Show pictures of your tent(s) on a canoe trip

[sweeper]

Manitou Lake Algonquin
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[Canotrouge]

Manitou Lake Algonquin

Hey you there in the burrito off the ground.... that is not a tent!!! Hahahaha
I’m surprised that you are the only one hammocking, I really thought there was more on this site!!

 

[sweeper]

That wasn't the right place or time to be sleeping in a hammock. The bugs were terrible and I was assaulted by wave after wave of them trying to get my pants on in the morning.
Beautiful beach thou. Five Snappers came in that night to lay eggs

 

[Cruiser]

I am hoping to get back to Manitou this year, I actually know where that beach is ... um ... we don't camp there lol

However, this at Raine Lake Algonquin ... first complete setup I made myself

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Then I upgraded to a bridge, and all new stuff ..... it was a blast to make, but I am amassing a lot of gear

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Thank you Sweeper, I was worried I was the only one with my head in the clouds

Brian

 

[Bob B.]

Glenn,

Canotrouge is correct the green tent of mine is a CCS lean 1 plus.

Bob

 

[goonstroke]

This is my Sierra Designs Lightning 2 (UL or FL or DFL or something like that -- the lighter of two options) at Gero 4 on Chesuncook Lake in Maine. If you squint you can almost make out Chesuncook House pre-fire (summer 2017). OK, I can't see it either, but with my actual eyes I could see it.

The thing I like about this tent is that it's front entry and has a hood (an "awning") rather than an all around fly, so you don't have to reach out and open the fly to see something. If bugs force me to bed early I can at least enjoy a view.

The only thing I don't like about this tent is that the poles are a bit fiddly to stow. For some reason SD decided to use half-length segments at the ends of the front hoop, and those little buggers don't want to go in the bag (which is of course a half a size too small). When I think about the "performance" of a tent, time to pitch and stow are as important as weight. When it's dawn and I'm on a big lake trying to get packed up so I can make a crossing before the wind picks up, I curse those gram weenies who made the stuff sack too small.

 

[Alan Gage]

Another CCS Lean 1. In northern Sask.

20160803_028 by Alan, on Flickr

20160809_129 by Alan, on Flickr

20160905_429 by Alan, on Flickr

Alan

 

[RickR]

We've had this tent for at least 15 years and like it a lot. Front and back vestibules. A 3 person tent with plenty of room for 2!

 

[Canotrouge]

Another CCS Lean 1. In northern Sask.

20160803_028 by Alan, on Flickr

20160809_129 by Alan, on Flickr

20160905_429 by Alan, on Flickr

Alan

I have a bigger one, but it is an older one so no mosquito netting and no rock flaps... I need to modify it so I could use it!!

 

[DuctTape]

Cool shots everyone. I had to search high and low to find a photo of any tent setup from a trip. Here is a Eureka Timberline and MSR Hubba. The trip was to the N Shore of Lake Superior. We launched out of Rossport, ONT.

 

[Boatman53]

Here are a couple camp from the Adirondacks.



Jim

 

[Guest]

Hubba Hubba, barely enough room for a book beside the sleeping pad. The fake grass mat in the entry vestibule is there to help scrap the dang sand and pine needles off my knees while crawling inside. Pine needles I can live with, I hate sand inside the tent.

P2180006 by Mike McCrea, on Flickr

Speaking of sand inside the tent, this is what one resorts to with a mostly mesh Hubba Hubba in windblown desert sand. Three week trip, I needed that spare 12-pack.

P4291932 by Mike McCrea, on Flickr

Super windy and rainy trips, I sent my tarp low and live under there cooking, and hanging out.

Man I hate early spring heavy cold winds ...

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I like those side wind blocks. I do the same with our Tundra Tarp, using an old Timberline “Annex”, which can be sacrificially wrapped around too close trees if need be, and easily unclipped and moved side-to-side if the wind shifts.

P2190021 by Mike McCrea, on Flickr

 

[Black_Fly]

Love my Nemo Losi 3P when there's two of us. This one's a replacement, as the first one leaked terribly though its first trip. For solo trips, I've been using an Exped Venus II. Found a photo finally, and the dang thing wouldn't upload. Good tent, green, use your imagination.

 

[Pinecones]

Last year I got a ZPacks Duplex for backpacking. But it's also lightened my load considerably on canoe trips! Weighs just 19 oz. and packs down to a small bundle. It's a single wall tent, but I haven't had any real issue with condensation as of yet. Made of a lightweight, durable fabric called Dyneema, which does not absorb water. Roomy as heck and sets up fast with the two carbon fiber tent poles I also bought from ZPacks. (I just use my hiking poles with it while backpacking.)

https://zpacks.com/products/duplex-tent

 

[Pinecones]

Also have a larger 3-man TNF Moraine - love that tent. So airy and large and great in a storm.
And a 2-man Kelty Vortex. Old tent and still perfectly usable for canoe trips.

 

[Quinn]

Exped Venus 2 on Stewart lake. A well made tent that is somewhere between a heavy 3 season and lightweight 4 season tent.

 

[Jim Dodd]

Camping on a local river Sand bar. just an overnighter, and no chance for rain. I spent most of the evening out on a chair, and finally retired.
This tent is light, and just big enough for such an occasion. Not what I'd use on an extended trip, unless I was going light .
A Eureka Apollo 2.

 

[Gerald]

Mec Lightield 4season tent on Thelon River 2004. Great tent. This tent belongs to a younger man now who I'm sure will put it to good use.

 

[wjmc]

Three tents that have served me well.

Moss Stardome 2 (maybe familiar from Paddling Pitt's posts?), Calder River NWT 2005. Very strong, great fabric, better features (2 doors, zip out roof vent) than the MSR Fury which succeeded it. A bit heavy for a solo.



Hilleberg Nallo 2, north of Sled Lake NWT, 2007. No country for hammocks. Very light , very strong. Not a tent for hot weather camping.




Hilleberg Soulo, Rebesca Lake NWT, 2019. Strong, light, completely freestanding. Not for hot weather, I wish it was 6" wider.

 

[PaddlingPitt]

wjmc,

Just wondering where Rebecca Lake is.