Bag Night Challenge 2016

[Nick]

2016 Total YTD: 44 Nights

Jan 1 > Alstrom Point > 1 Night
Jan 21 > Glen Canyon: Smith Fork & Forgotten Canyon > 3 Nights
Feb 26 > Arches & Island in the Sky > 1 Night
Mar 11 > Capitol Reef, GCNRA, Natural Bridges, Cedar Mesa, The Needles > 2 Nights
March 31-April 3 > Glen Canyon: Rincon, Iceberg, Escalante > 3 Nights
April 20-24 > Dark Canyon into Cataract Canyon Packraft + Bonus night w/ Glen Canyon Institute > 4 Nights
June 1-5 > Glen Canyon: Grotto & Balanced Rock Canyons > 4 Nights
June 10-12 > Bryce Canyon > 2 Nights
July 6-8 > Glen Canyon: The San Juan - Desha & Great Bend > 3 Nights
July 15-18 > Ruby Horsethief Float Trip > 3 Nights
July 28-31 > Green River ABC > 3 Nights
Aug 10-14 > Glen Canyon: The San Juan - Wilson & Deep > 4 Nights
Aug 26-28 > Green River Daily > 2 Nights
Sept 8-12 > Glen Canyon: Forbidding & Mountain Sheep Canyons > 4 Nights
Oct 6-9 > Cedar City, Red Canyon, Bryce, Circle Cliffs, Capitol Reef > 3 Nights
Oct 14-16 > Mountain biking in Moab but camping in The Swell > 2 Nights


I knocked out about 20 miles on the mountain bike this weekend in and around Moab. That place is a zoo, the moon was bright and our campsites along the reef were superb.

 

[IntrepidXJ]

Total: 34 Nights

March 12-13 | Lavender Canyon | 1 Night
March 24-26 | Coyote Valley | 2 Nights
March 26-27 | Jacobs Tanks | 1 Night
April 13-16 | Grand Gulch | 3 Nights
April 29-May 1 | Fish-Owl Confluence | 2 Nights
May 26-27 | Happy Canyon | 1 Night
May 27-29 | Doll House 3 | 2 Nights
May 29-30 | The Wall | 1 Night
July 2-4 | Medicine Lake | 2 Nights
July 9-10 | Blaine Basin | 1 Night
August 5-6 | Arapaho Bay | 1 Night
August 6-7 | Crater Lake | 1 Night
August 13-14 | Nellie Creek | 1 Night
August 19-21 | Ruby - Horsethief | 2 Nights
August 27-28 | South Colony Lakes | 1 Night
September 3-4 | Fall Creek | 1 Night
September 16-18 | Bartlett Gulch & Lake Fork | 2 Nights
September 30 - October 1 | Guanella Pass | 1 Night
October 1-2 | Vista Point | 1 Night
October 2-3 | West Mancos River | 1 Night
October 3-5 | Cedar Mesa | 2 Nights
October 5-6 | La Sal Mountains | 1 Night
October 7-8 | Coyote Gulch | 1 Night
October 14-16 | Kanab Creek Wilderness | 2 Nights

 

[Nick]

2016 Total YTD: 47 Nights

Jan 1 > Alstrom Point > 1 Night
Jan 21 > Glen Canyon: Smith Fork & Forgotten Canyon > 3 Nights
Feb 26 > Arches & Island in the Sky > 1 Night
Mar 11 > Capitol Reef, GCNRA, Natural Bridges, Cedar Mesa, The Needles > 2 Nights
March 31-April 3 > Glen Canyon: Rincon, Iceberg, Escalante > 3 Nights
April 20-24 > Dark Canyon into Cataract Canyon Packraft + Bonus night w/ Glen Canyon Institute > 4 Nights
June 1-5 > Glen Canyon: Grotto & Balanced Rock Canyons > 4 Nights
June 10-12 > Bryce Canyon > 2 Nights
July 6-8 > Glen Canyon: The San Juan - Desha & Great Bend > 3 Nights
July 15-18 > Ruby Horsethief Float Trip > 3 Nights
July 28-31 > Green River ABC > 3 Nights
Aug 10-14 > Glen Canyon: The San Juan - Wilson & Deep > 4 Nights
Aug 26-28 > Green River Daily > 2 Nights
Sept 8-12 > Glen Canyon: Forbidding & Mountain Sheep Canyons > 4 Nights
Oct 6-9 > Cedar City, Red Canyon, Bryce, Circle Cliffs, Capitol Reef > 3 Nights
Oct 14-16 > Mountain biking in Moab but camping in The Swell > 2 Nights
Oct 21-24 > The Maze > 3 Nights

One night above Labyrinth, one night at the Maze Overlook and one in The Land of Standing Rocks. Busy weekend, but so awesome to finally have been at this spot for golden hour.

 

[Scott Chandler]

Woo! I've missed my sleeping bag. No tent, sky full off stars, including the shooting variety.

Nights: 17

2/24-25: Natural Bridges National Monument
3/9-12: Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, HRR and Coyote Gulch
3/17-18: Caineville Wash, UT
3/18-21: Snow Flat Road, Cedar Mesa, UT
3/21-23: Lower Grand Gulch, UT
Summer '16: Katmai National Park, AK
10/22-23: Parunuweap Canyon, UT

 

[Selway]

OK I'll play.

Total: 82

March 25--28, Owyhee River - 3 Nights
May 8-14, Yampa River - 6 Nights
May 27-29, San Rafael Swell, 2 Nights
June 1-6 , Middle Fork Salmon – 5 Nights
June 10 -15, Middle Fork Salmon – 5 Nights
June 19-24, Middle Fork Salmon – 5 Nights
June 28-3, Selway River – 4 Nights
July 5-11, Selway River – 5 Nights
July 12 -16, Selway River – 4 Nights
July 18 – 22, Selway River – 4 Nights
JUly 29 -3, Middle Fork Salmon – 5 Nights
Aug 6-11, Middle Fork Salmon – 5 Nights
Aug 14-19, Middle Fork Salmon – 5 Nights
Aug 22-27, Middle Fork Salmon – 5 Nights
Aug 30-4, Middle Fork Salmon – 5 Nights
Sept 9-15, Middle Fork Salmon – 6 Nights
Sept 23-29, Desolation Canyon - 6 Nights
Oct 21-23, San Rafael River Backpack - 2 Nights

 

[Udink]

OK I'll play.

Well...well played!

 

[Jackson]

OK I'll play.

Total: 82

March 25--28, Owyhee River - 3 Nights
May 8-14, Yampa River - 6 Nights
May 27-29, San Rafael Swell, 2 Nights
June 1-6 , Middle Fork Salmon – 5 Nights
June 10 -15, Middle Fork Salmon – 5 Nights
June 19-24, Middle Fork Salmon – 5 Nights
June 28-3, Selway River – 4 Nights
July 5-11, Selway River – 5 Nights
July 12 -16, Selway River – 4 Nights
July 18 – 22, Selway River – 4 Nights
JUly 29 -3, Middle Fork Salmon – 5 Nights
Aug 6-11, Middle Fork Salmon – 5 Nights
Aug 14-19, Middle Fork Salmon – 5 Nights
Aug 22-27, Middle Fork Salmon – 5 Nights
Aug 30-4, Middle Fork Salmon – 5 Nights
Sept 9-15, Middle Fork Salmon – 6 Nights
Sept 23-29, Desolation Canyon - 6 Nights
Oct 21-23, San Rafael River Backpack - 2 Nights

Wow!! Do you work as a river guide?? Or do you just love running those rivers?

 

[Artemus]

2016 Total YTD: 42 Nights

Jan 1 > Alstrom Point > 1 Night
Jan 21 > Glen Canyon: Smith Fork & Forgotten Canyon > 3 Nights
Feb 26 > Arches & Island in the Sky > 1 Night
Mar 11 > Capitol Reef, GCNRA, Natural Bridges, Cedar Mesa, The Needles > 2 Nights
March 31-April 3 > Glen Canyon: Rincon, Iceberg, Escalante > 3 Nights
April 20-24 > Dark Canyon into Cataract Canyon Packraft + Bonus night w/ Glen Canyon Institute > 4 Nights
June 1-5 > Glen Canyon: Grotto & Balanced Rock Canyons > 4 Nights
June 10-12 > Bryce Canyon > 2 Nights
July 6-8 > Glen Canyon: The San Juan - Desha & Great Bend > 3 Nights
July 15-18 > Ruby Horsethief Float Trip > 3 Nights
July 28-31 > Green River ABC > 3 Nights
Aug 10-14 > Glen Canyon: The San Juan - Wilson & Deep > 4 Nights
Aug 26-28 > Green River Daily > 2 Nights
Sept 8-12 > Glen Canyon: Forbidding & Mountain Sheep Canyons > 4 Nights
Oct 6-9 > Cedar City, Red Canyon, Bryce, Circle Cliffs, Capitol Reef > 3 Nights


Just finished up a working trip that took me to trails near Cedar City, Red Canyon, Bryce Canyon, The Circle Cliffs and Capitol Reef. This was the sunset last night at our campsite on the Wolverine Loop.
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Dang it! You did accelerate. That new job....

 

[Artemus]

OK I'll play.

Total: 82

March 25--28, Owyhee River - 3 Nights
May 8-14, Yampa River - 6 Nights
May 27-29, San Rafael Swell, 2 Nights
June 1-6 , Middle Fork Salmon – 5 Nights
June 10 -15, Middle Fork Salmon – 5 Nights
June 19-24, Middle Fork Salmon – 5 Nights
June 28-3, Selway River – 4 Nights
July 5-11, Selway River – 5 Nights
July 12 -16, Selway River – 4 Nights
July 18 – 22, Selway River – 4 Nights
JUly 29 -3, Middle Fork Salmon – 5 Nights
Aug 6-11, Middle Fork Salmon – 5 Nights
Aug 14-19, Middle Fork Salmon – 5 Nights
Aug 22-27, Middle Fork Salmon – 5 Nights
Aug 30-4, Middle Fork Salmon – 5 Nights
Sept 9-15, Middle Fork Salmon – 6 Nights
Sept 23-29, Desolation Canyon - 6 Nights
Oct 21-23, San Rafael River Backpack - 2 Nights

Holy Crow, new member! You are in the running for one of the t-shirt prizes....

 

[Selway]

Wow!! Do you work as a river guide?? Or do you just love running those rivers?

I do work as a professional river guide in the Summer in Idaho. There would be no possible way to do that many trips on those rivers if you didn't work on them, the permits are too difficult to get. So perhaps that disqualifies me from the challenge as my employment earns me bad nights unlike that vast majority of weekend warriors that are on this site.

 

[TannerT]

I do work as a professional river guide in the Summer in Idaho. There would be no possible way to do that many trips on those rivers if you didn't work on them, the permits are too difficult to get. So perhaps that disqualifies me from the challenge as my employment earns me bad nights unlike that vast majority of weekend warriors that are on this site.

I don't know if a 'Dream Job' should be disqualified!!!


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[Jackson]

I do work as a professional river guide in the Summer in Idaho. There would be no possible way to do that many trips on those rivers if you didn't work on them, the permits are too difficult to get. So perhaps that disqualifies me from the challenge as my employment earns me bad nights unlike that vast majority of weekend warriors that are on this site.

I wouldn't disqualify it! I just like to see where everyone has been, and I think it's awesome to see how much time people spend out in the outdoors, regardless of the nature of their bag nights.

 

[Nick]

Holy Crow, new member! You are in the running for one of the t-shirt prizes....

You know the rules - reports/pics or they don't count!

 

[Bob]

So how come no prizes last year??????

 

[Nick]

So how come no prizes last year??????

Maybe you missed the fine print? Here it is, blown up:

FINE PRINT: There is no prize other than the one you enjoy by spending many nights under the stars. But then again, maybe sometimes there could be if we have something laying around like a shirt or a beanie. It has happened once, maybe twice in the past. It may happen again, but who knows. All rules are subject to change at anytime and for any reason. May this 'challenge' inspire you to sleep outside more often.

 

[slc_dan]

Oh @Artemus, look what you've done!

 

[Bob]

Haha Nick .........................

 

[IntrepidXJ]

Most likely my last backpacking trip of the year...

Total: 35 Nights

March 12-13 | Lavender Canyon | 1 Night
March 24-26 | Coyote Valley | 2 Nights
March 26-27 | Jacobs Tanks | 1 Night
April 13-16 | Grand Gulch | 3 Nights
April 29-May 1 | Fish-Owl Confluence | 2 Nights
May 26-27 | Happy Canyon | 1 Night
May 27-29 | Doll House 3 | 2 Nights
May 29-30 | The Wall | 1 Night
July 2-4 | Medicine Lake | 2 Nights
July 9-10 | Blaine Basin | 1 Night
August 5-6 | Arapaho Bay | 1 Night
August 6-7 | Crater Lake | 1 Night
August 13-14 | Nellie Creek | 1 Night
August 19-21 | Ruby - Horsethief | 2 Nights
August 27-28 | South Colony Lakes | 1 Night
September 3-4 | Fall Creek | 1 Night
September 16-18 | Bartlett Gulch & Lake Fork | 2 Nights
September 30 - October 1 | Guanella Pass | 1 Night
October 1-2 | Vista Point | 1 Night
October 2-3 | West Mancos River | 1 Night
October 3-5 | Cedar Mesa | 2 Nights
October 5-6 | La Sal Mountains | 1 Night
October 7-8 | Coyote Gulch | 1 Night
October 14-16 | Kanab Creek Wilderness | 2 Nights
October 29-30 | Knowles Canyon | 1 Night


Knowles Canyon Camp by Randy Langstraat, on Flickr

 

[Nick]

2016 Total YTD: 49 Nights

Jan 1 > Alstrom Point > 1 Night
Jan 21 > Glen Canyon: Smith Fork & Forgotten Canyon > 3 Nights
Feb 26 > Arches & Island in the Sky > 1 Night
Mar 11 > Capitol Reef, GCNRA, Natural Bridges, Cedar Mesa, The Needles > 2 Nights
March 31-April 3 > Glen Canyon: Rincon, Iceberg, Escalante > 3 Nights
April 20-24 > Dark Canyon into Cataract Canyon Packraft + Bonus night w/ Glen Canyon Institute > 4 Nights
June 1-5 > Glen Canyon: Grotto & Balanced Rock Canyons > 4 Nights
June 10-12 > Bryce Canyon > 2 Nights
July 6-8 > Glen Canyon: The San Juan - Desha & Great Bend > 3 Nights
July 15-18 > Ruby Horsethief Float Trip > 3 Nights
July 28-31 > Green River ABC > 3 Nights
Aug 10-14 > Glen Canyon: The San Juan - Wilson & Deep > 4 Nights
Aug 26-28 > Green River Daily > 2 Nights
Sept 8-12 > Glen Canyon: Forbidding & Mountain Sheep Canyons > 4 Nights
Oct 6-9 > Cedar City, Red Canyon, Bryce, Circle Cliffs, Capitol Reef > 3 Nights
Oct 14-16 > Mountain biking in Moab but camping in The Swell > 2 Nights
Oct 21-24 > The Maze > 3 Nights
Nov 4-6 > Green River, The Wedge, etc. > 2 Nights

Rain and cloudy skies put a damper on work trails this weekend, but on the bright side, I finally took the time to check out the John Wesley Powell Museum in Green River. I also finally tried out the way over-hyped burgers and service at Ray's Tavern. Still a nice weekend out in the desert. Lots of nice yellow cottonwoods still.

JWP says hello.

 

[Scott Chandler]

Nights: 20

2/24-25: Natural Bridges National Monument
3/9-12: Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, HRR and Coyote Gulch
3/17-18: Caineville Wash, UT
3/18-21: Snow Flat Road, Cedar Mesa, UT
3/21-23: Lower Grand Gulch, UT
Summer '16: Katmai National Park, AK
10/22-23: Parunuweap Canyon, UT
11/3-7: Moab, UT

I. Don't. Like. Camping. Near. Moab...

But it was a "business" trip, so I sucked it up. At least it's slightly less busy down there...