Bag Night Challenge 2017

[Nick]

2017 Total YTD: 9 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

I took the new boat out for the first time this weekend to support the Glen Canyon Institute's Rendezvous. We planned to launch in Farley but getting the boat to the water there was tricky so we ended up putting in at Hite without doing any water testing of the boat first. The Colorado was flowing in excess of 25k CFS and the current was strong. We floated with the group to Farley then spent a night on the lake and another night right on the shore of the river on our way back up to Hite. Lots of nervous moments on this trip, but so worth it. This is where we camped last night on the free flowing Colorado River in Glen Canyon.

 

[Artemus]

Not counting nights in the trailer anymore?

Sure I am ! The No Man's was... The xmas trip ended a day early due to weather. - on December 31.

 

[Artemus]

2017 Total YTD: 9 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

I took the new boat out for the first time this weekend to support the Glen Canyon Institute's Rendezvous. We planned to launch in Farley but getting the boat to the water there was tricky so we ended up putting in at Hite without doing any water testing of the boat first. The Colorado was flowing in excess of 25k CFS and the current was strong. We floated with the group to Farley then spent a night on the lake and another night right on the shore of the river on our way back up to Hite. Lots of nervous moments on this trip, but so worth it. This is where we camped last night on the free flowing Colorado River in Glen Canyon.

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Nervous moments due to current? So, the river was going 6 mph and the boat can go 6.5??? For some things we are going to miss that 200hp engine, arent' we?

 

[Nick]

Sure I am ! The No Man's was... The xmas trip ended a day early due to weather. - on December 31.

What about the trip that we met up with you on in February?

Nervous moments due to current? So, the river was going 6 mph and the boat can go 6.5??? For some things we are going to miss that 200hp engine, arent' we?

A wide variety of nervous moments. Muddy water, getting stuck on silt bars, motor issues, tumbleweed in prop, gas running out, you name it. I'm feeling sort of happy that the big boat hasn't sold yet....

 

[kimbur96]

Bag night #4 for the year Davis meadows.

 

[IntrepidXJ]

How was it camping in Jones Hole Randy? I love that hike, and doing an overnighter there has been on my to do list for a while.

It was great! Just don't expect much solitude and you won't be disappointed. This would make a great first-time backpacking trip.

http://adventr.co/2017/04/jones-hole/

 

[Bob]

Welcome home! Any injuries?

Nope..... Couple Band-Aids and ibuprophen handed out. Fire that burned into town in Naples was wild....Urban interface at the finest. Showed me the problems Utah is going to have eventually

 

[wsp_scott]

Nope..... Couple Band-Aids and ibuprophen handed out. Fire that burned into town in Naples was wild....Urban interface at the finest. Showed me the problems Utah is going to have eventually

I grew up in Ft Myers, FL (just north of Naples). Thanks for helping.

See any snakes to go with the gators? When I was a kid we just saw water moccasins, now it sounds like the whole Everglades is filled with 20 foot pythons

 

[Bob]

I grew up in Ft Myers, FL (just north of Naples). Thanks for helping.

See any snakes to go with the gators? When I was a kid we just saw water moccasins, now it sounds like the whole Everglades is filled with 20 foot pythons

9 ft python. 4 ft cottonmouth

 

[wsp_scott]

9 ft python. 4 ft cottonmouth

Hope someone killed the python, I wouldn't be sad to hear the cottonmouth got it also

 

[Bob]

Python are a kill on sight....Leo shot it. Moccasin was dead on road

 

[Scott Chandler]

After a real dud of a spring I got some more nights!

Total: 5

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

 

[piper01]

3 nights for the year, working on my goal of doing more short (local) weekend trips:

-2 nights (4/1 & 4/2) Seminole Canyon State Park, TX
-1 night (4/8) Pace Bend county park, TX


Seminole Canyon rim trail, looking across the Rio Grande to Mexico

 

[IntrepidXJ]

Total: 8 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

http://adventr.co/2017/04/windy-weekend-in-the-swell/


Sid & Charley by Randy Langstraat, on Flickr

 

[pixie1339]

I had an awesome trip to Zion a week and a half ago with a friend. I finally backpacked the East Rim trail, and made the side trips out to Cable Deertrap Mountains. The trail to Deertrap Mountain, incidentally, is quite a bit longer than advertised, so our last day was quite long, but well worth it.



Feb. 17th-20th: 3 nights, Colorado National Monument, Sand Flats Recreation Area
Mar. 11th-12th: 1 night, (first backpack with my son), Negro Bill Canyon
Mar. 17th - 19th: 2 nights, Upper Muley Twist
Mar. 31st - Apr. 2nd: 2 nights, Big Dominguez Canyon
Apr. 13th-16th: 3 nights, Fence Canyon (Escalante River) with @Yvonne
Apr. 21st-23rd: 2 nights, Zion East Rim

13 nights total

 

[r3biker]

How was it camping in Jones Hole Randy? I love that hike, and doing an overnighter there has been on my to do list for a while.

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I'm going to Jones Hole with my son on Monday for five days. I'll post a trip report.


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[kimbur96]

#5 Shaft House, Lost Creek Wilderness

 

[wsp_scott]

Total: 7 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

 

[George_Washington_Hayduke]

Total: 22 Nights

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

 

[Jackson]

Total: 5 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 (should've been 2 )