How to set up a Snowtrekker canvas tent
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- How to set up a 11.5 * 9 foot 3 person Snowtrekker EXP Basecamp tent. Using the additional stove allows you to have a hot tent you can use in any weather. These tents are amazing and well worth their cost. I cant suggest enough if you camp a lot in shoulder seasons and want to get into winter camping. You are able to be both warm and dry anytime of year.
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Thank you for this video. I just bought a tent and was doing a test run set up last night. This is one of the better videos that I've seen for guidance.
Glad it helped. Hope you love your tent.
Nice video. Clear and informative. Cheers.
I wish i would have gotten the window.
I just purchased my snowtrekker exp shortwall at the winter camping symposium last October. So far I only used it once, but looking forward in using it more.
I was wondering on your stove, did you screw the sleeves of the chimney to hold them in place with the self tapping screws they provide, or are they held together by slip fit? Reason I am asking, I personally don't want to mess around screwing the sleeves together while I am out camping.
James Miller I don't use screws. The stove pipe just nests into each other. I've never had an issue with it coming apart. The owner I bought my stove from did attach 2 caribeanners to the top (highest) stove pipe so it could be tied off if you need to. I haven't found that necessary as I normally lean my stove pipe on a bipod of two sticks. Hope this helps. Enjoy ur SnowTrekker.
It looks like you have a 4" stove pipe and a large or extra large stove. My tent has a 3" stove jack and that requires a solo or small stove. Duane recommended the small stove for the temperature that I am camping in. Hopefully the small stove inside the EXP Basecamp, 9' by 11.5' will be enough to heat it properly.
Correct, it is a 4 inch stove. How cold do you plan to camp? Where are you? Honestly, I bought my stove used before I bought the tent. The deal on the stove was too good to pass up. Duane said it would prob be overkill, but also -40 is capable where I camp. I am sure you will have no problem staying warm.
I am camping in southern Ohio where the temperatures are between 15 to 35 degrees. I purchased it to stay in during hunting trips. I have experienced days in below zero degree temperatures but never while camping in a tent. It should be ok.
It will be luxurious and warm. You will never go back.
I'm looking at the same exact tent and really like the idea of a window for warmer months. How has the window been. any issues?
Zero issues with anything.
Great video! Have you used this tent in heavy rains? I'm thinking of getting one for winter camping in snow as well as the Pacific Coast. At the coast I could certainly encounter significant rain. If so did you use a tent fly too?
I have used it in the rain but not a downpour for multiple days. I never had a problem with leaking. The theory is the stove should help to dry the canvas faster. I know snowtrekker does sell an optional tarp and that maybe something you want to look into. I highly suggest contacting Dwayne whose information I put in the description and he would be more than happy to answer any questions that you would have. Tell him I said hi.
New to cold weather camping. What do you put on the ground if it's wet or has snow?
Depending on snow depth, most of the time we shovel out the area where we put the tent. I then put down either foam interlocking blocks or some typar paper to help prevent water coming up. In Canada people use pine boughs but that's not allowed in most places in the states.
Hi there. Great video. So....over 2 yrs with the tent, how is it working out for you? I am looking for a "base camp " type tent to take on snowshoe trips with a pull (live in the mountains of CO). Have you used this tent in the summer, also? How did that work out with the rain?
Zero complaints after 2 years. If you are gonna base camp, how many people? You may want one bigger than 11.5 by 9. I believe ST sells a 13*10 that maybe better as its larger but will weigh more if you are pulling it in. The tent in my video I think weighs around 26lbs. Have not used it in the summer as I have 2 "normal" tents I use. I use mine in shoulder seasons and winter as its cold here in MN. But I have no reason to believe the St wouldnt work. We have a 2 year old at home and my wife is pregnant with out 2nd so I havent had much time to get out or make TH-cam videos. I know many others that use theirs all 4 seasons. Have not used it in rain. Have used it in snow and the stove does a good job of keeping it dry in the tent. I know ST sells a tarp you can use if you were a place with a lot of rain this maybe a good idea. Whats important is after I use it in the snow or rain is to hang it somewhere at your house and let it dry out for a week. The rain doesnt hurt your tent but putting it away wet is not good. Hope that helps. Birdman
Ok...very cool. Thank you very much for taking the time to provide such a thorough response!! Hmmm....most of my cold camping would be solo. I guess there is the chance of accompanying my buddy on a hunting trip (I don't hunt, but do enjoy any opportunity to go to the woods). But, I would mostly be solo. So, for planning purposes, I'd say 2 people, 1 dog, wood stove, maybe a small table, and maybe 2 chairs. I am on the overall plan of just trying to decide on what direction to go with this tent deal. I'm looking at a 12x14 or 14x16 canvas wall tent (definitely not too portable; that would probably require 3-5 load hauling sessions on a pulk, so the distance would need to be very short), a Cabelas synthetic tent such as Big Horn 3 (again, fairly sizable; would probably need at least 2 loads on a pulk), or a teepee-esque tent. All 3 would also have a size proportional wood stove. While chatting with Emporium Outdoors on youtube here, he is the one that steered me towards considering a small a-frame type canvas tent such as yours. Of course, it would be the best in the winter (and the shoulder seasons). I could carry this kind of tent, as well as my camping stuff, all in 1 lift on a pulk sled. For summer activities, I could mainly plan on driving to a camp site once the snow pack is reduced. So, an enticing consideration with a snowtrekker type canvas tent is it is easy to set up, quasi portable, and can still have enough space for maybe 2 people to set up inside. The summer time is when I may have more family members or friends; I have a very sturdy cabelas dome 8 pax tent for overflow for them. I really really like the thought of the larger walled tent as it is guaranteed to always have enough room. But, the whole system is approx. 200lbs. Though it is 1 person set-upable; that would eventually get old. And my biggest concern is we live in town in an old mining town and our house is a 130 yr old home that doesn't have a garage to hang/lay out a large canvas tent. So, drying it out after an adventure would be quite the feat. I do have a decent graveled driveway that is 2 cars wide and approx. 30 yards deep. But, we live on a dirt road and the town's #2 tourist site is up our road [read: a ton of dust]. Definitely with a snowtrekker canvas type tent or a teepee version, I could string that up in my shed to dry for a few days before putting them away. And....I'd have a lot more portability.
@@campingalan There are other tipi style hot tents that are lighter but personally I like the canvas better. I know the price tag is steep but with proper care, should last my lifetime. I believe ST makes an 8*8 solo style but i really like my size as I can sleep 3 and an 80lb dog in it, but its cozy. Its perfect for 2 ppl and a dog. Call Snowtrekker and Duane at Snowtrekker and tell him what you want to use it for. That is how I decided on mine. That I like that being 6'4" I am able to stand in mine.
Ok...awesome! Well....I still have my winter synthetic 2person dome tent from 1987. And, my cabelas Alaska Guide 8 person dome tent is from 2002. So, I would hope the canvas would last my lifetime. Great idea...yes, I'll give Duane a call. That is always free. I'll go through his website and I.D. the accessory/add-on's that i'd consider so that I can include that in the conversation. Yes....there are tons of those tipi hot tents; most seem to be $150-$1500. They are awesomely light. However, I'd always wonder about the durability; especially if getting used 6-8 wks per year. With this snowtrekker, I, so far, feel I'd add a rear window, a fly over the top, mosquito netting......and ultimately would be doing some sort of flooring.Yes...these tents definitely are not cheap. A full size (14x16) wall tent with internal frame, fly, and floor is about $2700, the cabelas Big Horn 3 and a wood stove is about $1800, the tipi's are about $800 on the cheap and $1600 with one of those foldable titanium stoves. This snowtrekker decked out and with a stove seems to be about $2300 or so. Darn the luck....I was just up in WI this last weekend! On the ST website event tab they had a campout this weekend. That would have been great to see them in action; as well as talk to the owner.
@@campingalan just tell Duane Birdknowsbest sent you. Get the window for sure. I think he is also now making a clear See through door that is now an option. That wasn't an option when I ordered mind and he said it would be too hard to retrofit mine. But I think it cleared or would be a good idea. I don't think you need it. But I think having the window really helps to see. What the weather is doing outside and just to get some extra light in there. I don't know anyone that has a snow tracker. That doesn't absolutely love it. So buy with confidence and let me know what you decide.
What tent do I want maybe three people for winter
It depends on how tall you are. The one I have is the EXP Basecamp 9 foot by 11.5 feet. That fits 3ppl, my dog and my stove no problem. There are other models that will also fit 3 people. I highly suggest you call Duane at Snowtrekker (his number is in the description). He helped me pick the model that fit my needs best. Be sure to tell him Birdknowsbest sent you. Let me know if you have any other questions.
Please tell me what is the sense of a winter tent without a floor someone tell me..you put a stove in the tent then you sleep on snow .. what am I missing
floor is unnecessary in winter imo. Some ppl use floors, I do not. I do put a tarp down before we sleep though. A floor is not needed as it wont rain so you dont have to worry about rain coming in etc. A lot of us use cots to sleep on in winter for more comfort and to get up off the cold ground. Why would you think you need a floor?
I would like an assembly personally of this especially putting my rod in to a gold hole. 😁😁😁🙆
So then you have a stove and the snow melts inside the tent and turns into mud I see this over and over again in other videos
In my experience I havent had much of a mud issue. I am in the midwest and its normally very cold where we are camping. 10 degrees F at the warmest. I know some people who build up a snow bank inside the tent to sleep on and dig out just area of the stove so it acts as a cold sink for all the cold air. I normally dont do that. We shovel the tent area to the bare ground and set up stove sleeping system chairs etc. It can get a little sloppy near the stove but I have a couple of small pieces of closed cell foam that I kneel on when tending the fire etc. That area will normally freeze at night after the fire goes out. We are also normally pulling all of our gear on a one or two pulks into the back country so any kind of heavy duty floor would be do big, bulky and heavy.
The best solution is to use evergreen bows as the floor. All the snow seeps through the bows and the bows would be above anything melting on the ground. Im in the states and we cant cut down green trees if in a state forest or national forest. Obviously you can on private land. In Canada, on crown land , most people use evergreen bows as a floor. Tough to do this in the states for the reason I stated above. If you check out other hot tent videos of Canadians, almost all of them use bows bc its legal to cut them on Crown land.
Can family of four sleep in this tent with a stove?
You maybe could if the kids are young but there wouldn't be much room for gear. I sleep 3 adults in it. One person sleeps to the right of the stove as you get in the tent along the side wall. Two people than sleep perpendicular to that at the end of the tent. Hope that helps.
@@Birdknowsbest I better go for 10x13 bascamp then. Thanks for your quick reply and help!
@@calgaryjsc Yea good idea. It never hurts to have more room.
Omg guess this is good if you don't know about a real canvas tent.