No need to gather up the gopher wood and the two-by-twos, just yet. Most of the storms in CO come and go quickly, more so the higher you go. The intensity can be anything, any time of year.

I'm trying to figure this out because I grabbed a chair kit which completely covers the sleeping pad. I want to just leave the pad inside the chair kit to protect the pad while I sleep. The chair is tougher than a ground sheet, however it would wear through the floor of the net-tent or bivy, so trying to figure out how to go without one of those.