Two Person Tents

I asked the guy who usually tells me all the good stories around here for a story about two person tents. He was kind of busy building one of those toothpick houses, so I don't have any good stories about two person tents. I do know that a two person tent lets you travel fast and light for a backpacking adventure. Fast and light is basically the name of the game with the Mountain Hardwear LightPath 2 Tent. This tent goes up quickly and easily, and it's tops out at about 4 pounds to keep your pack light.

Three Person Tents

Find ultra light three person backpacking tents form the most trusted names in rugged outdoor gear, like Marmot, MSR, Nemo, and The North Face. Three person three-season tents give you shelter for your spring through fall hikes and adventures. For cold weather and mountain adventures, a three person four-season tent is totally the way to go. Check out the Marmot Aeros 3P Tent if you need a light packing tent that sleeps three and holds gear comfortably. Very comfortably.

Four Person Tents

When you're camping with a group of more than three people, but less than five people, and you don't particularly make a bed of pine needles and cattails, you'll probably want a four-person tent. Then you guys don't have to sleep in pine needles. Check out three season tents for spring through fall camping, and four season tents for the coldest weather overnight stays. Got an even bigger group, like, say more than four people, but fewer than nine people? Check out these 5, 6, or 8 person family tents.

Bivvy Sacks

Ultra lightweight, a bivy sack is the backpacker's go-to tent. These backpacking tents keep your pack light, which, as you know, is really essential to a comfortable hike. Take your bivouac sack on a overnight hike or a weeklong trek. One thing I know for sure about bivy sacks, other than they're one-person tents, is there are like a trillion ways to spell it. I just decided to use them all here. Anyway, check out bivy tents from the best of the best tent companies, including Sierra Designs, Nemo, MSR, and Big Agnes.