Denali Tent for 2 Recommendations

So a friend of mine and I are climbing the West Ribb at the end of May and are trying to find the right tent for the climb. We've got a Trango 3 and an EV 3 as well as a Coleman Helios X2. The Trango weighs too much, the EV3 has no vestibule, and the Coleman is well, a Coleman... (although I have spent a night in 100+mph winds in it).

We recently tried out Mountain Hardwear's new Tangent 2 tent, but that was waaaay to damn small. Currently I think we are settling in on the Hilleberg Nallo-3, but I've always been intrigued by the Stephenson Warmlite tents.

Anyone else have ideas or suggestions for us to try?

Thanks,

- Josh

You cant go wrong with the Nallo. With that said are you doing the whole west rib or the upper rib. If you are doing the upper rib have you thought of taking the Trango three to 14,000 ft then taking a super light above onto the Rib?

MY EV2 IS ABOUT 8FEET LONG, NOT REALLY A VESTI BUT DEF LONG ENOUGH FOR GEAR,
(I ASSUME YOU WANT TO DIG IT OUT TO COOK) BUT DEF 2 SMALL FOR 2 MEN ( EV2 )

The plan is to do the entire West Rib, not just the Upper Rib. We are still debating between carrying a cache up the West Butt and leaving it near 14 on the West Rib, or double carrying the lower West Rib. Right now we are leaning towards the double carry.

Joshua Payne wrote:The plan is to do the entire West Rib, not just the Upper Rib. We are still debating between carrying a cache up the West Butt and leaving it near 14 on the West Rib, or double carrying the lower West Rib. Right now we are leaning towards the double carry.

I have rare 2 door Bibler I-tent w/vestibule I'd sell you. It is in primo shape. But you probably find that too small as well.

As for a cache - remember you do not actually reach the cut-off until 16k. Leaving something at 14k would be fine on the way down but one can rob caches and successful parties will be more than happy to give ya grub and fuel rather than carry it out. On our trip I filled up fuel bottles for folks while they were out schlepping gear :-).

AK123 wrote:With the added weight of the hammock, you guys could likely climb a cooler objective, like the Diamond or the Cassin. Otherwise (serious suggestions), I'd recommend something like a BD HiLight, assuming you're climbing the route alpine style (and if you're not...have fun!). If you think that's too small and are acclimatizing on something like the West Butt or Dracula on Foraker, you can bring an additional, bigger tent (similar to what you'd do if climbing more technical objectives out of BC). I own a HiLight and am pleased with it when it's utilized properly (fast and light), not so psyched on it for camping at RRG with the bitty.

Thanks for the advice. Unfortunately it looks like we're going to be going expedition style. We could get our weight down to about 50-60lbs, but that would only give us food & fuel for 3-4 days. That's enough if we drop a cache off from the West Butt, but we kinda don't want to get tempted by a summit from the West Butt. Basically it's going to be West Rib or bust. Double carrying that sucker is going to suck, but at least I'll learn the down climb for Cassin in a couple of years.