What are the essentials in a good sleep system.

[Mightyhunter]

What are the essentials in a good sleep system. Doing my first back in hunt for 10 days and want to have great rest. Need to be light weight.

 

[Bearsears]

What season? What state?

 

[Mightyhunter]

Colorado, high country, mid-late September

 

[journeyman713]

A thermal break from the ground is top priority.
I carry an ultralight self inflating sleeping pad for that.

 

[LCguy]

A pillow, or a backpacking pillow at the very least. I would pack in a pillow 50 miles if I had to.

 

[NevadaMike]

A thermal break from the ground is top priority.
I carry an ultralight self inflating sleeping pad for that.

This! My first fly in Alaska trip I froze my ass off. I read all the cool ultralight quilt and pad stuff and bought in. What a big mistake for me anyway. I had to sleep at night wearing everything I had and was still cold. It was only around 30 degrees but the ground soaked up all the heat I could produce. The next year I went back with the appropriate Western Mountaineering bag and an Exped insulated inflatable pad to put underneath me and slept like a baby.

 

[Bearsears]

Yeah top priority in my opinion is a sleeping pad that is comfortable for you and is the proper r value for the conditions.