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<blockquote data-quote="Pdvdh" data-source="post: 1061889" data-attributes="member: 4191"><p>Someone mentioned the Cabela's expedition or guide tent earlier. I've known hunters who've had those tents blown down/apart by high winds in Alaska. Although I've experienced winds up here that would level any tent. Best practice, no matter what tent you purchase, is set up in a location with some wind protection, whenever possible. </p><p></p><p>I tried to set up a tent in an open mountain valley on Kodiak Island just before dark one April after having shot a brown bear. No tree cover available in this mountain valley/pass. The wind blows too hard for any trees to survive. I was skinning on the bear until useful light was gone. The wind was averaging 50mph and gusting up toward 90mph. When I later hiked back out to the beach, a commercial fishing boat anchored in a protected bay had registered winds as high as 93mph while I was out hunting.</p><p></p><p>Back to setting up this 2-3 man tent. My hands were getting cold and clumsy. I managed to get the tent up. Although it didn't look like it was apt to rain, I thought I should try to install the rain fly. As I was preparing to place the fly over the tent, a gust of wind hit and that rain fly took off like it was shot out of a cannon. I got up and ran in pursuit. I could barely see it in the distance flying over the surface of the ice/snow covered beaver pond/lake. I got to the end of the pond and didn't really expect to ever see that rain fly again. Fortunately some of the tie downs got caught up in the brush off the end of the pond and tangled the fly in the brush. I grabbed that thing, bunched it up tightly and headed back to the tent. Climbed into the tent with all my gear, and spent the night listening to the wind pounding my tent. There were periods where I was trying to keep the tent from lifting off the ground. Needless to say, all the tent poles were bent and collapsed by the next morning. It was a Northface tent, and they replaced the tent poles under warranty. </p><p></p><p>All this to say, I've experienced some strange and wild winds a number of times. Winds that would level any tent set up in the open. The tents will either collapse or tear. Any time I set a tent up without protection from the wind, I know I risk losing that tent. Kodiak Island is particularly bad. I've never seen weather change as quickly and abruptly anywhere else.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pdvdh, post: 1061889, member: 4191"] Someone mentioned the Cabela's expedition or guide tent earlier. I've known hunters who've had those tents blown down/apart by high winds in Alaska. Although I've experienced winds up here that would level any tent. Best practice, no matter what tent you purchase, is set up in a location with some wind protection, whenever possible. I tried to set up a tent in an open mountain valley on Kodiak Island just before dark one April after having shot a brown bear. No tree cover available in this mountain valley/pass. The wind blows too hard for any trees to survive. I was skinning on the bear until useful light was gone. The wind was averaging 50mph and gusting up toward 90mph. When I later hiked back out to the beach, a commercial fishing boat anchored in a protected bay had registered winds as high as 93mph while I was out hunting. Back to setting up this 2-3 man tent. My hands were getting cold and clumsy. I managed to get the tent up. Although it didn't look like it was apt to rain, I thought I should try to install the rain fly. As I was preparing to place the fly over the tent, a gust of wind hit and that rain fly took off like it was shot out of a cannon. I got up and ran in pursuit. I could barely see it in the distance flying over the surface of the ice/snow covered beaver pond/lake. I got to the end of the pond and didn't really expect to ever see that rain fly again. Fortunately some of the tie downs got caught up in the brush off the end of the pond and tangled the fly in the brush. I grabbed that thing, bunched it up tightly and headed back to the tent. Climbed into the tent with all my gear, and spent the night listening to the wind pounding my tent. There were periods where I was trying to keep the tent from lifting off the ground. Needless to say, all the tent poles were bent and collapsed by the next morning. It was a Northface tent, and they replaced the tent poles under warranty. All this to say, I've experienced some strange and wild winds a number of times. Winds that would level any tent set up in the open. The tents will either collapse or tear. Any time I set a tent up without protection from the wind, I know I risk losing that tent. Kodiak Island is particularly bad. I've never seen weather change as quickly and abruptly anywhere else. [/QUOTE]
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