I am moving up north. Can I survive in tent with temps 10-30 degrees at night with no heater/just blankets.?

Answer 1

Yes you can. You will want to get a good quality sleeping bag rated for the temperatures you will get at night. 10 to 30 degrees at night really isn't that cold (can you tell I'm from Wisconsin?). I knew of a family in northern Wisconsin whose home burned down and they spent the next year living in a tent. You can get tents that are made to have a wood burning stove in them also.

Answer 2

The problem with "just blankets" is they are not air tight at the edges some part will end up getting a draft and that's cold.
Better off with a sleeping bag designed for cold temps. I have an old marine corps cold weather mummy bag, and stay nice and cozy even on the coldest nights when it has snowed 2 ft during the night collapsing the tent. That was the worst experience of my hunting camping life.
In the morning we just rolled the tent (with everything in it), up and tossed it into the truck. We almost didn't get out due to the snow depth, but we had 4wd and were pulling lots of folks out.
It's do able, but If I were you I would get a good sleeping bag.

Answer 3

10-30 degrees is no big deal, when I was a kid we didn't have central heating and often had frost on the inside of the windows. 10 is a bit more of an issue, but I've slept comfortably in 30. A hundred bucks will buy you a sleeping bag good for 0F, like the REI Polar Pod below. With blankets you just need to make sure everything is tucked in well so you don't get drafts, as a kid we just had blankets and comforters and it wasn't a problem, you do need a good amount though. Getting in to a 30F bed sucks, but you warm up soon enough. If a seven year old can survive 30F I'm sure you can. I was 7 when we moved to the cold house in 1969 and we didn't get central heating until 1977, until then only the lounge and kitchen were heated and I slept on the third floor.

In my twenties I often camped in -20C weather, the hardest part is getting up. I used to sleep with my clean clothes in a bag next to me, inside my sleeping bag, so they weren't frozen in the morning.

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Answer 5

Just blankets! You'll need a lot of em- biggest thing is to get some pink insulating foam between you and the ground. Extra tarp on the ground- then your tent- then some more tarp material- then thin pink house insulation foam-the kind that folds- on top of all that- then your blankets. Best to have a sleeping bag though- on top of the blankets- then your bag- then a couple of blankets on top of you. If you go to bed in some fresh poly pros - a hat- and wool socks(that you didn't wear all day- you'll be snug as a bug in a rug- yes- you can survive!

Answer 6

You can... but that's only part of the survival question. If you're living outdoors in 10-30 degree weather, sleeping is going to be the easy part. Camping outdoors under such conditions is harsh, and you're very likely to get frostbite, if not worse.

First off, you don't do it with "blankets", you need a real sleeping bag. All high quality sleeping bags are rated according to their utility at temperature. You can find a variety of 0 degree (and below) sleeping bags at any good outfitter... here are some examples:
http://www.backcountry.com/store/group/180/c3/s18/0-to-40-Degree-Synthetic-Bags.html
http://www.rei.com/category/4500040

Such bags are available in either synthetics or down-filled... the down bags are typically lighter, better suited to backpacking, but if you're in a fixed locale, either is fine.

Answer 7

Here in NY, it is already 30-40 at night. Two months from now, it will be -5 to 0 at night. You could "survive" in special sleeping bags, but just blankets, no way. Many of the homeless people who refuse to go to shelters freeze to death at night up here. Once they know it is going to get below 10 or 15, they try to get them to come in, but some will not.

Answer 8

NO. How far north are you going? I'm in MT and when the temps dip in the low 30's that's pretty cold, I have to have the thermostat in the house at 75 when the weather outside is that chilly...let alone anything lower than 30...and it gets in the minus up here pretty often in the winter.

Answer 9

If you have to ask, I'd guess you don't have much experience with this kind of thing, so the answer would be an emphatic "no".

I could probably do it, but I've got the experience with this kind of thing that has me committed to avoiding the necessity at all costs.

Make no mistake. You can die doing this, and not even see it coming enough to dial 911 on a cell phone.

Answer 10

moving - why are you in a tent - just camping until you can find a place.
actually- yes, you can do it - but, it will be COLD - my son did it with his dad up in northern minnesota - out hunting - so, yes, can be done - but, I'd prefer not to do it!