Alaskan Guide Model Geodesic 6-Person Tent

I bought a cabelas 6 person Alaskan Guide after a couple of failed family tents. I have had this tent for for 15 years. It has kept my family bone dry, it doesn't move in the wind and i can stand up in it. It fits a queen air mattress and enough room for two kids and the dogs. My kids are grown the dogs are gone and we sleep with two cots, a folding chair and a small table. It was expensive but wellworth the money for the peace of mind. Get the ground cloth.

Cabelas Alaskan Guide Six Person. Been in some serious rain and wind storms. I got the Aluminum Pole model.

Cabelas Alaskan Guide Six Person. You won’t get wet. Get the version with aluminum poles. I have had mine for 15 years. Has yet to fail me.

I have a six person Cabelas Alaskan Guide. Great tent for the elements and plenty of room. Two cots a chair and a folding table. When the kids were young queen size air mattress and two sleeping pads for kids. Plenty of room even with the dog. It’s overkill for campground Camping but you won’t get wet. As I get older bigger doors to get in and out. I have had the tent 2012

Backpacking or car camping? I use an rei 1/2 done for backpacking or my old school north face mountain 24. Car camping I use a Cabelas Alaskan Guide six person. It's a beast. Takes the wind and rain. Great tent. But expensive. So is my mountain 24 when i bought it in 1997. Rei 1/2 dome. Make sure you seam seal it.

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.

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 the Cabela’s Alaskan Guide tent in four and eight person sizes. Had the small one for over 15 years and it still looks and functions like new. Got the bigger one two years ago because I wanted something big enough to stand up in. It’s at the higher end of your price range, but I couldn’t recommend them higher. The geodesic setup will put up with wind no problem. I’m in PNW, so I know they handle heavy rain. We camp at least 10 times a year, so they’ve been put to heavier use.

Yes, They are built Like tanks. They stand up to almost anything weather wise. I had the 8p and it was Difficult for a solo set up. I imagine the 6p Is very doable…

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X\_GeSOALzzs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_GeSOALzzs) This is a link to a youtube video if you want to see the best tent in the world. The Cabela Alaskan Guide. I was lucky enough to find one used almost brand new, from a woman whose husband died and was selling it. I can testify it will indeed stand up to an eighty mile an hour wind. I survived a storm in one during a northeaster on a small island with 70 to 85 mile an hour winds in the icy rain and cold. Not one drop of rain came inside. It is not small or packable, but it is one thing, a beast and the best tent I have ever owned. I have camped twice in the cold with the tent, once next to a frozen lake. I had a Buddy Heater with me. The temperature dropped to 24 F that night. I was too hot. It is the kind of tent designed for long term hunters in Alaska. Truly amazing. Edit: Just wanted to add. The tent in the video is the one I have. Mine I believe is an older model as the fly has a snow skirt on my tent that you can bury in the snow, the one in the video doesn't have that feature. Mine also has three ground sheets, the bathtub tent floor, an additional interior floor and a larger outer floor, plus a separate floorless vestibule for a woodstove and heated kitchen separate from the sleeping area.

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