Sponsored by       A long time ago Backpacker Magazine had a contest of the same name, the “Bag Night Challenge”.  I love the concept of the contest and thought I would do my own.  I waited ten years, that’s enough time, isn’t it?  The idea is simple, track the number of nights you spend outside in your [...]

    Ted E. Canyon Lands Round #1 winner Jill Hueckman sporting her new Outdoor Research Virtouso puffy jacket.  Jill spent 17 nights outside so far this year!   Alec M. Pic: Caught in a blizzard above treeline in the Snowy Range of Wyoming, I set up my bivy in the alcove of an outhouse, and proceeded to get covered [...]

I can’t believe it’s already March!  This means two things:  number one is that spring is coming fast and number two, we have our first winners of the Bag Night Challenge.  This round/bi-monthly segment was sponsored by: The winners are Ryan Davies and Jill Hueckman.  Ryan currently has 20 bag nights and Jill is our women’s leader with 14.  Let’s have [...]

Winter camping offers it’s own set of challenges.  The following is a summary of things to consider when venturing out into the wilds during the winter season. One of the first things to consider is travel is slower so distances covered are less.  Plan to reduce your mileage goal by around  50% to 60%.  Because of limited daylight there are [...]

So if you didn’t figure it out from a couple of my last posts I was in Colorado.  The loose plan was to fly into Denver then drive to Durango via Grand Junction with stops in Telluride, Ouray and Silverton.  After that the plan was to head back to Denver via Pagosa Springs and Buena Vista.   My tour guide [...]

November 19, 2011 View West Fork San Juan River in a larger map Location:  West Fork San Juan River, Rainbow Hot Springs Weminuche Wilderness Area in the San Juan National Forest Pagosa Ranger District, San Juan National Forest Getting there: From Pagosa Springs, take U.S. 160 northeast for 18 miles to the sign for the West Fork Campground, which is on the west [...]

Are you looking for ideas for that outdoorsman/woman in your life.  Check this list of goodies. Action Wipes Do you have someone who likes to get dirty?  Action Wipes are environmental friendly, good for you, and work great. Gift Pack $19.95                       Princeton Tec Custom Fuel Headlamp $35 You can [...]

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Hello friends family and followers, You’ve probably noticed I’ve been missing in action for a while.  I have lots of post coming but I also have lots of other things going on as well which have kept me away from my computer.  I should also mention said computer also died so that made composing posts quite hard. I’m off to [...]