How To Use Trekking Pole For Awning Vestibule

2 vestibule door options.

How to use trekking pole for awning vestibule.

The vestibule cannot be detached from the rainfly of the tent. The tarp poles can be purchased directly from big agnes. Next insert brow pole into its sleeve to the top of the vestibule and insert a trekking pole or the long pole into the adapter at the end of the brow pole. 1 single zip door and 1 double zip door designed to be set up as a awning using trekking poles.

The copper hotel hv ul 3 rainfly can also be purchased directly from big agnes. Stake out the vestibule door. You can also use regular trekking poles to create the awning. For the two poles you can use trekking poles with extensions or two dedicated poles that are the appropriate length like our 231x 197x 163x poles.

Loop the orange cords attached to the awnings around the same stakes as the bathtub floor and lightly tension them. In this video i cover all the things i like about trekk. Note that lots of trekking pole tents are designed so you put your pole upside down tip point up. The idea is that the tip of the pole fits into a grommet.

If you aren t careful when inserting the pole it could slip out of the grommet and puncture the tent. Vertical wall vestibule gives large dry storage space purposefully placed nylon and mesh offer both privacy and great star gazing. Some people wonder if trekking poles are really necessary. It also requires a minimum of six stakes or 10 if you want to secure the bathtub floor rather than just having it hang in place which works well enough and just pounding them in can take time when the ground is hard packed dirt or rocky as we encountered in designated campsites in glacier.

When you choose a trekking pole tent you want to make sure that it is compatible with the make and model of trekking pole you use if you have a preference. Setup involves staking the four corners followed by inserting trekking poles and staking the vestibule and rear guyline. I have found them beneficial in many ways. Two adjustable poles that can be used to set up tarps and tents instead of using trekking poles compatible with big agnes scout ul series tents may be used to set up awning style vestibules on many tent models or backpacking tarps adjustable length 33 45 collapsed length 17.

It is simple to set up using 2 poles and 8 stakes. Using your trekking poles the copper spur hv ul2 allows you to post up the vestibule door into an awning.