Bag Night Challenge 2016

2016 Total to-date - 18

4 - March - Pine Valley Mountains
3 - April - Lake Powell with @Nick, @slc_dan and @gnwatts
1 - Burr Trail with @Michael
3 - Robbers Roost via the Angel Trail
2 - City of Rocks, Idaho
2 - San Rafael Swell - barrier relocation
3 - Paunsaugunt Plateau and Powell Point - with @Nick, @neiloro and @muir_mountain

Powell Point
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My annual totals:
Green means Great.
Orange means Not So Great.

2015: 57 !!! personal best for this careered workaholic
2014: 36
2013: 45
2012: 45
2011: 36
2010: 47
2009: 24
2008: 41
2007: 40
2006: 54 !!
2005: 38
2004: 24
2003: 26
2002: 39
 
6 nights

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)
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Total Nights: 6
Some where in Crabou-Targhee on NF-218 for Super-D race. 2 nights

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Mammoth Yellowstone 1 night
Mt. Baird 1 night
Grand Canyon 1 night
Red Rock Pass Road, MT 1 night


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Nick said:
Is that your camp trailer, Chere? I've never seen anything quite like that.
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Yep. She is my project trailer. Found her on KSL, her outside walls were replaced recently by the gentleman who I bought her from. I have gutted the insides and am working on making it what I want. Basically a place to lay my head, carry camp gear. No frills. Just utility. Easy to pack, easy to take care of and be able to remove everything and use it as a utility trailer for moving the newly fledged adults in my life as they jump around the West in their adventures.

This was our first bike camping trip and we broke camp in under 45 min. That is completely packed and ready to roll. I need easy for this years bike race season. The PUP you have to be a mastermind at Tetris to get all the gear loaded. Which I am, but I want easy and fast for the next two years while Sarah competes. I have been toying with the idea of a trailer conversion and had been watching KSL when I found her. She is unique. Like me. ;) Her name is Moxie.

When I have the walls put back I will post a picture of her inside.

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18 Nights

1 Night: BLM land south of Hanksville, UT - Little Egypt Site: 4/16
4 Nights: The Needles (LC1, EC2, EC3, CP1): 4/17-4/20
1 Night: Moab Lollapalooza style camping: 4/22
3 Nights: Colorado River from Potash to Spanish Bottom: 4/23-4/25
3 Nights: The Maze: 4/26-4/29
3 Nights: Northern Vermont (Smugglers Notch State Park): 5/27-5/30
1 Night: Cascade Mtn and Porter Mtn, Adirondacks, NY: 6/10-6/11
2 Nights: Trap Pond State Park, DE: 6/17-6/19

@Chuck the Mauler's favorite camp food. Tofu Pups charred on the campfire.

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I'm falling behind...not that I ever expected to ever be among the leaders. I did have a goal to get at least one night in every month, and that's now fallen through as I realize I didn't get any nights in May.

I think you can count at least one night of backyard camping, especially when testing out some new gear. Last night the whole family camped in the backyard. We experimented with my wife and two youngest boys in one tent and three girls in the other while I got to test a bug net out that I've had for a while but never really used. I will say that I did wake up to find one mosquito probing around on the inside this morning and an ant in the corner. I'm hoping we all get to go up in the Uintas next week for a short little backpacking trip and we needed to see how our youngest would do sleeping outside of a crib-like structure for the first time. He did great!

Total: 10 Nights

1 Night | Jan 16-17 @ Valley of the Gods w/ @steve, @Tess, @Miss Buffalo, @jentzschman
1 Night | Feb 5-6 @ Backyard Igloo
1 Night | Feb 23-24 @ Road Canyon w/ @Blake Merrell
2 Nights | Mar 23-25 @ North Wash & Butler Wash
2 Nights | Apr 4-6 @ Valley of the Gods & Butler Wash
1 Night | Apr 7-8 @ Capitol Reef
1 Night | Apr 29-30 @ Slide Canyon
1 Night | Jun 22-23 @ backyard

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Trying to redeem my slow start to the year!

Jan 15-17 - Coalpits Wash, Zion National Park | 2 Nights
April 29-30 - White Rocks | 1 Night
May 27-29 - Death Hollow, GSENM | 2 Nights
June 24-26 - Delano Peak Loop, Tushar Mtns | 2 Nights
 
Total Bag Nights: 22

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1 Night | BSA Klondike at Maple Dale Scout Camp | Jan 15-16
1 Night | Cedar Mesa with WasatchWill | Feb 23-24
1 Night | High Spur Canyon | Feb 26-27
1 Night | Eastering in Emery County | March 25 - 26
1 Night | Zion NP area | April 15-16
1 Night | Utah Lake | April 22-23
1 Night | Baptist Draw | April 29-30
2 Night | Lake Powell | May 5-7
2 Night | Zion Ponderosa Ranch | May 20-22
3 Night | Island Park ID | May 27-30
2 Night | Boundary Canyon, Kolob Creek, & Zion Narrows | June 2-4
6 Night | Timberline Scout Camp | June 19 - 25

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Total: 11 Nights

1 Night | Jan 16-17 @ Valley of the Gods w/ @steve, @Tess, @Miss Buffalo, @jentzschman
1 Night | Feb 5-6 @ Backyard Igloo
1 Night | Feb 23-24 @ Road Canyon w/ @Blake Merrell
2 Nights | Mar 23-25 @ North Wash & Butler Wash
2 Nights | Apr 4-6 @ Valley of the Gods & Butler Wash
1 Night | Apr 7-8 @ Capitol Reef
1 Night | Apr 29-30 @ Slide Canyon
1 Night | Jun 22-23 @ backyard
1 Night | Jun 28-29 @ Twin Lakes, Uintas

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WasatchWill said:
That Springbar looks like someone has set up quite a nice little office inside.
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Good eye! It was some pretty cushy camping. Plugged the laptop into the nearest "current bush" haha! The best part was sleeping on the queen cot with an air mattress and memory foam for padding. Best nights sleep I've ever had while camping :)

I absolutely love my Springbar!

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Total Bag Nights: 23

1 Night | BSA Klondike at Maple Dale Scout Camp | Jan 15-16
1 Night | Cedar Mesa with WasatchWill | Feb 23-24
1 Night | High Spur Canyon | Feb 26-27
1 Night | Eastering in Emery County | March 25 - 26
1 Night | Zion NP area | April 15-16
1 Night | Utah Lake | April 22-23
1 Night | Baptist Draw | April 29-30
2 Night | Lake Powell | May 5-7
2 Night | Zion Ponderosa Ranch | May 20-22
3 Night | Island Park ID | May 27-30
2 Night | Boundary Canyon, Kolob Creek, & Zion Narrows | June 2-4
6 Night | Timberline Scout Camp | June 19 - 25
1 Night | Ruth Lake | July 2-3

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Total: 15 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
 
Colorado, man. What a cool place, and not even a long drive from my home. I hiked my first 14ers this weekend--Mount Sneffels and Handies Peak--and got a couple more bag nights for the year. I haven't set up a tent in Utah yet this year, but I'm thinking I should keep the streak going. The Rubies are looking pretty nice after reading @Skiwi's trip report!

Total: 5 Nights

1/15/2016 - Cinder Cone Lava Beds, Mojave National Preserve, CA
1/16/2016 - Granite Mountains, Mojave National Preserve, CA
1/17/2016 - White Rock Spring, Mojave National Preserve, CA
7/1/2016 - Yankee Boy Basin, CO
7/2/2016 - American Basin, CO

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Udink said:
Colorado, man. What a cool place, and not even a long drive from my home. I hiked my first 14ers this weekend--Mount Sneffels and Handies Peak--and got a couple more bag nights for the year. I haven't set up a tent in Utah yet this year, but I'm thinking I should keep the streak going. The Rubies are looking pretty nice after reading @Skiwi's trip report!

Total: 5 Nights

1/15/2016 - Cinder Cone Lava Beds, Mojave National Preserve, CA
1/16/2016 - Granite Mountains, Mojave National Preserve, CA
1/17/2016 - White Rock Spring, Mojave National Preserve, CA
7/1/2016 - Yankee Boy Basin, CO
7/2/2016 - American Basin, CO

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Looking forward to those trip reports!
 
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