, Elephant Hill, Beef Basin
1 night - May 14 - Delta
4 nights - June 20 - Skyilne Drive, Escalante, Bryce
1 night - July 18 - Liberty UT
1 night - July 21 - American Fork Canyon
1 night - July 26 - Lake Hardy
1 night - July 27 - AF Canyon
3 nights - Aug 13 - Grand Teton, Yellowstone
1 night - August 31 - Pittsburgh Lake
4 nights - Sept 11 - Lake Tahoe
3 nights - Oct 14 - Reservation Ridge, Moab, Swel
3 nights - Nov18 - Capitol Reef, Boulder UT
1 night - Dec 15 - Lehi
1 night - Dec 16 - Lehi
1 night - Dec 20 - Flaming Gorge
 
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