"I love your avitar. I've always been afraid of bears, perhaps the fear is unwarranted."

Thanks - I found it on the web. I don't recall it, but apparently it was from the movie Super Troopers. I do remember that movie being hilarious for the first 15 minutes and then not so much the rest of the time.

yes for sure you can use the caribou as a quilt over your versalite or whatever. its also cut larger then the normal "lite" bags of WM. so it works perfectly =P
also not much to carry arround such a caribou.
lightweight extra warmth.
greetz from germany =)

Sorry Dan, I forgot that my Caribou was from the first year of production when they had no baffles. All seams were stitched-thru construction (lot’s “o” cold spots)

Sometime after I sold mine and bought a Megalite, WM changed the Caribou to the current construction with baffled vertical (head to toe) seams and horizontal (cross body) seams sewn-thru.

Kyle-
You would do really well with the Antelope. I used one for years as my only bag, plenty of winter use in Michigan's UP. I can and do shift the down before going to bed if temps are too warm. IMO, it's about the closest to perfection in a bag you'll find. Since you'll have a summer/3-season bag, I'd go for the Antelope over the Versalite--the Antelope has a full 6 ounces more down, which in reality will create much more than the 5 degree temperature differential they report between the two bags.

Thanks for all the great feedback, guys. Extremely helpful! Nice to the know that the Caribou is a decent quilt option.

I called my other local WM retailer had their demo bags on sale for 20% off. I pulled the trigger on the Antelope.

I too spend most of my backpacking time in northern Minnesota (North Shore, Boundry Waters, Keck, Sioux Hustler, ect.) Also like you I am a very warm sleeper. I have found the following bag ratings to work great and allow me to backpack year round.

45 degree quilt
35 degree sleeping bag
0 degree sleeping bag