Camping in cold temps, bad idea?

NErunner wrote:
Hi all, I realize there's a recent post about camping in the winter, but it talks about a better insulated fifth wheeler camping in NM subfreezing temps, my situation is different.

My travel trailer (Prime Tracer 24DBS) comes with what the manufacturer calls an extended season camping that includes:

Roof (R-14) Double Layer Fiberglass
Floor (R-14) Extra Thick Bead Foam
Front Cap (R-14) Double Layer Fiberglass Insulation
Enclosed And Heated Underbelly
Enclosed And Heated Holding Tanks

I take it I can probably delay winterization until late fall and use it normally? I'm asking because we are planning our last trip of the season for the end of November (Thanksgiving), hoping to camp in the white mountains in NH. It gets pretty cold above tree line on the 4000 footers but in the valleys where the campsites are located the averages for that time of the year are 27F at night to 45F during the day.

I wonder, will it be too late into the season for camping with my unit without taken any precautions? If so, what I should worry about to avoid a catastrophe? Thanks in advance!

We just returned from a trip to WY where we had temps similar to that for a couple of the days. Nights got that cold, and colder, almost every night. It just warmed up more most days. One day the high only hit 40 with heavy winds. As others have mentioned, if it's sunny, you'll be in better shape. On the 40 degree day, we used our fireplace, which functions as a space heater, and between that and the sun, it kept the living area of the trailer at around 65 degrees, and we are larger than yours. We have a built in LP generator but opted to use a portable generator for our power needs during the day, to conserve propane usage for night. We do have 4 propane tanks, and ran through them in about 5 days. Half of one was used up our first day as we got a little crazy running the AC and then stopped once we saw how much propane the onboard generator was using. The furnace was kept at 64 at night. If we didn't have our dogs with us, we could have gone lower as our bed was plenty warm, but they got cold in the living room :) We used the tank heaters on the coldest nights but I'm not sure we really needed to.