Mountain Hardwear Tents – Designed for the Toughest Conditions
Monday, September 28th, 2009Mountain Hardwear makes outdoor extreme weather camping gear, primarily for use by professional mountaineers, avid trekkers, and alpine climbers. The Mountain Hardwear Range of outdoor gear, including their tents, is very popular in many countries across the world.
Their best-known and most used product is the EV Direct, a versatile and durable, yet lightweight tent, much preferred by alpine climbers. With a nylon taffeta floor, Atlas Scandium poles and an alpine door, the tent is sturdy enough to stand even strong winds and snowfall. The basic advantage of the tent lies in its unique design, allowing it to be set up even in the dark with its reflective guy-out loops and zipper pulls. An SFX window allows ample light and air to enter the tent.
In the two-person tent category, one of the best Mountain Hardwear tents is the Spire 2.1, a lightweight tent designed to be carried by alpine trekkers. Impervious to rough weather conditions, this extremely reliable tent features polyurethane floors, tough evolution tension arch and strong poles. Your gear can be stored in two dry vestibules built into the structure. Moreover, it is easy to set up and take down, even in the roughest of weathers.
Stronghold is Mountain Hardwear’s largest tent, chiefly used for base camps in high altitude mountain expeditions. This tent can accommodate ten people easily. Its tough and dependable structure features double walls, three zippered openings, and ten mesh pockets for storage of useful items. One large roof vent and five other vents keep air circulation at optimum levels, while the Scandium PF poles provide great strength to the structure.