I love cold weather camping. Wet cold weather not so much.
Just make sure you have the appropriate sleeping bag for the temps. I have a North Face mummy bag for 0*F.
i live in texas so cold weather doesn't exist lol. I am jealous of anyone north of oklahoma. JEALOUS
...protip: if you're tent or less camping in a sleeping bag in wet cold weather, if you have one of these sleeping bags or similar design, sleep opening down, face up, it'll ensure you aren't breathing your moist breath onto your pillow which you can freeze to if it gets cold enough, and also ensures that *IF* you end up iced in place, you can wiggle around and push yourself up, get free, and you'll have the opening in a way that you can get out of if you need.)
protip: if you're tent or less camping in a sleeping bag in wet cold weather, if you have one of these sleeping bags or similar design, sleep opening down, face up, it'll ensure you aren't breathing your moist breath onto your pillow which you can freeze to if it gets cold enough, and also ensures that *IF* you end up iced in place, you can wiggle around and push yourself up, get free, and you'll have the opening in a way that you can get out of if you need.)
You laugh, picture multiple people doing the inchworm in those bags trying to get out because either our tents had collapsed from the snow and ice or we'd done what I said, and were nearly buried.... It was a hilarious visual.....
I can only hope that intelligent folks with a mind of their own, would never consider sleeping backwards in a winter rated mummy bag. Regardless of what they have read on the internet. -Rok
Uh, c'mon up to Amarillo this weekend and try to claim we don't get cold...predicted windchills of -20F Sunday through Monday...
The "mummy" part of it is the goretex layer only, the outer and inner bags are a hybrid between a mummy and a normal bag, they don't come up around your head, just up around your shoulders. We all found that the "upside down" trick worked wonderfully because the body weight kept snaps from inadvertently coming open, as well as giving you warmth over your head...and the whole "not freezing your air flap shut" thing...
Ok, now I get what you have... the Gore Tex part is just a snap together bivy sack. I've never seen a sub zero bag that leaves your head exposed, does the Gore Tex trap enough warmth to keep you comfortable at -10 degrees? I've seen those advertised on Sportsman's Guide and on Ebay and I've never looked into them, but now that I have, they appear to be made from good stuff. Gore Tex and Polargard HV aren't cheap materials. Initially, it sounded like you were describing a traditional mummy design. It would be a really bad idea to try to sleep face up, opening down with a conventional sub-zero mummy bag. -Rok
lol I still get cold...Or you could do what I do which was get fat. I never get cold.
oh that looks fun