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View from inside the Ridgeline tent at dawn: jagged peaks framed by the orange door, two sleeping bags in the foreground

Bench-verified trail weight: 1.84 kg

// Shelter · RL-2P

Ridgeline 2P Tent

Two doors, two vestibules, one honest kilogram-and-change.

Rated 4.8 out of 5 stars. 4.8 94 field notes

$449 CAD

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  • // Free shipping over $150
  • // 60-day trail-test returns
  • // Lifetime repairs, free of charge

The Ridgeline 2P is the tent we hand to friends who are about to sleep outside for the first time — and the one our testers still grab after two hundred nights. A hubbed pole set pitches taut with no guesswork, two full doors mean nobody climbs over anybody at 2 a.m., and the vestibules swallow two packs and two pairs of boots.

We chose a 30-denier floor over a lighter fabric on purpose: it survives gravel tent pads without a footprint. Every seam is factory-taped and every guy-out point is bartacked twice. If a pole ever breaks, we repair it for life — that is the whole business model.

Built for: Backpacking, Basecamp & camping

// The numbers

Specifications

Capacity 2-person
Trail weight 1.84 kg / 4 lb 1 oz
Packed size 46 × 15 cm
Floor area 2.9 m²
Peak height 102 cm
Doors / vestibules 2 / 2
Fly 20D ripstop nylon, 1,500 mm sil/PU
Floor 30D nylon, 3,000 mm PU
Season rating 3-season

// What it's made of

Materials

  • 20-denier ripstop nylon fly, silicone/PU coated
  • 30-denier nylon floor, 3,000 mm hydrostatic head
  • No-see-um mesh canopy
  • 8.7 mm 7001-series aluminium hubbed poles

Something break anyway? That's what the repair bench is for. Lifetime repairs, free of charge.

// From the trail register

Field notes (94)

  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars.

    “Pitched it in a squall at Merlin Meadows with cold hands in under five minutes. Bone dry inside. The double vestibule thing is real — two wet packs, zero regrets.”

    Dana K. · Skoki Loop, AB

  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars.

    “Nine nights straight, two of them stormy. Zippers still run smooth. It's not the lightest 2P on paper but it's the one I stopped worrying about.”

    Priya S. · Sunshine Coast Trail, BC

  • Rated 4 out of 5 stars.

    “Held fine in gusty alpine wind once guyed out. I'd buy the footprint-free floor decision again — pitched on scree twice, no punctures.”

    Mark T. · Tombstone Territorial Park, YT

// Rounds out the kit

Carried together

  • Sleep systems · 920 g

    Cirrus 20° Down Bag

    800-fill warmth that packs down to a loaf of bread.

    4.9 out of 5 stars, (61 field notes)

    $389

  • Sleep systems · 480 g

    Contour Sleep Pad

    R-4.2 insulation, 7 cm of loft, quieter than your tentmate.

    4.6 out of 5 stars, (48 field notes)

    $189

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