Solo tent suggestion

Take a look at the Tarptent NOTCH. Hunting often takes us to high places and high winds. This is a tent that can handle it.

The NOTCH uses your hiking poles (or cut sticks or Tarptent's own sectioned carbon fiber poles). for support. It weighs 1 lb. 11 oz. and has two doors and good sized vestibules that are adjustable for size. Guyed out and staked down it can withstand high winds well.

Also the poles used for the NOTCH do not block the door! That's a rarity in tents with vertical poles. Plus if you are using your adjustable hiking poles you can adjust one section to increase tension on the poles from inside the tent if the tent sags a bit with dampness from dew or rain. Neat.

I have the similar T.T. Moment DW with a main hoop of aluminum sectioned pole. With the fly staked down (4 stakes) and the 4 guy lines staked out this tent is bombproof in high winds. Staked out like this there is a little fluttering of the fly but absolutely no flapping to keep you awake all night.

Eric

Awesome...what I was looking for. Going to hunt Mid-Asian ibex next year and needed a tent to throw in just in case...

Ed

Tarptent Scarp1 is what I have. Pretty much exact same as the Notch but slightly wider and a little more room with minimal weight gain. Also both the notch and Scarp can be used without the inner tent for a super light setup.

How are these Tarptents fairing? I saw a video of a guy in the UK that claimed his Moment DW didn't hold up to the wind very well. Didn't collapse mind you but had footage of walls bowing in dramatically. Your thoughts?

What about bad weather with this tent? Wouldn't be better a 3-season 2 person tent to store gear also?

I have a hilleberg nallo 2 gt for really bad weather and when my wife goes with (which is a lot!). When you are solo every ounce counts. My tarptent Scarp1 has pleanty of room for one guy and all his gear. It has two vestibules so gear in one and go in and out the other. The tarptent is literally half the weight of the hilleberg. I have a November solo Mule deer hunt that I will be using the tarptent on. If you read the reviews on tarptent sand the scarp or notch it is pretty much a 3.5 season tent. Not for Everest but can handle 95% of what Colorado can throw at it.

midnightmalloy said:

I have a hilleberg nallo 2 gt for really bad weather and when my wife goes with (which is a lot!). When you are solo every ounce counts. My tarptent Scarp1 has pleanty of room for one guy and all his gear. It has two vestibules so gear in one and go in and out the other. The tarptent is literally half the weight of the hilleberg. I have a November solo Mule deer hunt that I will be using the tarptent on. If you read the reviews on tarptent sand the scarp or notch it is pretty much a 3.5 season tent. Not for Everest but can handle 95% of what Colorado can throw at it.

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Thanks for sharing your insight

Mike 338,
Sorry this is late. That video you saw was of a Tarptent with NO guy lines and NO fly hem stakes. From my own high wind tests (steady 40 mph with 60 mph gusts per NOAA report) my Moment DW had no fly flapping, no pole bending and only a bit of flutter in the fly during the worst gusts.

I sewed stake loops on my fly hem but all Moment DW tents now come with them. I also always carry pre-prepared guy lines with small LineLoc tensioners and sturdy plastic snap hooks for the tent end of the guy lines. Good for a fast set-up at 0-dark thirty in a sudden storm.

BTW, Tarptents that have the optional crossing poles (SCARP 1 & 2, Moment DW) can be freestanding with those poles.On both my SCARP 2 and Moment DW I have run the X-ing poles under the fly for much more stability and snow load resistance. (See photos and text at Backpacking Light at Winter Hiking forum (SCARP 2) and Tarptent Forum (Moment DW).
Eric B.