Few pieces of gear are as important for your comfort and safety in the backcountry as your shelter. But tents, like rainjackets and anything else with a water-repellent coating, wear out over the ...

What does it mean to season or weather a canvas tent? Seasoning or weathering are interchangeable terms. It’s another way of saying you know how to waterproof a canvas tent It is a process that helps ...

It’s interesting to see all the innovations in tents these days. Case in point: Black Diamond’s new-for-this-year Lighthouse ($369; www.bdel.com). It’s a single-wall tent, but doesn’t even pretend ...