Solo shelter for Gnar

Clarktar

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After getting my arse kicked late fall in the high country I am looking into shelter options and thought I might as well start a thread, atleast get my post count closer to Shreks.

1) Need to have a stove. I don't care what kind of rain gear you have, if you hunt in the weather and terrain I do, you will either be soaked (all your gear) after two days, or you sit in the tent and wait. Therefore, I feel a stove option might give me the ability to dry gear out either every night or every two days. I could actually care less about being "warm" in the tent. I am only in that thing to eat, then sleep. I can wear down gear while eating and be warm, and I am not called when I sleep.

2) Usually during these conditions I am alone. Sure, maybe one days I will hunt with someone during this type of weather but it rarely happens. So probably a shelter on the smaller side

3) As always he lighter the better, but I do not want to trade durability/functionality for weight. For example, I rather have something that can buck wind, than something light that I Would be worried or fighting with during a wind storm.

4) I already own a Cimarron. Love it. Use it often. I could just add a stove jack to it. Would be a palace for 1 with a stove. Lots of room to dry out gear etc. Could also work if I ever end up sharing the experience with some other whacko. But, is it overkill? Too big? Can I get the same functionality out of something smaller and lighter (silvertip)?

If I had a dedicated group of hunters I went with I would likely spread the financial pain and weight of a Sawtooth. But that isnt the case.

I guess my only hesitation about adding a stove jack to my Cimarron, is I love the weight it is at right now, and I am not sure if I will need a shelter that big, if mostly solo hunting during these WET, snowy etc. conditions.. I guess a bigger shelter would allow me to cape something in the shelter if I was able to get so lucky, or atleast bone out quarters in a shelter if conditions were that miserable outside.

Anyway, figured it was time for me to get some input from everyone else. (Things are slow at work at the moment).
 
I would add the stove jack and go with the Cimarron. I'm betting even if you buy a smaller slightly lighter shelter and add a stove jack to it you will still end up grabbing the Cimarron for the extra space.

You are going to add a 3lb stove. Is 6 to 8 ounces or even a full lb going to bother you. If so look at a supertarp or many of the other solo tarp style shelters.
 
I would add the stove jack and go with the Cimarron. I'm betting even if you buy a smaller slightly lighter shelter and add a stove jack to it you will still end up grabbing the Cimarron for the extra space.

You are going to add a 3lb stove. Is 6 to 8 ounces or even a full lb going to bother you. If so look at a supertarp or many of the other solo tarp style shelters.

Likely not a bother on the weight. I could probably lose about 5 cimarrons off my belly before I start complaining about 8 oz.
 
I used my Sawtooth as a solo shelter this year. Brought a Helinox cot and Helinox ground chair. I was pretty psyched to have the extra space to sit, lounge, cook dinner after a day of hunting, while having room for my gear. Personally - I'd put a stove jack in the Cimmaron if I were you.

(Note - I was spike camped, not hauling stuff all over the place. Had a Paratarp in the pack for emergency purposes that didn't get used)
 
Copy that. Thanks for the input. I think when I wrote my post, I basically answered my own question and people are now confirming it. Just put a jack in the Cimarron.
 
Chris, I agree with others. Get yourself a stove and enjoy the space. Ain't nothing like a good fire and warm shelter.

Randy
 
X4 on a Stove jack for the cimarron. If the main purpose is to dry gear you're going to need the room.

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If you're happy with the Cimarron no reason to change. The Silvertip isn't that much lighter. It is stronger in really bad weather, but that's a small difference irrelevant for most.
 
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