Backcountry tents

[Kucher]

For my third trip to elk country I will be looking to change up from a base camp set up to a more mobile set up. Looking for ideas on light weight tents.

 

[MuleyFever]

Home - Tarptent

 

[MTElkChaser]

Are you hunting solo, or with “x” many? Tarp, hot tent, or double walled? Lots of great options out there.

 

[Kucher]

Being hunting with a partner but we will have our own set ups. Where we hunt we tend to get rain and hail often. Something lightweight and durable

 

[mrbillbrown]

Floorless or full tent? Currently using a Kifaru Tut as my floorless and heated shelter and a Big Agnes Copper Spur UL2 for my full tent needs.


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[Kucher]

Pretty sure I wanna go full tent. Don’t have any experience with floorless but with the weather we get seems like it could get messy.

 

[sneaky]

You would be surprised. Water doesn't come in unless you set up in a depression, even then a regular tent isn't going to help much. With rain and hail, sounds like a hot tent to dry gear out would be the ticket.

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[cmahoney]

I love my BA copper spur UL1 so far. Plenty of room for me 5’8” 175 and good size vestibule for my gear. Pretty fast set up and you can get away with only staking the vestibule when it’s not windy


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[IaTrent]

Google MSR Hubba Hubba NX 2, you will find it on sale.

 

[Grumman]

Google MSR Hubba Hubba NX 2, you will find it on sale.

I’ve been really happy with mine. LLBean had it for 25% off yesterday, may still be going on.


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[rayporter]

then when the weather is nasty the floor will be soaked and the water and mud cant get out. once I took my knife and poked a couple holes in the floor of a good tent to let the water out. that was the end of my floored tents.

 

[20DYNAMITE07]

If you're interested in an affordable 'Mid, you could check out the Naturehike Pyramid. It runs $140 on Amazon, and weighs 3.5lbs with the full kit including the fly, bathtub/mesh inner, and a ground sheet. You can save weight by leaving the inner and or ground sheet at home. It sleeps 1 if you use the inner mesh, or 2 without the mesh, so you would have plenty of room for your gear either way. You could easily carry it under 2lbs depending upon how you want to configure it. It gets really solid reviews online, and it appears really well made, though I must admit I haven't handled it myself.

This dude has a nice video where he talks about the tent for a bit (you don't need to watch the full thing)

[video=youtube;4a_Li8b0mkg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4a_Li8b0mkg[/video]

 

[state637]

Similar situation with me.....I’m leaning towards the ParaTarp with annex or Double Rainbow Tarptent. I like the floorless shelters because of the stove options. Tarps seem to be easy to set up and can use trekking poles for the support poles.

 

[flinginarrows]

Seek outside Cimarron is the only tent I've ever had. I was super worried about it being floorless at first but it's been awesome tbh. I am in California and haven't camped much in rain but i can imagine how nice it must be to be able to just walk in to the tent without having to take boots off when you're in a hurry to get out of the rain.

 

[mfllood3800]

I have slept in rain, snow, hail and high winds. It is nice having a floorless to not worry about mess and debris on floor in those real world scenarios. I have yet to have water running in my tent. I also like the idea of having a stove jack built in to host a stove. When hunting in these scenarios(wet) a stove is key for drying out what got wet during the day.
Seek Outside has many options for you depending what you want in size and ease of set up.
Plus they are a sponsor on here and are great to Rokslide folks.

 

[jorken]

Six Moon Design - Lunar Solo is a pretty solid option. Good amount of room for you + gear, very light and it stands up to elements.

 

[brisket]

I'm about to sound like I've sold my soul and have to advertise gear to earn it back, but here goes.

I've not been in it through hail, but seek outside's LBO has been really great for me through wind, rain and snow. The floorless works better on hunting trips for me, no need to remove boots until getting into the sleeping bag. Seek outside's website does a poor job describing the LBO in my opinion. There are 3 pieces to the tent, the base, a tarp, and the vestibule. Each piece weighs roughly 1lb, so it's very configurable for what you're doing

When it's just me I use the base and vestibule - tons of room for 1 guy and gear
Just me and I want a hot tent - double base, cause I move around a lot and want the space to dry gear out (and my vestibule doesn't have a stove jack)
Me and a buddy (or more) - base tarp base. Sleeps like a palace for the 3ish lbs it weights, plus ample room for a stove with 2 people

The tarp can also be used alone for a glassing rain brake, or sunshade
The base is supposed to be great for those who don't mind an open side... I'm not one of those

If you and your buddy decide to sleep in the same tent, you can also split the weight really easily

 

[elkduds]

Minipeak Pyramid Tent (2P) for Backpacking



– Luxe Hiking Gear

 

[Thelostabbey]

I had a six moon designs lunar solo and the only thing I didn't like about it was that it was enclosed. Don't get me wrong, camping next to water with lots of mosquitos it helped, but I felt like I lost all the use of the vestibule because of the netting. If I got another it would be the dechutes tarp with netting perimiter. It would be pretty spacious for 1 person.

 

[camelcluch]

The Zpack Duplex has had my eye for a while.