It's impressive how quickly things can go south. Camping in Gunnison National Park a year or two ago when a severe snowstorm blew in that we had zero warning of

It's impressive how quickly things can go south. Camping in Gunnison National Park a year or two ago when a severe snowstorm blew in that we had zero warning of. Went from sunny and fairly warm to a foot of snow and 10 degree weather over night. We did not have the equipment nor the experience for that kind of cold, and while the first night was ok, it was the next night when the ground froze beneath us that we realized how dangerous this really was. I woke up that night with only what I can assume was mild hypothermia. Couldn't get warm, heart beating like crazy and I kept throwing up. Ended up having to sleep in the car, and even that really wasn't enough to stay warm without having to turn the car on every few hours. Roads were frozen and impassable so if anything had really gone south, we'd have been screwed. Since then we obviously educated ourselves a lot and improved our winter camping gear and now we actively seek out cold weather camping. You can see some photos here: https://roambyland.com/colorado-winters-sawpit-telluride-gunnison/ https://roambyland.com/colorado-winters-sawpit-telluride-gun...