Originally Posted by Garandimal
Mil patrol bag, doubled if it's cold, poncho liner added if down < freezing... in a gore-Tex bivy.

Pad is a mil closed-cell foam, with a Therm-a-Rest Z Lite if the ground is hard

GR
This system is bombproof if a bit heavy. I do the full system with both bags and the gore-Tex bivy. I cut a closed-cell pad to fit inside the bivy so I don’t slide off of it. Can put another pad outside the bivy.