Mt. Whitney Portal Store & Hostel Forums General Mt. Whitney Portal Store Message Board Trail Camp Tent Camping

I have a question I'm hoping to get some input on. I bought the Eureka Solitaire, one person, three season tent. Unfortunately it's not free standing... Will I be able to get my tent standing at trail camp?

There are some concerns from people that I have talken to and they feel it is all rock and no soil up there. Has anyone set up a stake tent up there??

You can always anchor you tent with rocks if you cant stake it down. Shouldn't be a problem. If the weather is good, leave the tent in your pack and sleep under the stars.

Probably have to go with the rocks...I'm going up June 6th... Probably still be in the snow!!

Stamp out a good, level platform before you set up the tent. Use rocks as anchors. If you leave the tent for the day, and expect windy conditions, place something heavy inside the tent (more rocks...or your partner).

In similar snow conditions, my N.F VE-24 blew away at Sam Mack Meadow, while three of us were battling winds while climbing in the Palisades (we gave up after being unable to stand up in the wind). It had been anchored with snow-flukes and skis. Anchors ripped out in 80 MPH winds. We found the tent and skis, but the rain-fly disappeared into the stratosphere. Only one tent nearby survived undamaged, and it had been anchored to trees by a climbing rope...

When trail camp gets windy, it gets really windy. I remove my stakes and place rocks on top of my tent when I'm summiting.

Brent N