Cabela's - Alaskan Guide Model Geodesic 4-Person Tent

We talking car camping then? The Cabela’s Guide tents are very durable.

The Alaskan Guide model. They are pretty much bomb proof. Definitely waterproof. Geodesic dome is very strong. Big and heavy. Before the Bass Pro merger they used to offer this model with aluminum poles and it was a popular hunting tent in Alaska for bad weather areas. [https://www.cabelas.com/shop/en/cabelas-alaskan-guide-model-geodesic-4-person-tent](https://www.cabelas.com/shop/en/cabelas-alaskan-guide-model-geodesic-4-person-tent)

These are nice. Since they are 4 season there is less ventilation and they are more difficult to set up than a 3 season dome.

Cabelas Alaskan 4 person is your answer. Pitched in a shallow basin (only spot on campsite) during downpour. Woke up the next morning with 3 inches under the tent. The whole floor was like a waterbed. Not a drop made it into the tent. Amazing.

Mine finally gave up after a decade, or I would do the same. We car camp, so weight isn’t a worry and the Cabela’s Outfitter geodesic tents have been rock solid. We had to get a bigger one as our family grew, but the little one works great for the teenagers now and I love being able to actually stand up in the big one.

I don’t really need the duty cycle of the Outfitter tents either, but after a week or so hunting in the rain of the coastal Cascades it’s really, really, nice to come home to a 100% dry tent. It also absolutely ensures that my Wife will never get the opportunity to bitch about a leaky tent. In some situations, overkill is worth the price :)

I have both the four and eight person versions of this tent. I’ve been camping in the PNW for decades and they’ve taken everything Nature has thrown at them.

I have a 4 season Cabelas dome tent. I had a stove pipe access added afterwards. It holds snow well and when the snow slides down to the ground it presses inward. This is the real test of 3 season to 4 season. 3 season tents will bulge and flex. Poles break or release causing problems. I had 2 feet of snow fall over night a few years ago. I didn’t have any issues. All I had to do was go shovel a bit of snow off the sides. My EZcube tent would have collapsed at 6 inches of snow. It is my favorite 3 season tent. I’m 6-5. So I can stand up and get dressed easily. But for rain or snow. It’s useless.

I like my cabelas Alaskan guide geodesic tent. I don’t remember which size it is, but it comfortably fits 4 people and can stand up to pretty high winds with the guy wires out

I have this tent and it’s a beast. It’s by far the most sturdy tent I’ve ever had.

Alaska Guide series from Cabela’s. That thing was a rock!

We’ve use a Cabella’s Guide Series dome tent for 16 years. Been through 5-6” of rain and 70+ mph winds. No water intrusion ever. Big, expensive, heavy. Worth every penny.

Haha I meant like do you want more fabric or bug screens for the walls - I would never have a tent with just open walls. If it’s a hot place you want as much bug screening as possible for ventilation. The Nemo Highrise is a nice tent you can stand up in. Nemo is overall a highly reputable company and will stand behind their products. I have their backpacking tents. I have a friend that has the North Face wawaona 6P that he has had no complaints with. Someone else mentioned a Cabelas guide tent which I have (the cheaper green model) it’s a way more structurally bomb-proof tent, but has less ventilation and you cannot stand up in the 4P model. It will be warmer though if you camp in cooler weather and handle weather a ton better than taller tents. Big Agnes is another brand to consider too.