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A 4-season tent is a tent suitable for winter use; for example, see this post. According to sectionhiker, the phrase is actually a misnomer: Moreover the phrase “4 season tent” is a misnomer s...
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System
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2020-04-17T19:12:50Z (about 4 years ago)
Source: https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/q/6337 License name: CC BY-SA 3.0 License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
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gerrit
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2020-04-17T19:12:49Z (about 4 years ago)
<p>A 4-season tent is a tent suitable for winter use; for example, see <a href="https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/q/1833/566">this post</a>. According to <a href="http://sectionhiker.com/what-is-a-4-season-tent/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">sectionhiker</a>, the phrase is actually a misnomer:</p> <blockquote> <p>Moreover the phrase “4 season tent” is a misnomer since it refers to winter tents, which you might not use the rest of the year because they could be too heavy or too hot.</p> </blockquote> <p>This raises the question: when I'm hiking in the mountains, I might one day be camping in the valley with 10+°C (50 deg F)night time temperatures, and the next night at the mouth of a glacier with a high -5°C (23 deg F) (wind coming down). Are any tents suitable under both conditions at all?</p>