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<blockquote data-quote="Bobcape" data-source="post: 2264696" data-attributes="member: 13100"><p>I live in the Black Hill of South Dakota. We get some snow. I bought a Cabela's Alaska Guide 6-man tent a long time ago. Only used it once or twice. Not really a well made tent. I used it 3 years ago on my Black Hills elk hunt. The day I shot my elk was a long, solo, day. By the time I got it loaded into my truck and made it to the check station, I was closer to home than my camp. I drove home and worked on the elk. Intended to go back and break camp the next day. We got a lot of snow so I didn't get back for 2 more days. The tent was completely collapsed and almost all the poles were broken. It had been well guyed out, both tent and fly. Once I got back to town I took it to Cabela's. It was old enough that it had their Forever Guarantee tag sewn into it. The manager said - We've changed that. Now it's only guaranteed for the life of the product. I just left the trashed tent and poles there on the floor.</p><p></p><p>Now I have a Mountain Hardwear Trango 4. It is a really solid and well made tent. Pretty easy to put up by yourself and has a lot of winter camping features. It was setup for a little over 2 weeks last season. We got snow twice during that time. No more that 6" each time. But it held up without a problem. It is the most solid tent I've ever been in during extreme winds. It's not lightweight, about 12 lbs plus the footprint. Dang nice tent.</p><p></p><p>Bob</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bobcape, post: 2264696, member: 13100"] I live in the Black Hill of South Dakota. We get some snow. I bought a Cabela’s Alaska Guide 6-man tent a long time ago. Only used it once or twice. Not really a well made tent. I used it 3 years ago on my Black Hills elk hunt. The day I shot my elk was a long, solo, day. By the time I got it loaded into my truck and made it to the check station, I was closer to home than my camp. I drove home and worked on the elk. Intended to go back and break camp the next day. We got a lot of snow so I didn’t get back for 2 more days. The tent was completely collapsed and almost all the poles were broken. It had been well guyed out, both tent and fly. Once I got back to town I took it to Cabela’s. It was old enough that it had their Forever Guarantee tag sewn into it. The manager said - We've changed that. Now it's only guaranteed for the life of the product. I just left the trashed tent and poles there on the floor. Now I have a Mountain Hardwear Trango 4. It is a really solid and well made tent. Pretty easy to put up by yourself and has a lot of winter camping features. It was setup for a little over 2 weeks last season. We got snow twice during that time. No more that 6" each time. But it held up without a problem. It is the most solid tent I’ve ever been in during extreme winds. It’s not lightweight, about 12 lbs plus the footprint. Dang nice tent. Bob [/QUOTE]
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