will I be cold...sleeping bag question

[Kotaman]

I know I would be cold. If you go with that setup, make sure you take some quality "puffy" clothes and a great insulated pad.

 

[michaelc10]

Snowed at continental divide last night

 

[ridgefire]

I would freeze my arse off with that setup.

 

[gelton]

I know first hand that a 15 degree bag isn't suitable for me during October rifle hunts so I purchased a zero degree western mountaineering kodiak, almost overkill for bow season in September but better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it kinda thing.

 

[slim9300]

Yes. A quality 15° sleeping bag is the minimum I would ever take for a late September hunt. It is not uncommon for temperatures to get down into the high teens and low 20s. A typical night where I hunt is high 20s to low 30s in the last week of September. I own a very high-quality 30° bag and 15° down bag. With all my clothes on I can just barely stay warm when the temperatures drop into the low 20s in the 15° bag. And anything below 40° in the 30° bag is not comfortable. I am not a cold sleeper either. In my opinion you absolutely need a warmer bag.

 

[gmajor]

My hunting partner this year (for Sept 12-20 at ~11k but below treeline) is bringing a 40 degree WM bag and a zlite (the same pad I use, but I have a 20 degree quilt that I have many nights in and I know its limits). He's planning on sleeping in his merino + puffy jacket. I'm telling him he's got to bring puffy pants too, because I'm not planning on leaving that mtn because he's cold. We'll be in an open ended megatarp. It could be warm or cold at night, I've seen both there at that time of year.

Any thoughts on 40 degree down bag + puffy jacket, puffy pants (montbell down), merino baselayers, beanie? I figure the puffy top and bottom should add a lot...

 

[slim9300]

My hunting partner this year (for Sept 12-20 at ~11k but below treeline) is bringing a 40 degree WM bag and a zlite (the same pad I use, but I have a 20 degree quilt that I have many nights in and I know its limits). He's planning on sleeping in his merino + puffy jacket. I'm telling him he's got to bring puffy pants too, because I'm not planning on leaving that mtn because he's cold. We'll be in an open ended megatarp. It could be warm or cold at night, I've seen both there at that time of year.

Any thoughts on 40 degree down bag + puffy jacket, puffy pants (montbell down), merino baselayers, beanie? I figure the puffy top and bottom should add a lot...

What's the R-value of the Zlite?

 

[gmajor]

What's the R-value of the Zlite?

2.6

 

[jm1607]

My hunting partner this year (for Sept 12-20 at ~11k but below treeline) is bringing a 40 degree WM bag and a zlite (the same pad I use, but I have a 20 degree quilt that I have many nights in and I know its limits). He's planning on sleeping in his merino + puffy jacket. I'm telling him he's got to bring puffy pants too, because I'm not planning on leaving that mtn because he's cold. We'll be in an open ended megatarp. It could be warm or cold at night, I've seen both there at that time of year.

Any thoughts on 40 degree down bag + puffy jacket, puffy pants (montbell down), merino baselayers, beanie? I figure the puffy top and bottom should add a lot...

That's alot of puffy! I think that would be plenty

 

[gmajor]

That's alot of puffy! I think that would be plenty

That's my thinking as well. Honestly I expect it to be overkill most nights.