Bag Night Challenge 2018

[Nick]

Total: 40 Nights

Feb 1 | Bears Ears | 3 Nights
Mar 16 | San Rafael Swell | 1 Night
Mar 30 | Toroweap | 2 Nights
April 13 | Escalante Backpacking | 3 Nights
April 20 | Rafting Ruby Horsethief | 3 Nights
April 25 | Gates of Lodore | 4 Nights
May 4 | Zion Canyoneering: Mystery, Pine Creek & Keyhole | 2 Nights
May 16 | The San Juan River | 5 Nights
June 7 | Cataract Canyon | 3 Nights
June 17 | Middle Fork of The Salmon | 7 Nights
July 5 | Uinta Highline Trail | 4 Nights
August 10 | Payette River | 2 Nights
August 29 | Near Malta, ID | 1 Night

First night in the FWC (not in the driveway) and first night of our 10-night PNW trip. Updates along the way!

 

[Yvonne]

TOTAL: 18 nights

6/28 - 6/30: | Uintas | 2 nights
7/19 - 7/24: | Wind River Range ( Elkhart TH, Hobbs and Island Lake) with @pixie1339 | 5 nights
7/28 -7/29: | La Verkin Creek, Zion | 1 night
8/14- 8/19: |Lake Powell | 5 nights
8/22 - 8/26: | Bryce Canyon | 4 nights
8/29 - 8/30: | Yants Flats | 1 night


I always wanted to spend my night at Yant Flats, it was pretty cool.
Just roll out the sleeping bag, that's it.
Definitely wanna do it again.

 

[Yvonne]

Total: 40 Nights

Feb 1 | Bears Ears | 3 Nights
Mar 16 | San Rafael Swell | 1 Night
Mar 30 | Toroweap | 2 Nights
April 13 | Escalante Backpacking | 3 Nights
April 20 | Rafting Ruby Horsethief | 3 Nights
April 25 | Gates of Lodore | 4 Nights
May 4 | Zion Canyoneering: Mystery, Pine Creek & Keyhole | 2 Nights
May 16 | The San Juan River | 5 Nights
June 7 | Cataract Canyon | 3 Nights
June 17 | Middle Fork of The Salmon | 7 Nights
July 5 | Uinta Highline Trail | 4 Nights
August 10 | Payette River | 2 Nights
August 29 | Near Malta, ID | 1 Night

First night in the FWC (not in the driveway) and first night of our 10-night PNW trip. Updates along the way!

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the camper looks so good.

 

[Deleted User]

Total: 14 nights

May 25 | Kens Lake- Moab | 1 night
June 2 | Booker Lake- Uintas | 1 night
June 8-9 | Teal Lake- Uintas | 2 nights
June 23 | Cuberant Basin- Uintas | 1 night
June 29-30 | Ryder Lake- High Uintas Wilderness | 2 nights
July 6-7 | Elizabeth Mountain Area- Uintas | 2 nights
July 27-28 | Hell Hole Lake- High Uintas Wilderness | 2 nights
August 18 | Shadow Lake- Uintas | 1 night
August 24-25 | Allsop Lake- High Uintas Wilderness | 2 nights

One of the best trips all summer! Hike was amazing, camp was superb, and the fishing was red hot! Allsop did not disappoint!

 

[Nick]

Night 41 on the South Fork Payette north of Boise, 8/30. Cell booster for the win. Went from 1 bar of 1x to full bars of LTE with the flip of a switch.

 

[blueeyes]

Night 41 on the South Fork Payette north of Boise, 8/30. Cell booster for the win. Went from 1 bar of 1x to full bars of LTE with the flip of a switch.

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Ya better be careful or you will be moving to Idaho if you keep up these river trips.

Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk

 

[wsp_scott]

Cell booster for the win. Went from 1 bar of 1x to full bars of LTE with the flip of a switch.

Is it really a bag night if you have cell service?

 

[Udink]

I barely squeezed in an August bag night. Camped in Gray Canyon along the Green River last night, then hiked the Farrer Trail today.

Total: 18 nights

1/12/2018 - The Pads near Death Valley Junction, CA
1/13/2018 - Searles Valley, CA
1/14/2018 - Hidden Valley, CA
2/9/2018 - Willow Springs Overlook, San Rafael Swell, UT
2/16/2018- Justensen Flats, San Rafael Swell, UT
2/17/2018 - Justensen Flats, San Rafael Swell, UT
3/23/2018 - The Needles (the one near Dubinky Wash), Moab, UT
3/24/2018 - Deadman Point, Moab, UT
4/21/2018 - Hans Flats, UT
5/18/2018 - Coal Wash, UT
5/19/2018 - Dutch Flat, UT
5/21/2018 - Coal Creek, UT
6/1/2018 - East Mountain, UT
6/23/2018 - North Willow Canyon (Stansbury Range), UT
7/5/2018 - Cottonwood Creek (near Sherman), CO
7/6/2018 - Lake Fork Gunnison River (near Cinnamon Pass), CO
7/7/2018 - Animas River (near Arrastra Creek), CO
8/31/2018 - Gray Canyon, UT

Gray Canyon Camp


Price/Green Confluence viewed from the Farrer Trail

 

[Nick]

Night 42 last night at Diamond Lake near Crater Lake National Park and night 43 right now in the boondocking lot at the Mills Casino in Coos Bay (nights 3 and 4 of this trip). Tonight will definitely be the worst campsite of the trip but choices were slim. No dispersed camping and all the campgrounds required us to stay all weekend. On to a better site at Cape Perpetua tomorrow.

 

[Titans]

Night 42 last night at Diamond Lake near Crater Lake National Park and night 43 right now in the boondocking lot at the Mills Casino in Coos Bay (nights 3 and 4 of this trip). Tonight will definitely be the worst campsite of the trip but choices were slim. No dispersed camping and all the campgrounds required us to stay all weekend. On to a better site at Cape Perpetua tomorrow.
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Cape Perpetua has some very cool TIDAL POOLS, if you are interested, @Nick .
Go about 45 mins before low tide, which is 10:41 am on sept 2 and 11:44 am tomorrow monday.

If you are in Coos Bay now, then you are just north of Bandon- which has stunning rock formations on the beach, see below.
Also the beach at Face Rock, Bandon is a real awesome place for a long walk.
Hope it's not too foggy.

CAPE PERPETUA some years ago

Close to Face Rock State Scenic Viewpoint - Bandon, OR

 

[IntrepidXJ]

We made our first visit to the High Uintas Wilderness the past few nights and decided to climb Utah's highest point while we were there.

Total: 56 Nights

Jan 5-6 | Cottonwood Wash | 1
Jan 26-29 | Jacobs Tanks & Stateline | 3
Feb 9-11 | Big Flat & Willow Springs | 2
Feb 23-25 | Squaw Flat | 2
Mar 2-3 | Angel Point | 1
Mar 9-12 | The Needles | 3
Mar 15-18 | Ex-Bears Ears | 3
Mar 23-25 | San Rafael Swell | 2
Apr 4-9 | The Maze | 5
Apr 13-15 | Indian Creek | 2
Apr 20-24 | Grand Gulch | 4
May 4-6 | Glen Canyon NRA & Cedar Point | 2
May 11-13 | Hidden Splendor & Skyline Rim | 2
May 19-20 | North Rim of the Black Canyon | 1
May 24-28 | Echo Park | 4
Jun 9-10 | Verde Lake | 1
Jun 15-16 | Horse Ranch Park | 1
Jun 22-24 | The Flat Tops | 2
Jul 3-4 | Geyser Pass | 1
Jul 6-7 | North Halfmoon Creek | 1
Jul 14-15 | Oh-Be-Joyful Creek | 1
Aug 3-5 | Gore Creek & Gore Lake | 2
Aug 5-6 | Santa Fe Peak | 1
Aug 6-7 | Clear Creek | 1
Aug 7-8 | Evans Gulch | 1
Aug 8-9 | Brittle Silver Basin | 1
Aug 9-10 | Weldon Gulch | 1
Aug 18-19 | Molas Park | 1
Aug 25-26 | Willow Park | 1
Aug 30 - Sep 2 | Henrys Fork | 3

http://adventr.co/2018/09/top-of-utah-kings-peak-via-henrys-fork/


Henrys Fork Camp by Randy Langstraat, on Flickr

 

[Nick]

#44 last night at Cape Perpetua.

 

[John Morrow]

TOTAL: 46 Nights

Nights of:

March 27: Bruneau Dunes State Park, ID
March 28, 29, 30: Capitol Reef West Entrance dispersed campsites, UT
April 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6: Fruita Campground Capitol Reef National Park, UT
April 7, 8: Up the Creek Campground, Moab, UT
April 9: Needles Outpost, UT
April 10, 11, 12, 13, 14: Canyonlands National Park Needles District, Backpack, UT
April 15, 16: Up the Creek Campground, Moab, UT
April 17, 18, 19, 20: Natural Bridges National Monument Campground, UT
April 21: GSENM Burr Trail dispersed camping (Steep Creek/The Gulch overlook), UT
April 22, 23, 24: Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument, Backpack, Little Death Hollow/The V/Gulch/Horse/Wolverine, UT

Nights of: May 15: Icicle Creek Gorge, Central Cascades WA
June 23: Kelly Butte Lookout, South Cascades WA
July 6 and 7: Pete Lake, Alpine Lakes Wilderness WA
July 8 through 12: Waptus Lake, Alpine Lakes Wilderness WA
Night of July 21: Tuck Lake, Alpine Lakes Wilderness, WA
Night of July 22: Cathedral Pass, Alpine Lakes Wilderness, WA
August 3rd at Diamond Lake, Alpine Lakes Wilderness, WA
August 4th and Aug 5th nights at Waptus Lake, Alpine Lakes Wilderness, WA
August 11 at Trail Creek drainage Alpine Lakes Wilderness, WA
August 12th at Michael Lake, Alpine Lakes Wilderness, WA
August 13th at Terrance Lake Alpine Lakes Wilderness, WA
August 18: Camped in North Scatter Creek Basin, Alpine Lakes Wilderness, WA
August 25: Sprite Lake, Alpine Lakes Wilderness, WA. At least the rain pushed out the smoke!

TOTAL: 48 Nights

August 31st and Sept 1 nights: In the Wenatchee Mountains, Alpine Lakes Wilderness, WA

 

[Nick]

#45 at Cape Lookout.

 

[LarryBoy]

Alright, here goes. I think this one needs a disclaimer. While most of the excluded nights below were in fact spent in my sleeping bag, I dont count them if they were spent in a climate controlled building and/or one designed for human habitation. So nights spent in a hotel or church basement don't count, but those spent in a cinderblock laundromat or trailhead privy do count.

March 8-September 4 is 180 days. I spent all of those as bag nights except the following 28 nights:

Greyhound 22 hour nightmare (no sleeping): 1
Lordsburg NM: 1
Lordsburg NM (2nd time): 1
Silver City NM: 2
Pie Town NM: 1
Grants NM: 1
Chama NM: 2
Pagosa Springs CO: 3
Lake City CO: 3
Salida CO: 2
Silverthorne CO: 3
Grand Lake CO: 2
Rawlins WY: 1
Pinedale WY: 1
Dubois WY: 1
Lima MT: 1
Leadore MT: 1
Darby MT: 1

January 12-15 | Slickhorn Loop, Bears Ears National Monument | 3 Nights
January 15-16 | Random camping outside Mexican Hat | 1 Night
March 8-September 4 | Hayduke sections 10-14 and CDT | 152 nights

Total: 156 nights

I'm too dumb to figure out how to upload photos from my phone so I'll post a picture a bit later.

 

[Rockskipper]

Alright, here goes. I think this one needs a disclaimer. While most of the excluded nights below were in fact spent in my sleeping bag, I dont count them if they were spent in a climate controlled building and/or one designed for human habitation. So nights spent in a hotel or church basement don't count, but those spent in a cinderblock laundromat or trailhead privy do count.

Nights in a privy should count double - or triple.

But pretty epic bag night count. Been wondering where you've been.

 

[Jackson]

Alright, here goes. I think this one needs a disclaimer. While most of the excluded nights below were in fact spent in my sleeping bag, I dont count them if they were spent in a climate controlled building and/or one designed for human habitation. So nights spent in a hotel or church basement don't count, but those spent in a cinderblock laundromat or trailhead privy do count.

March 8-September 4 is 180 days. I spent all of those as bag nights except the following 28 nights:

Greyhound 22 hour nightmare (no sleeping): 1
Lordsburg NM: 1
Lordsburg NM (2nd time): 1
Silver City NM: 2
Pie Town NM: 1
Grants NM: 1
Chama NM: 2
Pagosa Springs CO: 3
Lake City CO: 3
Salida CO: 2
Silverthorne CO: 3
Grand Lake CO: 2
Rawlins WY: 1
Pinedale WY: 1
Dubois WY: 1
Lima MT: 1
Leadore MT: 1
Darby MT: 1

January 12-15 | Slickhorn Loop, Bears Ears National Monument | 3 Nights
January 15-16 | Random camping outside Mexican Hat | 1 Night
March 8-September 4 | Hayduke sections 10-14 and CDT | 152 nights

Total: 156 nights

I'm too dumb to figure out how to upload photos from my phone so I'll post a picture a bit later.

Are you all finished on the CDT??

 

[LarryBoy]

Are you all finished on the CDT??

Yep. Back in salt lake in a few days.

 

[Jackson]

Yep. Back in salt lake in a few days.

Congratulations!! I hope it was great, and I especially hope very much that you saw at least one grizzly bear out there.

 

[LarryBoy]

Congratulations!! I hope it was great, and I especially hope very much that you saw at least one grizzly bear out there.

It was indeed great, but I'm now approximately 0-for-7,000 in the bears department