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<snipped>Can anyone recommend a nice warm LIGHT packable blanket i could use instead of my bulky sleeping bag? Im not exactly sure how cool it gets up there, probibly 50's at night.


Warm is relative to your other gear (among other things).

WTS; I've used an Mountain Laurel Designs XP Quilt (ie, a nice warm packable *quilt*) inside a half zip Equinox eVent bivy. Shelter was a Six Moon Designs Gatewood Cape.Temperatures were in the low thirties, lotsa rain at times, 200 feet from a large river. Slept on dry sand. Minimal wind protection but adequate.

I wore a lightweight pair of pants and a lightweight Mt. Hardwear long sleeve shirt over a set of lightweight (ie; thin) LS tops and bottoms. Two pairs of thin sock liners (patagucci). Thin polypro skull cap. One pair of thin, polypro liner gloves (patagucci again, iirc). No shoes. Warm and dry all night. Too hot when temperatures were above 40 or so. Took off the pants and shirt. Opened the bivy up a bit. Completely comfortable again.

Peace,

Richard.