Bag Night Challenge 2016

[Nick]

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

Amen, brotha. I drove down there in the rain on Saturday, pulled into Klondike Bluffs thinking it must not be busy with all this rain. Nope. Turned around and drove back to The Swell (also freakishly busy for November).

 

[Artemus]

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...

What ?!?!? 20? You have to be kidding me. I was counting on you beating Nick this year. I can't keep up.

 

[Scott Chandler]

What ?!?!? 20? You have to be kidding me. I was counting on you beating Nick this year. I can't keep up.

Yeah, I wish it were more too. Couple more months to catch up...!

 

[LarryBoy]

It's been a pretty grim year for me too

34 Nights:

Jan 15-17 - Coalpits Wash, Zion National Park | 2 Nights
April 29-30 - White Rocks, West Desert | 1 Night
May 27-29 - Death Hollow, GSENM | 2 Nights
June 24-26 - Delano Peak Loop, Tushar Mtns | 2 Nights
July 1-4 - Leidy Peak Loop, Uinta Mtns | 3 Nights
July 15-17 - Lambert Loop, Uinta Mtns | 2 Nights
August 5-6 - Crystal Lake - Bald Mtn via The Notch, Uinta Mtns | 1 Night
August 12-18 - Beartooths Fun Route, Beartooth Mtns | 6 Nights
September 2-5 - Wind River Peak Loop, Wind River Range | 3 Nights
September 16-17 - Brighton Beatout, Big Cottonwood Canyon | 1 Night
September 30-October 9 - Hayduke Trail Sections 5 & 6 | 9 Nights
November 10-12 - Little Death Hollow, GSENM | 2 Nights

 

[Nick]

2016 Total YTD: 51 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
Nov 11-13 > Moab Madness > 2 Nights

I.
Hate.
Moab.

It's crazy how busy it still is in mid November now. The first night on the way down was quite pleasant though. After five 'work trips' in a row, I'm ready for a weekend or two at home.

 

[LarryBoy]

2016 Total YTD: 51 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
Nov 11-13 > Moab Madness > 2 Nights

I.
Hate.
Moab.

It's crazy how busy it still is in mid November now. The first night on the way down was quite pleasant though. After five 'work trips' in a row, I'm ready for a weekend or two at home.

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On the plus side, you get paid to hate Moab. The rest of us have to do it on our own dime. :twothumbs:

 

[Scott Chandler]

Nights: 21

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
11/14: Yant Flat

Overnighted to enjoy the supermoon. Didn't plan well to see the moon at the moment it was closest, but it sure was bright all night.

 

[Michael]

1 night car camping along Burr Trail road - relaxing
1 night car camping along Burr Trail road - route scouting Lower Gulch rim route
2 nights tent - backpacking loop LG-TH --> Sand Holler Spring --> Hansen cabin/Escalante river --> Lower Gulch --> LG-TH
1 night car camping along Burr Trail road
1 night car camping along Burr Trail road - met Art & Joey an had a wonderful WE
2 nights car camping along Burr Trail road (Studhorse Peaks) - exploring area and Upper Muley Twist
1 night car camping Escalante area
1 night car camping Spencer Flat road - Phipps Wash rim hike
3 nights tent - backpacking loop SFRd--> Spencer Cyn --> Escalante river --> Dome Islomania --> SFRd
3 night car camping Escalante area - Boynton road scouting
1 night car camping S/W of Zion NP
2 nights car camping Lake Mead area - Charlie's Spring Trail Valley of Fire
1 night car camping VOF - several hikes in Valley of Fire

Total:
5 nights tent
15 nights car camping in the nature
That's all for our season - Utah 2016. Maybe more in the next year - if the weather will be better.

 

[blueeyes]

Total Nights: 13

Mammoth Yellowstone 1 night
Mt. Baird 1 night
Grand Canyon 1 night
Red Rock Pass Road, MT 1 night
Heber City in an RV park. 1 (never again)
Grand Targhee 2 nights
Jug Mountain Ranch 1 night

Galena Lodge 2 nights

Grand Targhee 1 night

Tex Creek 1 night Oct 22nd (my first solo bikepack trip)

Hurricane, UT 1 night 25 hours of Frog Hollow I slept a total of 1 hour and 15 min in a tent.

Not sure I will get anymore nights in this year. But ya never know.






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[Jackson]

Total: 12 nights
Met my very low goal of averaging one night per month. Hopefully I'll get one more in before the year's end.

January 29 - 1 night - Spring Canyon, Capitol Reef
March 11 - 1 night - Willow Springs Rd.
May 15-18 - 3 nights - Sand Flats Recreation Area
June 17- 1 night - Cliff Lake (the one accessed from Crystal Lake TH)
July 22 - 1 night - Red Castle
August 10-12 - 2 nights - Lester Pass Loop, Wind Rivers
September 16 - 1 night - John Lake, Uintas
October 7 - 1 night - The Wedge

November 18 - 1 night - Wild Horse Road

 

[Artemus]

2016 total-to-date - 46

4 - March - Pine Valley Mountains
3 - April - Lake Powell with @Nick, @slc_dan and @gnwatts
1 - April - Burr Trail with @Michael
3 - April - Robbers Roost via the Angel Trail
2 - May - City of Rocks, Idaho
2 - May - San Rafael Swell - barrier relocation
3 - June - Paunsaugunt Plateau and Powell Point - with @Nick, @neiloro and @muir_mountain
2 - July - Mt. Hood circumnavigation
4 - July - Idaho whitewater river camping
2 - July - Ashdown Gorge backpack
8 - August - in the High and Wild in the Wind Rivers
1 - September - High Uintas Hayden Valley
2- September - Pine Valley Mtns with @lostlandscapes
1 - October - Parowan Gap
4 - Bear's Ears, Elk Ridge, Needles District, Canyonlands
2 - Tomsich Buttea and Muddy Creek in the Swell
2 - Sids Mtn WSA monitoring survey

A Nippley Night in the San Rafael Swell
-> 15 degF night on our WSA monitoring mission. Too bad I forgot my tent. At least I had my bag, @Nick

 

[Nick]

A Nippley Night in the San Rafael Swell
-> 15 degF night on our WSA monitoring mission. Too bad I forgot my tent. At least I had my bag, @Nick

Nice shot! I missed last weekend due to local obligations and the joy of replacing my own water heater. Kinda sad I missed out on the first good freeze out there this year. About time for the Palomini to come out?

 

[Artemus]

Nice shot! I missed last weekend due to local obligations and the joy of replacing my own water heater. Kinda sad I missed out on the first good freeze out there this year. About time for the Palomini to come out?

I froze my keester off! So, the gloves come off and the Palomeany rides again - to White Canyon with Beck, Luna and @Ben this weekend.

 

[Scott Chandler]

Another relocation got me a couple more bag nights. Not sure about my choices of sites, but they all worked without someone being irritated by me.

Nights: 24

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
11/14: Yant Flat
11/17: Very Large Array, NM - - - Side of the road, COLD
11/25: North of Carlsbad Caverns NP, NM - - - Random Forest Service spot, actually very pleasant
11/26: Sonoran Desert NM, AZ (sorta?) - - - Phoenix is a bright city, especially on a cloudy night

Now I start a winter season at Organ Pipe Cactus NM in AZ! We'll see how many more bag nights I get in...

 

[Yvonne]

I love Organ Pipe Cactus NM. Awesome park!! I'll probably be back im March.

 

[piper01]

2016 total nights: 11
10/8-10/14: GSENM- Willow, Davis, 50 MIle (7 nights)
11/23: curled up in the car in a parking lot on the drive to Big Bend- I didn't get out my sleeping bag, but I'm still counting it! (1 night)
11/24-11/26 Big Bend National Park (3 nights)
****
Dino track! GSENM


Big Bend Nat'l Park, Windows trail

 

[Adventures With BeeGee]

I was at Big Bend National Park the week before. What was your itinerary? I was able to knock out the Outer Mountain Loop.

 

[Nick]

2016 Total YTD: 53 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
Nov 11-13 > Moab Madness > 2 Nights
Dec 9-11 > St. George Mountain Biking > 2 Nights

Another weekend on the bike. The weather was beautiful and Bearclaw Poppy is an incredibly fun trail on a bike. This was last night near La Verkin.

 

[Nick]

2016 Total YTD: 55 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
Nov 11-13 > Moab Madness > 2 Nights
Dec 9-11 > St. George Mountain Biking > 2 Nights
Dec 30-Jan 2 > Bears Ears National Monument > 2 Nights (in 2016)


The last sunset of 2016 over the San Juan River. It was a very interesting weekend out there. A big storm on the night of the 30th left the bottom third of Utah a snowy, muddy mess that forced a lot of changes to our plans, but it was still a great trip. So glad the sun peaked out of the clouds right at the end of the day on New Year's Eve.

 

[Venchka]

I have bag nights for Jan 5 & 6, 2017. Will someone open a new thread please? Artemus? Nick? Anybody? Thanks.
Good morning from a chilly 12 degrees East Texas.
Finally got the weather I've been waiting for to test my Western Mountaineering 20 degree Alpinlite Long bag in my backyard.
Jan. 5, 24 degrees.
Jan. 6, 12 degrees.
The Alpinlite is a winner!

Wayne


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