Spike Camp Planning Tent Help

[Danimal]

Just be mindful of weather and how long you plan to be out two years ago it snowed/ rained for 2 weeks straight during bow season, without that tipi hunting would have been miserable and honestly unsafe. We had two guys, whom were lost find our tipi, we were in base layers with a fire cranking, they were soaked and planed to share a backpacking tent for the night (with no plans on drying gear with a fire). I showed them where they were and how to get to their destination and wished them good luck knowing they would be back to the truck in the morning!

That's a crazy story. I can see how things can go bad quickly. Last year at base camp after about 3-4 days of warm weather with an occasional thunderstorm rolling by we got blasted one night by a big thunderstorm followed by a 30 degree temperature drop down into the mid 30's. The next morning was cold and wet and had we been out there with our day gear it would have been rough. I've never thought about packing in a little stove but that could be a literal and figurative life saver. If we did a bigger tipi style and split the pack work between a couple guys that could be a good option.

 

[5MilesBack]

That's why I always have a base camp as well. Worst case scenario, I just pack out to base camp. I'm getting too old to spend a week in a little tiny tent in miserable conditions.

 

[mwebs]

Yea they were in for quite the night and had already hiked 2 miles in the wrong direction. We have the Seek Outside 4 person tipi and large stove, I am sure the other companies that do tipis/ tarps are just as good that is just what we decided to go with. That snowy year we hunted 3 guys out of it, it was tight but doable when we pulled the sides out farther than usual with guylines (If you plan on doing this make sure you sealed the seams because it stretches them). Normally we try to do two guys with the stove/ 3 without and that gives us tons of room.

Here are listed weights, although I feel like that seems heavy for the tipi, pole and stake weight. Split this between 2 guys and it is nothing.
Tipi, pole, stakes 4 pounds 12 oz
Stove 35 oz
Pipe 16 oz

Altogether for less weight than most backpacking tents you get more room, wood stove heat and dry gear. Last year my buddies bivyed in a separate drainage while we were in the tipi a few miles away. It only got down to 20s at night, but I will take the extra weight every-time haha!

Picture below it is set-up off a road, so useful for that as well if you don't have a wall tent..

 

[ScreamingPotato]

Thanks for the extra details that's awesome.

 

[sneaky]

Look into a Seek Outside LBO. You can configure that in a bunch of different ways to suit just about any number of guys you plan on having.

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[Southforkguy]

Look into a Seek Outside LBO. You can configure that in a bunch of different ways to suit just about any number of guys you plan on having.

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If i was going to get a spike camp tent id consider this, but i am going to try a DST tarp this year. I sold my cimarron which i liked but felt like for a base camp it was not adequate for me and too much for a spike camp. Idk maybe i shouldve kept it

 

[Roadking92]

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