That’s only if the ground is warm. Earth is a heat sink. You want a cot with insulated pad on the cot.

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Need help, camping out in single digit temps to mid teens next weekend.

brazilcoug

Jan 5, 9:25pm

Sounds terrible...but lots of hand wamers

Crazy Joe Davola

Jan 5, 9:27pm

Put them also down by your feet in the bags

SwanSong

Jan 5, 9:28pm

You will definitely create memories. Been a couple times and always slept great with the right equipment

FromCAtoUT

Jan 5, 9:49pm

IFA buy a bale of straw game changer

stonecougar

Jan 5, 10:31pm

Just watch a couple episodes of Outdoor Boys and you’ll have everything you need

ordinary tri guy

Jan 5, 9:28pm

Honestly this is the best advice on this thread

CougarEat

Jan 5, 9:45pm

Yes.

Bad Plus Fan

Jan 5, 10:03pm

He's my current favorite Youtuber. Man that guy has a lot of patience.

Magneto

Jan 6, 9:11am

Let me guess? Bryce Canyon?

Wife_Apologist

Jan 5, 9:28pm

Flagstaff.

brazilcoug

Jan 5, 9:29pm

Skiing? Snowshoeing into a spot?

Wife_Apologist

Jan 5, 9:35pm

Doing an Iditarod with two stakes. Will have a couple hundred people there.

brazilcoug

Jan 5, 9:37pm

Get a pad, double up. Have thick wool socks just for sleeping in. It will be a

Wife_Apologist

Jan 5, 9:49pm

That sounds awesome for a few buddies. Sounds so stressful with 100.

BikeGuy

Jan 5, 9:52pm

Didn’t take you as an animal abuser. Hmmm

Forbidden Fruit

Jan 5, 10:42pm

That’s so dumb it makes me mad. Who thinks this stuff is a good idea?

Superkid

Jan 5, 11:28pm

Do you absolutely need to go?

RedHeadedStranger

Jan 5, 9:29pm

Link to good tips

Taxrulz

Jan 5, 9:29pm

A vehicle with a good heater 👍🏻

ElkhunterUT

Jan 5, 9:29pm

Portable space heater

HuskerFan2

Jan 5, 9:30pm

Yes! I have one of these. Bring lots of propane bottles

AeroCoug

Jan 5, 9:34pm

Most important thing imo is a thick sleeping pad

Cougs'16

Jan 5, 9:31pm

And not a blow up pad. You want something that can insulate which air does not.

ochobeeguy

Jan 6, 9:49am

You are sleeping under shelter right? A tent or something? Investing in a 0

southbaycoug

Jan 5, 9:32pm

Tip: stay in a hotel room

Ted Lasso

Jan 5, 9:32pm

Have you considered glamping?

oxcoug

Jan 5, 9:34pm

Not sure you should be camping in those temps

unsq312

Jan 5, 9:34pm

It sounds like you do not have the right equipment. Seriously consider not going

MoscowCoug

Jan 5, 9:34pm

He'll be sad for a night but he's not gonna die.

Cougs'16

Jan 5, 9:35pm

Here’s some help, don’t do it, no reason to subject yourself to those temps

therock

Jan 5, 9:35pm

I don’t get trips like this with the young men who are really teenage kids. The

Tuskaloosa Cougar

Jan 5, 9:39pm

We’ve been the only ward in a two stake event that has found a cheap local motel

brazilcoug

Jan 5, 9:41pm

I don’t blame you.

Tuskaloosa Cougar

Jan 5, 9:48pm

lol, ever heard of Klondike? It was a religious event growing up in my area.

RdF3

Jan 5, 9:42pm

Oh yeah, sure have. The other advisor in teachers with me use to be the scout

Tuskaloosa Cougar

Jan 5, 9:48pm

Sleep on a cot, if you can with a thick pad beneath you.

Future_Tacos

Jan 5, 9:40pm

A cot will lose more heat then on the ground. Bad idea.

Wife_Apologist

Jan 5, 9:42pm

Except for the ground being ice and frozen…

ochobeeguy

Jan 6, 9:52am

I think it’s warmer to put pads directly on ground/snow. Also use foam pads, not air pads

Bar7h

Jan 5, 9:44pm

Cot alone sucks, cot as part of an insulated system is superior to ground alone as the frozen earth is a heat sink it’s

Bert609

Jan 5, 11:07pm

Get a Nalgene bottle and fill it with hot water right before bed

webster242

Jan 5, 9:42pm

Bring your phone with the Marriott app before you check in. Helpful?

TADOW

Jan 5, 9:47pm

You have a buddy. Both of you produce body heat. The question answers itself

Nikomedes

Jan 5, 9:50pm

Build a snowcave. You will be warm.

kcca

Jan 5, 10:00pm

Your bag should be rated 20 degrees below the overnight low; -or-

Ammon

Jan 5, 10:03pm

We’re getting nice foam pads for everyone. Does a cot do any good at all?

brazilcoug

Jan 5, 10:06pm

Keeps you off the ground which will make it colder. The mat between helps with

ordinary tri guy

Jan 5, 10:13pm

That’s only if the ground is warm. Earth is a heat sink. You want a cot with insulated pad on the cot.

Bert609

Jan 5, 11:11pm

The pad you use under you will matter as much as having adequate sleeping bag, etc. Make sure it's thick, or double it

BackPacker

Jan 5, 10:06pm

What do you think about this foam pad?

brazilcoug

Jan 5, 10:14pm

That looks thick enough for temps down to the teens. If you want an extra measure of protection/insulation for cheap...

BackPacker

Jan 6, 6:18am

Wear a beanie and wool socks

Rhubarb

Jan 5, 10:24pm

I’ve seen mixed reviews on doubling up sleeping bags. One properly rated bag

marticorp

Jan 5, 10:27pm

Tent with a buddy heater!

BYU4eVeR

Jan 5, 10:38pm

I’m pretty sure this was tongue-in-cheek, but if not be very careful

Ammon

Jan 5, 11:19pm

Buddy heater is for inside use. Just make sure you keep combustibles away.

AeroCoug

Jan 6, 6:42am

I have an 8 inch circular shaped hole in a sleeping bag as a reminder of this.

Methusaleh22

Jan 6, 6:56am

Could have been anything—badgers, jigsaws, why to the heaters always get blamed?

ochobeeguy

Jan 6, 9:54am

Coat of skin from a marsupial. Kangaroo or maybe a koala or possum quilted skin

Forbidden Fruit

Jan 5, 10:42pm

I know a guy that swears by clear plastic tarp.

HuskerFan2

Jan 6, 10:17am

Watch some "Outdoor Boys" YouTube videos. The guy is a BYU graduate who lives in Alaska. He has a super popular channel.

Brisco

Jan 5, 11:01pm

Oops. I see this advice was already given above.

Brisco

Jan 5, 11:02pm

I would agree you need help.

Methusaleh22

Jan 5, 11:09pm

Board name does not check out.

Japan Coug

Jan 5, 11:12pm

That’s a hard no. Winter camping is miserable. Not worth it.

Superkid

Jan 5, 11:27pm

Make sure the teens bring warm clothes, lots of layers, and multiple sleeping

Bin01015

Jan 6, 8:08am

Don't use a cot. Cold air gets underneath it. Bring extra socks. We had a kid

Magneto

Jan 6, 9:10am

If you have a battery generator find an electric blanket to use with it.

ochobeeguy

Jan 6, 10:05am

You guys are wimps. Annual wilderness survival campout mid winter. No sleeping

drbear

Jan 6, 10:44am

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