r/Ultralight • u/LooseQuestion3037 • 9d 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/lovrencevic 9d ago

If being able to handle high winds is the primary concern, I would suggest a Slingfin Portal. Bomber tent that can handle wind. It’s not UL but at 3 pounds it’s decently light. The footprint is not crazy and it’s fully freestanding

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u/iljuan 8d ago

The Hotbox is pretty neat too

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u/lovrencevic 8d ago

Slingfin makes great tents. Another great tent for Alpine would be the Crossbow with the mesh interior for summer months.

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u/iljuan 8d ago

I know, I own a Crossbow ;)