Alaskan Guide Model Geodesic 4-Person Tent

We’ve had great success with the Cabela’s Alaskan Guide Geodesics. The smaller (four-person) is 15 years old, gets used 10 or more times a summer and (aside from pine tar on the under-side) looks brand new. We’re in the PNW, so we know it’s still keeping the rain out. Getting a little older now, so bought the 8-person last year so we could stand up in it. Quality of the new one looks just as good as our old one.

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.

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 :)

Our Cabela’s tent has been great in the wind but I don’t think they make it anymore. Is geodesic and has six poles instead of four which definitely helps with structural integrity and has a lot of ties for guy lines.

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 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.

Yep Alaska Guide Tent is the model we have. 4 person for two of us.

Same here. The Cabela’s alaskan guide tents are great, but heavy. Definitely wouldn’t want to backpack with one. I’ve got a North Face, can’t remember the name but it’s their version of the rei half dome. Bought it used in the early 2000s and it’s still going strong.