My new tent came today. It’s light, really light. I’m quite happy with it. It’s light enough that I could even take this tent solo if I had to. And split between 3 people it will be just over 1.5 lbs/person. On that note it’s going to be a tight squeeze for 3 people. We’ll definitely have to sleep staggered like the tent diagram suggests. While it may be somewhat small I’m very confident we won’t have any “it’s raining in the freakin’ tent!” issues like we did last time we went to Absaroka.

I still haven’t received the footprint as it’s backordered, so I haven’t been able to test the Fast-Fly setup yet. Setting up the tent in this matter means not using the main body of the tent at all, and simpy securing the fly directly over the poles and attaching it to the footprint. This cuts more than 25% of the weight and doesn’t look like it will affect the weatherproofness at all. I’m hoping I’ll be able to field test the Fast-Fly setup in Kootenay in July when the bugs shouldn’t be an issue.

All the stated weights are accurate with everything weighing in at 2.207 kg including the footprint.

This was also the final piece of gear I needed to finally have a fully accurate pack list. For a 4 day, 3 night trip to Kootenay my base pack weight will only be 14.34 lbs, and total initial pack weight - including fuel, food, and 2L of water - will be only 24 lbs.