Which direction do you put your head when sleeping in shelters?

[Footslogger]

On warm nights I prefer to sleep with my head towards the shelter opening. On cold nights I would rather get my head in out of the draft and so I sleep "head in".

No magic or rocket science there. Try em both and see what you like.

'Slogger
AT 2003

[ffstenger]

I sleep with my head out toward the open end. Mice and critters tend to run along the walls and back of the shelter and I don't like to be woke up by little feet running across my face.... Showme.

[roadrunner625]

I always like to sleep in the upper bunk. If a bear decides to enter during the night, I figure that he's going after the easy food first (bottom level hikers). That being said, being on the upper level, if I sit up at night and the roof of the shelter slopes toward the back, I don't want to wake up, sit up and get knocked back out by banging my head on the ceiling. There's more headroom at the open end of the shelter.

[The Cheat]

I always like to sleep in the upper bunk. If a bear decides to enter during the night, I figure that he's going after the easy food first (bottom level hikers).

Well, if there was a bear maitre'd there he might offer his favored patrons something from the top shelf.

[RockyTrail]

Good reasons posted for sleeping in various positions, but almost everyone I've ever slept with in a lean-to has their feet pointing outward. I think it's kind of like elevators where everyone faces the door.

I've done this a few times just to see people squirm
(i.e. face the people in the elevator instead of the door). Better yet, when the door closes say "I'm glad you all could make it to the meeting today" then watch how fast they bolt when the door opens! hee hee

I like head towards the opening, away from those mice scurrying along the wall.

[Nightwalker]

Cold - Head in.
Hot - Head out.

[Uncle Wayne]

Wow! I've been section hiking the AT since '96 and have never seen anyone sleep with their head toward the wall. I was expecting a run away vote for head out!

We've always slept head out for the sole reason of mice along the back wall. But at Hawk Mountain Shelter Tripper had one run across her head in the upper level so as others have said, that doesn't always work.

To each his on I guess.

[NICKTHEGREEK]

My head is never less than 100 yds from a shelter

[Buckingham]

Now that I have my Hennessy, I'll never sleep in a shelter again!!!!

Unless it rips.

Or I forget to pack it.

Or if it's a really cool lookin' shelter.

Come to think of it, I could change my mind altogether.
Like James Bond never said, "Never say never again.".