Bag Night Challenge 2014

Total: 26 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
 
Total: 11 Nights
Mar 28 & 29 @ Capitol Reef
May 3 & 4 @ Capitol Reef
May 30 & 31 @ Uinta's (Shady Dell)
June 7 @ Uinta's (Shady Dell)
July 18 & 19 @ Uinta's (Butterfly Lake)
August 2 & 3 @ (Canyon) Yellowstone
 
Targhee National Forest - 2 nights
Table Rock group site Targhee National Forest - 1 night
Caribou-Targhee NF Box Canyon Campground - 2 nights
Yellowstone - 3 nights
Table Rock group site Targhee NF - 2 nights

Total 10

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24 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, 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 with @Miss Buffalo
07/26-07/27: 1 night Cutthroat Lake, Uintas
08/08-08/10: 2 nights, Naturalist Basin, Uintas
 
One tour and a weekend trip bumped me up four more (if only the tour hadn't been so wet!)

Total 32

March 7-8: 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

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Total: 27 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
 
Total: 36 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

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05/27 - Burr Trail - 1 night car camping
05/28 - Upper Gulch - 1 night
05/29 - Burr Trail - 1 night car camping
05/30 - Lower Gulch - 1 night
05/31 - Burr Trail - 1 night car camping
06/01 - Spencer Flat Rd - 1 night car camping
06/03 - Mamie Creek - 1 night
06/04 - Death Hollow - 1 night
06/05 - near Spencer Flat Rd - 1 night car camping
06/06 - near Spencer Flat Rd - 1 night car camping
06/08 - near Spencer Flat Rd - 1 night car camping
06/09 - Red Canyon - 1 night car camping
06/10 - Wild Cat Tank - 1 night car camping
06/11 - Page - 1 night car camping
06/12 - Sooner Rocks - 1 night
06/13 - Egypt Rd - 1 night
06/14 - Wild Cat Tank - 1 night
06/15 - White Pocket - 1 night
06/16 - US 89 - 1 night car camping

total: 8 nights tent, 11 nights car camping
 
6/6 - Silver Lake, 1 night
6/23-28 - Scofield Lake (scout camp), 5 nights
7/18 - Timp, 1 night
7/24-25 - Idaho, 2 nights
8/6-9 - Sawtooths, 3 nights
8/13-16 - Kings Peak/Henry's Fork Lake, 3 nights
Total: 15 nights

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A few more after a sweet tour

Total 36

March 7-8: 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

It will be weird when I don't live outside anymore
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As I'm still not allowed to hike or do anything strenuous, I had to look for alternatives and went car camping and paddling instead.
It was fun, too but not the same than backpacking. :-(

Total: 40 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|

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Total: 10 nights

Jan 31 - Feb 1 | Logan Canyon UT | 1 night
Mar 5 - 9 | Near White Pocket | 4 nights
May 23 - 25 | Cache Valley - Little Bear River | 2 nights
July 12 - 13 | Steam Mill Lake - Bear River Range | 1 night
Aug 17 - 19 | Tony Grove - Bear River Range | 2 nights

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8 day trip with 6 bag nights.

Total 47 nights.

Owyhee Desert, Jan. - 2 nights
San Rafael Desert, Feb. - 2 nights
Henry Mtns/Capitol Reef, Mar. - 4 nights
Maze/Poison Spr., Mar. - 4 nights
The Swell, Mar. - 2 nights
Polly Mesa, Apr. - 3 nights
Antelope Island, Apr. - 2 nights
Salt Creek, May - 4 nights
West Desert, May - 2 nights
Clover Mtns Nevada, May - 1 night
Deep Creek Mtns, June - 3 nights
YNP, June - 6 nights
Beaver Dam Nevada, July - 1 night
Tushar Mtns, July - 2 nights
Henry Mtns, Aug - 3 nights
Rubicon Trail/Bodie-Mono Lake/Yosemite/Ancient Bristlecone, Aug - 6 nights

- DAA
 
26 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
 
Wife and I drove down with the puppy and spent a night on Boulder Mountain. Next day we hiked up the Escalante, and drove the Burr Trail through Capitol Reef before going home. Fun time.

January Canyonlands/Arches 2 nights.
February GSENM/Kodachrome Basin 2 nights
February Little Egypt/Lake Powell 2 nights
March Kanab Creek/Grand Canyon 4 nights
March North Wash 2 nights
April GSENM 2 nights
May Lava Hot Springs 1 night
June Tetons 3 nights
June GSENM/Stephens Canyon 4 nights
July Uintas 2 nights
July Pacific Northwest 6 nights
August Wind River Range 4 nights
August Boulder Mountain 1 night

35 nights

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Finally wrapped up my contract doing trail guides for IHC this past week. I celebrated by spending 4 nights out on Powell. Now that I'm done doing work hikes, I might just get back to doing a little backpacking this fall. But then again, I feel like I've hiked enough for work this year that I might just play on the boat until the snow flies. :)

Total: 25 Nights

Jan 10 | Ticaboo Mesa | 1 Night
Jan 18-20 | Boulder Mail Trail | 2 Nights
Feb 21-23 | Lake Powell | 2 Nights
Mar 7-9 | Wingate Wandering | 2 Nights
Apr 6-9 | Cathedral in the Desert | 3 Nights
May 22-27 | Bowns Canyon/Lake Powell | 5 Nights
June 6-8 | Starvation Reservoir | 2 Nights
July 5-9 | Lake Powell | 4 Nights
August 20-24 | Lake Powell | 4 Nights

This was the view of our campsite this morning just as the sun broke over the horizon.

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1/3-1/4 Prehistoric Trackways National Monument, New Mexico - 2 nights
2/7 Kartchner Caverns State Park, AZ - 1 night.
2/14-16 Tucson Mountain Park, AZ- 3 nights
3/14 Road Canyon, AZ - 1 night
3/21 Carr Canyon, AZ - 1 night
4/9-4/12 Prehistoric Trackways, NM (2) Guadalupe Mountains, TX (2) - 4 nights
5/2 Hot Well Dunes, AZ - 1 night
5/16- 5/24 Various locations in Northern Arizona- 9 nights
6/13- Reef Townsite, AZ - 1 night
7/11- San Pedro River, AZ - 1 night
8/22- Dragoon Mtns, AZ - 1 night

Total: 25 nights
 
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