Black Diamond Guiding Light Tent 4-Person 4-Season - 2007 BCS

Awesome tent that I highly recommend. Can't beat the size to weight ratio. This has been my go-to tent for the last 4 expeditions. Perfect for high camps where extra room is nice for suiting up and visitors can come in and talk strategy. We have even had multiple teams in this tent. On K2's shoulder at 7900ish meters we had 6 big dudes hanging in here waiting for our summit push. I've had crazy windy nights at high camps on Broad Peak and Everest and this tent has held strong. The 5 poles make it really solid and tight so there is no noisy flapping in the wind. Easy to set up, even in strong wind, 2-5 minutes. Great ventilation and access with 2 huge doors. Solid zippers and guy points. Only downside is it's large footprint, sometimes making it tricky or very tiring to hack out a ledge. But that is the case with all large tents. For winter action, this tent will not disappoint.

- Super lightweight
- Lots of Space
- Easy and Fast set up
- Compact
- Protects against elements

What more can you ask for in a tent?

What I like most about it is dividing up the components, tent, poles, stakes and ground cover. The kids learn to carry team gear and I reduce my load year after year!

As for functionality, we have experienced heavy rain in the High Uintas, high winds in the Southern Snake Range and very warm temperatures in Canyonlands all without any misgivings on the decision to procure this tent.

BTW: The design is simple, therefore there are less variables resulting in less probabilty of a failure.

This tent would be great for family backpack trips cause it's light weight yet durable and easy to set up. I like the single wall construction unless you want to star gaze. I thought it held 4 adults quite nicely and I was able to stretch out at 6'1". This is a great tent and I would not hesitate to recomend this tent for variable conditions.

Woke up this morning to freezing rain and was happy to find that the single wall EPIC was dry as ever! Been using this for the past year, took it to Mt. Washington and was able to fit four 6ft ppl in it without any trouble. A hint: keep a few inches open at the top of each door and it will prevent any breath-ice from forming on the inside!

selling a 600$ tent and not finishing it, wth? it's like bmw cabrio, but you need to stitch it's cover, nice!

Pitched this tent in the rain in Yosemite. Very light weight and despite the single wall kept the rain out. The bottom kept the water out. Seam-sealed it tho and it took a while to do it (lots of seams). Really light weight.

Great Tent-No complaints, and I complain about everything

Ultra light and simple, yet total durable and tough as nails. The single wall construction worried me until 4 of us stayed bone dry thru a night of heavy casacde rain. It is the biggest and lightest tent I have ever owned. What a dream! Why didn't someone build this tent sooner?

I used this tent while camping in Capital Reef. It was hot during the day. Having the doors open on each end kept the tent nice and cool when we wanted to hang out in the shade. At night, a cold front came in, along with rain and some strong winds. This tent was dry as a bone and hardly moved with the wind. I slept like a rock.

This tent is made with a durable lightweight material, but is not the easiest tent to set up. With 5 poles that are all set up from the inside of the tent, there was definitely some confusion setting it up the first couple times around. I think this tent could also benefit from some larger storage pockets on the inside - the storage pockets it comes with are no more than 2-3 inches deep. Other than that, it's a good size, lightweight tent.