Sounds like a good way to do it. If I do it, I'll be camping using our 3 person MSR tent (3 season) it packs pretty small, and maybe I'll buy an extra synthetic sleeping back to put my down one into. I have a little pelican sled I can drag behind me in the snow to an intended base camp. Just got to see if I can take off the time. And convince the fam (and myself) that I'l be safe lol.