Bag Night Challenge 2017

Total: 12 nights

February 24: Notom Road - 1 night
March 12: The Wedge - 1 night
March 13: along the San Rafael - 1 night
May 5: Boulder Mountain - 1 night
May 6: Death Hollow - 1 night
May 14-16: Slickhorn Canyon - 2 nights
July 14-16: Allsop Lake with @Parma, @Blake Merrell, @WasatchWill, and Brett - 2 nights
July 21-22: Bench Lake, Uintas - 1 night
August 10-12: Teton Wilderness - 2 nights

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Total: 28 Nights

March 8-9 | Eureka Dunes | 1 Night
March 9-10 | Panamint Valley | 1 Night
March 10-11 | Afton Canyon | 1 Night
March 11-12 | Lava Beds | 1 Night
March 16-17 | White Sands National Monument | 1 Night
March 31 - April 1 | San Rafael River | 1 Night
April 22-23 | Jones Hole | 1 Night
April 29-30 | Sid and Charley | 1 Night
May 13-14 | Cathedral Valley | 1 Night
May 26-29 | The Orange Cliffs | 3 Nights
June 2-3 | Storm King Mountain | 1 Night
June 3-4 | The Great Sand Dunes* / Carnero Creek | 1 Night
June 9-11 | Bears Ears National Monument | 2 Nights
June 16-17 | Butler Wash | 1 Night
June 17-19 | San Juan River | 2 Nights
June 30 - July 1 | Santaquin Meadows | 1 Night
July 8-9 | South Fork Mineral Creek | 1 Night
July 15-16 | Little Cimarron River | 1 Night
July 22-23 | Wager Gulch | 1 Night
July 28-29 | Cielo Vista Ranch | 1 Night
July 29-30 | Wheeler Geologic Area | 1 Night
August 5-6 | North Fork Clear Creek | 1 Night
August 11-13 | Burrows Creek & Lone Cone | 2 Nights

http://adventr.co/2017/08/mineral-point-peaks/
http://adventr.co/2017/08/lone-cone/


Houghton Mountain Sunset by Randy Langstraat, on Flickr
 
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Total Nights: 35
2/3-2/6 Escalante 3 nights
2/24 - 3/5 Dirty Devil River 9 nights
4/1 - 4/2 Price River Canyon/Green River 1 night
4/7 - 4/9 North Wash/Trachyte 2 nights
4/28 - 5/1 North Wash/Trachyte 2 nights
5/19 - 5/24 San Rafael River/Muddy Creek 5 nights
6/3 - 6/5 San Rafael River 2 nights
6/16 - 6/18 Upper/Middle/Lower provo river bike rafting tour 2 nights
6/23 - 6/25 Green River Daily 2 nights
7/7 - 7/9 Marysvale Canyon 2 nights
7/21 - 7/24 High Uintas 3 nights
8/11 - 8/13 San Rafael Swell/North Wash 2 Nights





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Total: 13 nights

1/26 - Mt Leconte - 1 night
2/24 - 2/26 - Laurel River Lake - 2 nights
3/9 - 3/12 - Fontana Lake/ Smoky Mountains - 3 nights
4/20 - Rockcastle Narrows DBNF - 1 night
6/6 - Elkmont/ Smoky Mountains - 1 night
6/16 - 6/19 - Banff - 3 nights

6/25 - 6/27 - Princess Falls in Big South Fork (KY) - 2 nights

Took my two oldest on a short miles backpacking trip.

They played in the sand and water and I relaxed
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Total: 18 nights

1/26 - Mt Leconte - 1 night
2/24 - 2/26 - Laurel River Lake - 2 nights
3/9 - 3/12 - Fontana Lake/ Smoky Mountains - 3 nights
4/20 - Rockcastle Narrows DBNF - 1 night
6/6 - Elkmont/ Smoky Mountains - 1 night
6/16 - 6/19 - Banff - 3 nights
6/25 - 6/27 - Princess Falls in Big South Fork (KY) - 2 nights

7/4 - 7/9 - Beartree Campground (Damascus VA) - 5 nights

We met old friends from grad school for our annual camping trip. Three families with 3 kids each, 9 kids under the age of 9. There was a lot of relaxing while the kids disappeared and entertained each other. The highlight was a daytrip to nearby Grayson Highlands State Park to check out the famous ponies.

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Total: 19 nights

1/26 - Mt Leconte - 1 night
2/24 - 2/26 - Laurel River Lake - 2 nights
3/9 - 3/12 - Fontana Lake/ Smoky Mountains - 3 nights
4/20 - Rockcastle Narrows DBNF - 1 night
6/6 - Elkmont/ Smoky Mountains - 1 night
6/16 - 6/19 - Banff - 3 nights
6/25 - 6/27 - Princess Falls in Big South Fork (KY) - 2 nights
7/4 - 7/9 - Beartree Campground (Damascus VA) - 5 nights (car camp)

7/12-7/13 - Big South Fork packraft - 1 night
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Total: 20

2.13-15: Cono Rojo Campsite, El Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar Biophere Reserve, MEXICO
2.21: Ironwood Forest National Monument, AZ
4.20: Strike Valley near Capital Reef NP
4.21: Hurricane Wash Trailhead, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
4.22: Coyote Gulch, GSENM
5.24: Valley of the Gods
5.28: Dead Horse Point State Park
6.6-7: Mesa Verde National Park, CO
6.18: Dead Horse Point State Park
6.21: Uncompahgre Plateau, CO
7.4: Forsyth Reservoir
7.5: Raft Lake, Boulder Mountain
7.11-12: Island Lake, High Uinta Wilderness
8.1-2: Upper Blue Lake Basin, Mt Sneffels Wilderness, CO
8.15-16: Nellie Creek Basin, Uncompahgre Wilderness, CO

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Total: 24 nights

1/26 - Mt Leconte - 1 night
2/24 - 2/26 - Laurel River Lake - 2 nights
3/9 - 3/12 - Fontana Lake/ Smoky Mountains - 3 nights
4/20 - Rockcastle Narrows DBNF - 1 night
6/6 - Elkmont/ Smoky Mountains - 1 night
6/16 - 6/19 - Banff - 3 nights
6/25 - 6/27 - Princess Falls in Big South Fork (KY) - 2 nights
7/4 - 7/9 - Beartree Campground (Damascus VA) - 5 nights (car camping)
7/12-7/13 - Big South Fork packraft - 1 night

7/29 - 7/31 - Laurel River Lake - 2 nights (car camping)
We met friends for a couple nights, lots of swimming, paddling, relaxing
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8/3 - 8/6 - Abrams Creek (Great Smoky Mountains) - 3 nights (car camping)
Met a different friend for hiking, swimming, relaxing

The view from Look Rock is pretty good.
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Total: 32 Nights

March 8-9 | Eureka Dunes | 1 Night
March 9-10 | Panamint Valley | 1 Night
March 10-11 | Afton Canyon | 1 Night
March 11-12 | Lava Beds | 1 Night
March 16-17 | White Sands National Monument | 1 Night
March 31 - April 1 | San Rafael River | 1 Night
April 22-23 | Jones Hole | 1 Night
April 29-30 | Sid and Charley | 1 Night
May 13-14 | Cathedral Valley | 1 Night
May 26-29 | The Orange Cliffs | 3 Nights
June 2-3 | Storm King Mountain | 1 Night
June 3-4 | The Great Sand Dunes* / Carnero Creek | 1 Night
June 9-11 | Bears Ears National Monument | 2 Nights
June 16-17 | Butler Wash | 1 Night
June 17-19 | San Juan River | 2 Nights
June 30 - July 1 | Santaquin Meadows | 1 Night
July 8-9 | South Fork Mineral Creek | 1 Night
July 15-16 | Little Cimarron River | 1 Night
July 22-23 | Wager Gulch | 1 Night
July 28-29 | Cielo Vista Ranch | 1 Night
July 29-30 | Wheeler Geologic Area | 1 Night
August 5-6 | North Fork Clear Creek | 1 Night
August 11-13 | Burrows Creek & Lone Cone | 2 Nights
August 17-21 | Wind Rivers | 4 Nights

http://adventr.co/2017/08/the-great-american-eclipse-in-the-wind-rivers/


The Great American Eclipse by Randy Langstraat, on Flickr
 
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2017 Total YTD: 29 Nights

Dec 30-Jan 2 > Bears Ears National Monument > 1 Night (in 2017)
Feb 3-5 > St. George boat cleaning trip > 2 Nights
Feb 10-12 > Colton Guard Station, Uintas > 2 Nights
Mar 10-11 > Hurricane Cliffs > 1 Night
Apr 21-24 > The Colorado River in Glen Canyon > 3 Nights
May 31-June 4 > Davis Gulch via Lake Powell > 4 Nights
June 16-22 > Yampa River > 6 Nights
July 5-9 > Lake Powell - Escalante > 4 Nights
August 14-20 > Desolation Canyon > 6 Nights

Evening in Desolation Canyon on the Green River sometime last week. 6 days on the river wasn't even close to enough to really see this place.

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Finally a night in the bag other than in a yard somewhere.

Bag Nights - 1


August 20, 2017
We went to some lots that my wife's family owns near Cascade Lake in Donnelly, ID to catch the eclipse totality.

Broke out the car camping tent.
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I'm catchin' ..... !

Total Nights - 32

2 - Leeds/Pine Valley Mountains with @Nick and @Smokey - Feb
3 - No Man's Canyon, Dirty Devil - March
2 - Dark Canyon Primitive Area - April
2 - West Desert, Tule Valley Hardpan - April
2 - San Rafael Swell - WSA remediation effort - April
2 - Escalante/Phipps Arch with @Michael - May
2 - Uintas - Pine Valley off the Mirror Lake Highway - May
1 - Muddy Creek float - w/Allen and @Dave - May
1 - City of Rocks climbing trip - June
3- Uintas - Circumnavigation of Leidy Peak - June
5 - Wind Rivers - Circumambulation of Mt/Victor via Europe Canyon with @slc_dan and @NateGeesaman and Mya - August
7 - Eclipse Meetup at Union Pass in the Wind River Mountains - August

Our sunset view from eclipse camp at 9,400'
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2017 Total: 11

Mar 28 | Laurel Highlands, PA
Apr 14 | Quebec Run Wilderness, PA
Apr 28 | Laurel Highlands, PA
May 16-17 | Joshua Tree NP, CA
Jun 1 | Allegheny National Forest, PA
Jun 12 | Dolly Sods Wilderness, WV
Jul 5 | Lake Erie, PA
Jul 15-16 | Carlsbad Beach SP, CA
Jul 30 | Hickory Creek Wild Area, PA





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It's really too early to give a full accounting of my bag nights for 2017---since 4 months still remain in the year.

But my totals so far are 106 days on 6 trips into the mountains of NC/TN and Georgia. Hopefully I'll be able to get out in September for another long swaray. Here's a link to my 2017 trips---

https://tipiwalter.smugmug.com/Backpack-2017-Trips-79

Some random pics of 2017---

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Taken in the Bald River wilderness in January 2017.

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Leaving Whiggs Meadow in February 2017.

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With some friends from Cranbrook School on the South Fork Citico trail in March 2017.

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Backpacking buddy Patman and his wife crossing the North Fork in Citico wilderness in April/May 2017.


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Crossing Slickrock Creek on a trip in June 2017.

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Pulling an 18 day trip into Cohutta wilderness in July 2017.
 
2017 Total YTD: 31 Nights

Dec 30-Jan 2 > Bears Ears National Monument > 1 Night (in 2017)
Feb 3-5 > St. George boat cleaning trip > 2 Nights
Feb 10-12 > Colton Guard Station, Uintas > 2 Nights
Mar 10-11 > Hurricane Cliffs > 1 Night
Apr 21-24 > The Colorado River in Glen Canyon > 3 Nights
May 31-June 4 > Davis Gulch via Lake Powell > 4 Nights
June 16-22 > Yampa River > 6 Nights
July 5-9 > Lake Powell - Escalante > 4 Nights
August 14-20 > Desolation Canyon > 6 Nights
August 24-26 > Bear Lake, Idaho > 2 Nights

Spent two nights camping on the northern end of Bear Lake for a work conference. Not the typical bag nights for me, but bag nights nonetheless.
 
Total: 33 Nights

March 8-9 | Eureka Dunes | 1 Night
March 9-10 | Panamint Valley | 1 Night
March 10-11 | Afton Canyon | 1 Night
March 11-12 | Lava Beds | 1 Night
March 16-17 | White Sands National Monument | 1 Night
March 31 - April 1 | San Rafael River | 1 Night
April 22-23 | Jones Hole | 1 Night
April 29-30 | Sid and Charley | 1 Night
May 13-14 | Cathedral Valley | 1 Night
May 26-29 | The Orange Cliffs | 3 Nights
June 2-3 | Storm King Mountain | 1 Night
June 3-4 | The Great Sand Dunes* / Carnero Creek | 1 Night
June 9-11 | Bears Ears National Monument | 2 Nights
June 16-17 | Butler Wash | 1 Night
June 17-19 | San Juan River | 2 Nights
June 30 - July 1 | Santaquin Meadows | 1 Night
July 8-9 | South Fork Mineral Creek | 1 Night
July 15-16 | Little Cimarron River | 1 Night
July 22-23 | Wager Gulch | 1 Night
July 28-29 | Cielo Vista Ranch | 1 Night
July 29-30 | Wheeler Geologic Area | 1 Night
August 5-6 | North Fork Clear Creek | 1 Night
August 11-13 | Burrows Creek & Lone Cone | 2 Nights
August 17-21 | Wind Rivers | 4 Nights
August 25-26 | Marshall Pass | 1 Night


Mount Ouray Sunset by Randy Langstraat, on Flickr
 
Total: 13 Nights
1/13/2017: Sheep Corral, Mojave National Preserve
1/14/2017: Shavers Valley, just outside Joshua Tree National Park
1/15/2017: Clark Valley, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
5/19/2017 & 5/20/2017: End of the road on the Spur
6/30/2017: Nellie Creek, CO
7/1/2017: Henson Creek, CO
7/2/2017: South Fork of Mineral Creek, CO
7/7/2017: Christmas Meadows
7/8/2017: Amethyst Basin
7/21/2017: Deadman Point
7/22/2017: La Sal Pass
8/26/2017: Range Creek

Slept in my Jeep last night at Range Creek. No bears, but plenty of odd noises to keep me awake much of the night. Well worth the trouble, though!

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Total Nights: 13

Canyonlands March 18th
Zion Eastside March 31st
Mammoth Campground Yellowstone April 15th
Gooseberry Mesa May 26th - 29th
SRMBC race and campout - June 16th-17th
Jackass Meadows, WY- July 16th: Slept in back of my 4runner on my way to drive through GTNP hiked to Taggart Lake.
South Fork of Snake River, ID - July 30th

Jug Mountain Ranch McCall, ID Aug 24th - 27th first race of the hs mountain bike season.

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