Bag Night Challenge 2013

Back from an awesome week of backpacking in the Wind Rivers. We hiked about 50 miles from the Green River Lakes to Elkhart Park. Here's a shot from camp 1 below Squaretop. That's @slc_dan and two big bull moose out in the meadow.

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Total: 36 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
 
13 days thus far. Plenty of year left!

Late February Back yard with my little girl. Sprinklers cut it short about 6 AM
Mid-March Poverty/East Zion 1 night
4/5-4/7 Little Creek Mesa
4/19 Gooseberry Mesa
4/27 Zion South Campground
5/3 Eagle Crags Mesa
5/25-5/27 Kolob Reservoir
7/29-7/30 Ashdown Gorge
7/13-7/14 Te-Ah campground
8/2-8/4 Brian Head.
 
Corrected list:
15 days thus far. Plenty of year left!

Late February Back yard with my little girl. Sprinklers cut it short about 6 AM
Mid-March Poverty/East Zion 1 night
4/5-4/7 Little Creek Mesa
4/19 Gooseberry Mesa
4/27 Zion South Campground
5/3 Eagle Crags Mesa
5/25-5/27 Kolob Reservoir
6/29-6/30 Ashdown Gorge
7/13-7/14 Te-Ah campground
7/26-7/29 Ogden. biking and Lagoon.
8/2-8/4 Brian Head.
 
Total: 41 nights

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

this was an awesome stormy weekend, the storms were hammering down on us for hours that one day, so we had a superb lightshow on our way to the Wave.
I was surprised about the little Stateline Campground, convenient location, nice and clean and all for free

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Just back from my annual bowhunt in the La Sals. Very, very nice, but kind of disapointing in that I had no bear or lion sightings, let alone encounters, this year.

Total 33 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

- DAA
 
Total: 24 Nights

February 9-18 | Little Finland, Death Valley, Owens River, Little Black Mountain | 9 Nights
March 2-3 | Grand Flat | 1 Night
March 11-12 | Kings Bottom | 1 Night
March 15-17 | The Needles & Canyonlands Overlook | 2 Nights
March 29-31 | Valley of the Gods | 2 Nights
April 5-7 | Poison Springs Canyon | 2 Nights
May 7-10 | San Juan River | 3 Nights
July 5-7 | Fourmile Creek | 2 Nights
August 23-25 | Browns Gulch & Mount Princeton | 2 Nights
 
Hey, I'm ahead of Randy this year !!!

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26 nights in 2013
- 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 total: TBD
2012: 45
2011: 36
2010: 47
2009: 24
2008: 41
2007: 40
2006: 54 !!
2005: 38
2004: 24
2003: 26
2002: 39
 
Total: 12 nights

March 13-17 | Southern UT | 4 nights
April 26-27 | Cache Valley, UT | 2 nights
May 24-27 | Buckskin Gulch, UT | 3 nights
Aug 21-24 | Wind Rivers, WY | 3 nights
 
36 nights total

3/02: 1 night Yant Flat
3/28-3/31: 3 nights Virgin River Gorge, Valley Of Fire, Little Finland
4/05-4/07: 2 nights Poison Springs Canyon
4/12-4/14: 2 nights Kane Creek Canyon, Lower Onion Creek
4/26-4/28: 2 nights Sunglow Campground
5/02-5/05: 3 nights Meeks Mesa, Egypt, Willow Gulch
5/10-5/12: 2 nights Halls Creek Narrows
5/24-5/28: 4 nights Salt Creek Canyon
6/22-6/23: 1 night Lake Blanche
6/28-6/30: 2 nights Cedar Breaks, Ashdown Gorge
7/04-7/07: 3 nights Grand Teton NP
7/27-8/02: 6 nights Glacier NP
8/08-8/11: 3 nights Big Sandy Lake
8/31-9/02: 2 nights Lower Red Castle Lake
 
Ok I haven't gone much this year, but should get my stuff in to make it feel like I went.
May 18th 1 night at Red Fleet Res
June 6th 1 night Yuba Lake
June 14th 1 night Craters of the Moon
July 10th 1 night Mirror Lake
August 30-31st 2 nights Moab

Only 6 nights this year.... ouch Got about another week this month at least.
 
Total: 26 Nights

February 9-18 | Little Finland, Death Valley, Owens River, Little Black Mountain | 9 Nights
March 2-3 | Grand Flat | 1 Night
March 11-12 | Kings Bottom | 1 Night
March 15-17 | The Needles & Canyonlands Overlook | 2 Nights
March 29-31 | Valley of the Gods | 2 Nights
April 5-7 | Poison Springs Canyon | 2 Nights
May 7-10 | San Juan River | 3 Nights
July 5-7 | Fourmile Creek | 2 Nights
August 23-25 | Browns Gulch & Mount Princeton | 2 Nights
August 31 - September 2 | Joes Valley | 2 Nights
 
I spent two nights in the Moab area this past weekend. The first night was on the rim of Hell Roaring Canyon. Even after it rained all evening I took a chance didn't set up the tent--my first time ever sleeping under the stars (yes, it finally did clear up!). :) Second night was in Bride Canyon just off the Gemini Bridges road.

Hell Roaring Camp
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Bride Canyon
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Total: 10 nights
2/1 & 2/2 - Sand Mountain
2/17 - Head of Sinbad/Lone Warrior
3/12 - Bullfrog Creek Overlook
3/13 - Head of Phipps Wash
4/26 - San Rafael Reef at Swazy Seep
6/21 - near Clyde Lake
6/22 - Ibantik Lake
8/30 - Hell Roaring Canyon
8/31 - Bride Canyon
 
Took the family for two nights camped near Lyman lake on the North Slope this weekend. Other than rain - which wasn't all bad either - it was very nice! They kept me so busy I didn't take one single picture this trip though, and didn't even realize it until I got home.

Total 35 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

- DAA
 
37 nights total

3/02: 1 night Yant Flat
3/28-3/31: 3 nights Virgin River Gorge, Valley Of Fire, Little Finland
4/05-4/07: 2 nights Poison Springs Canyon
4/12-4/14: 2 nights Kane Creek Canyon, Lower Onion Creek
4/26-4/28: 2 nights Sunglow Campground
5/02-5/05: 3 nights Meeks Mesa, Egypt, Willow Gulch
5/10-5/12: 2 nights Halls Creek Narrows
5/24-5/28: 4 nights Salt Creek Canyon
6/22-6/23: 1 night Lake Blanche
6/28-6/30: 2 nights Cedar Breaks, Ashdown Gorge
7/04-7/07: 3 nights Grand Teton NP
7/27-8/02: 6 nights Glacier NP
8/08-8/11: 3 nights Big Sandy Lake
8/31-9/02: 2 nights Lower Red Castle Lake
9/14-9/15: 1 night Colorado National Monument
 
So happy to be putting some new nights up. Just got back from a few days of yak-packing on Lake Foul. Glad I'm still alive. Here's our camp last night.

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Total: 39 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
 
Spent the weekend in one of my favorite places - the Jarbidge Mtns in Nevada. Weather kinda sucked, but it was great to be out just the same!

Total 37 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

- DAA
 
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