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Strong, low tents for high, windy places.
Lightweight folding backpacking tent for 1, 2 or 3 people, ideal for hiking, trekking and mountaineering trips.
Lightweight folding backpacking tent for 1, 2 or 3 people, ideal for hiking, trekking and mountaineering trips.
£180.99
A lightweight, spacious backpacking tent for camping, hiking and mountaineering trips.
A lightweight, spacious backpacking tent for camping, hiking and mountaineering trips.
£136.99
Lightweight double hiking tent with a 2.6 square metre sleeping area and 1.26 square metre entrance hall, in orange or green.
Lightweight double hiking tent with a 2.6 square metre sleeping area and 1.26 square metre entrance hall, in orange or green.
£171.99
Lightweight 4-season hiking tent available in single or double layout for backpacking and mountaineering.
Lightweight 4-season hiking tent available in single or double layout for backpacking and mountaineering.
£337.99
Inflatable dome tent for 4-6 people, easy to set up and suitable for all seasons.
Inflatable dome tent for 4-6 people, easy to set up and suitable for all seasons.
£211.99
A mountain tent is made for high, open ground, where the wind is stronger, the weather changes fast and there is nowhere to shelter. It needs to be low, strong and light, because you carry it up. The tents here are small double-layer tents for one to three people, made for hiking, trekking and mountaineering trips, and one of them, the Giling PRO, is a 4-season tent. One more, sold under the Mountainhiker name, is an inflatable family dome for four to six people: a tent for the campsite at the foot of the hill, not the top.
On a mountain, height is a weakness. Where the makers give a height, it is about a metre: the Mountain Leap inner tent is 100cm, the Giling PRO 105cm to 110cm. That is room to sit up, and low enough to shed wind. Pitch with the narrow or low end into the wind, peg out every guy line, and look for a spot sheltered by a wall or a dip rather than the top of a ridge. A porch helps too: the Mountain Leap's entrance hall is about 1.26 square metres, room to keep boots and a rucksack dry.
Mountain ground is often thin soil over rock. Know how to weigh a guy line down with a large stone when a peg will not go in. See tent pegs.
The rating in millimetres, the hydrostatic head, is the height of a column of water the fabric holds back before it leaks, tested to BS EN ISO 811. About 1,000mm is the lowest rating usually called waterproof, most lightweight flysheets are 1,500mm to 3,000mm, and more is worth having for long wet trips or a mountain tent left up for days. The groundsheet is often rated higher, because you kneel and lie on it. Taped seams matter as much as the number. Shop by rating: to 2,000mm, to 3,000mm and 5,000mm and over.
In summer, a strong 3-season tent is enough for most British hills. For winter, snow or very exposed camps, choose a 4-season tent.
A 4-season tent: stronger poles, and a snow skirt round the bottom of the flysheet to stop wind and snow blowing underneath. See 4-season tents, and hot tents with a stove jack for tents that take a stove. Never take a barbecue or a stove without a flue into a tent: carbon monoxide kills. With a hot tent, use its own kind of stove and a carbon monoxide alarm.
Delivery is included in every price and tracked to your door. Each product page says when that tent usually arrives, so check it before ordering for a set date.