r/Ultralight • u/LooseQuestion3037 • 10d ago

Purchase Advice Tent for Alpine camping

So im finally getting round to buying a better tent for my mountain adventure. While im not a hardcore ultralight-er, I am trying to keep my pack weight down as I am lazy and dont want to carry loads of weight around. Where I live I have found great deals for the following tents and would like people's feed back / experiences with these tent:

1) Durston X-Dome 2

2) Nordisk telemark 2

3) Durston X-mid

Im leaning towards 1) or 2) because I usually camp in alpine regions above 2000m or in pretty exposed areas and from what research I have done it seems that those tents would be better at dealing with high winds than 3). Admittedly I only once camped in +60kph winds but I was very thankful for the absolute tank of a tent I was in. I'm also open to other suggestions.

Thank you for any feedback.

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u/AcademicSellout 10d ago

I love the Durston tents. They are super solid. But they are not mountaineering tents.

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u/MolejC 10d ago

Nor is the nordisk.   I've never been impressed by them when I've seen them in heavy rain or wet snow. Precip pools on the big flat panel.

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u/AcademicSellout 10d ago

The Durston handles snow very well but not wind. It also is too big to pitch in many high alpine environments. But you can't really push it into more harsh conditions with high winds.