Comparison of indoor vs outdoor temperatures of huts in the winter

roadtripper said:

Thinking about going on my first overnight winter adventure but I'm a little nervous about the gear my group has (no sub-zero bags). I'm thinking about making reservations for either the AMC High Cabin, AMC Zealand Hut, RMC Gray Knob hut, USFS Black Mountain Cabin, USFS Doublehead Cabin or a cabins in Savoy SF in MA.

Some questions:
(1) How cold can it possibly get?
(2) What's the coldest temperature you've experienced while sleeping in a hut/cabin in winter in this region? (exterior vs. interior temperatures if you remember both).
(3) For those cabins/huts with wood stoves, do you often find it necessary to replace the wood in the wood stove several times throughout the night?
(4) Say the temperature outside is -10 degrees, what can you reasonably expect the sleeping quarters to be in one or each of the cabins listed below? (with or without the wood stove).
(5) Have any of the wood stoves ever failed you? I had a lot of trouble getting the Black Mountain Cabin stove fired up this past spring. Could be I need to brush up on my fire-starting skills
(6) I'm guessing many of you will be sending me on my way to EMS or REI to buy a -20 degree bag. Any model suggestions?

Any feedback/thoughts/ideas/warnings would be appreciated!

Thanks

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Billy said:

Chip, this is a fantastic post, from start to finish. Excellent.

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