Alps Mountaineering at Outdoor Retailer Summer Market Online 2020

When working media attend trade shows like the Outdoor Retailer Summer Market there are literally hundreds of brands and thousands of individual products to look at, feel and touch. Having many shows like Surf Expo and ICAST, to selection of what to look at can be daunting. Because the Outdoor Retailer Summer Market this year is all online makes the  selection of what to look at much much easier.  I just visit the exhibitor's Outdoor Retailer Summer Market Online page and purse what they are promoting.  I also go to their website and do the same.  

Alps Mountaineering is one of this year's Outdoor Retailer Summer Market Online exhibitors. The company Alps Mountaineering has has five brands, Alps Mountaineering, Alps OutdoorZ, Cedar Ridge, Browning Camping, and Browning Blinds. Alps Mountaineering brand is a brand that covers almost the entire gambit of outdoor recreation equipment and gear when it comes to camping, hiking and climbing.  After I cruised through the Alps Mountaineering website I noticed a different style of tent that caught my eye. It was a tent that did not require multiple tent poles. 

It is called the Trail Tipi. Why I liked it was the fact that you could use your trekking pole as the center pole instead of carrying extra tent poles.  The tent weighs less than four pounds and packs in a very small space. A perfect choice for one or two hikers on an overnight trip. 

So if you are in the market for a new one or two person backpacking tent you just might want to look at the Trail Tipi. At $129.99 it not a bad deal. If you are a Amazon shopper, you can find it for sale there. Click HERE for Amazon. There are a few online review that say this is not the right tent for rainy days. The tent does not have a water proof fly.  But you could treat the nylon fabric with a waterproofing spray prior to use to help the withstand rain. 

Until next time, be safe in the sun and have a great day in the great outdoors.