Makes total sense! And confirms my thinking on how to proceed. Thanks a million, Paul! Look forward to seeing the pics from your 5-day trip.

Good question!

We both pack light and simply so extremely easy to pull out the gear already in our pack liner, place in the quilt at the bottom of the pack/pack liner again, and repack. Takes minutes vs. gathering all the gear again scattered in our gear room (sewing room/workout room/guest room!) and placing it just so.

In fact, I’m about to do that later today for a five-day trip. 🙂

Hope that all makes sense?

Just out of curiosity, where exactly do you put your quilts in the packs? Most backpackers put their sleep systems at the bottom of the pack, since they’re not needed until arriving at the campsite, and typically leave things like rain gear or, sometimes, the shelter at the top of the pack for quick and easy access. But in your case, that organizational system would require UNPACKING the packs in order to put the quilts in last minute. Just curious, mainly because I’m looking to pre-stage and pre-pack as much gear as possible for this summer’s trips. Thanks!