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<blockquote data-quote="Pdvdh" data-source="post: 1414197" data-attributes="member: 4191"><p>Winds on Kodiak can vary from calm to 100mph, and can change in short order, with very little notice. You might get no wind, but you'd best prepare for some breath taking winds.</p><p></p><p>I was trying to set up my Northface 2-man tent on the island late one night after having killed a 10.5' brown bear. The wind was averaging 50mph and was gusting up to 100mph. I was three miles inland, but a commercial fishing boat anchored in protected waters recorded 96mph on a wind speed gauge that night. While I was attempting to set the rain fly (all by myself), the wind caught it and ripped it free of my grasp. That thing took off horizontal - I kid you not - and shot across the full length of a frozen beaver pond - me sprinting after it. If there hadn't have been some brush growing at the downwind end of the pond, I'd have never recovered it. It hung up by the nylon cords in the brush.</p><p></p><p>I gave up on installing the rain fly and crawled into the tent for the night. The only thing that kept the tent from flying away that night was my weight, in it. All the tent poles were bent by morning. Not a single one was salvageable. The tent tried to lift off multiple times during the night with me in it. It was a sleepless night.</p><p></p><p>Hunted in Alaska for 40yrs now. Never seen the winds change in a moment's notice, with the ferocity that they blow on Kodiak Island. The gusts that come down off the mountain sides will literally shake and shudder the log cabins I've slept in.</p><p></p><p>PS: Yes, you should take a 4-season tent. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pdvdh, post: 1414197, member: 4191"] Winds on Kodiak can vary from calm to 100mph, and can change in short order, with very little notice. You might get no wind, but you'd best prepare for some breath taking winds. I was trying to set up my Northface 2-man tent on the island late one night after having killed a 10.5' brown bear. The wind was averaging 50mph and was gusting up to 100mph. I was three miles inland, but a commercial fishing boat anchored in protected waters recorded 96mph on a wind speed gauge that night. While I was attempting to set the rain fly (all by myself), the wind caught it and ripped it free of my grasp. That thing took off horizontal - I kid you not - and shot across the full length of a frozen beaver pond - me sprinting after it. If there hadn't have been some brush growing at the downwind end of the pond, I'd have never recovered it. It hung up by the nylon cords in the brush. I gave up on installing the rain fly and crawled into the tent for the night. The only thing that kept the tent from flying away that night was my weight, in it. All the tent poles were bent by morning. Not a single one was salvageable. The tent tried to lift off multiple times during the night with me in it. It was a sleepless night. Hunted in Alaska for 40yrs now. Never seen the winds change in a moment's notice, with the ferocity that they blow on Kodiak Island. The gusts that come down off the mountain sides will literally shake and shudder the log cabins I've slept in. PS: Yes, you should take a 4-season tent. :) [/QUOTE]
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