Hyperlite Mountain Gear CrossPeak 2

Disclosure details: HMG provided this pre-production version of this tent as a product sample to Backpacking Light.

This is a single-wall, dual-vestibule, dual-entry, side-entry, dome-style (crossing arch) DCF tent with a rectangular footprint. This sample weighs 33.2 ounces on my (non-certified) kitchen scale; that weight includes just the tent body and poles, no guylines or stakes or stow bags.

I have two primary use cases for this shelter:

1. Above/near treeline use in high wind where I’m *not* expecting to encounter a lot of spindrift. Spindrift control in this shelter is poor – it has big mesh side doors.
2. When I need a freestanding tent for camping on granite slabs, e.g., in the High Sierra, etc.

I have been using the tent since early spring 2025, and it has seen heavy snow (storms dumping up to about 16 inches overnight), blizzards (spindrift), heavy rain, and high winds (gusts up to about 60 mph).

In heavy snow and wind, I used trekking poles as struts to support the eyebrow/peak pole, along with apex guylines (2) and up to eight (8) guylines attached directly to the main crossing poles. This kind of pitch is essential to support heavy snow loads and to maintain stability in high winds. Without trekking pole struts and a complete set of guylines, this tent will not support heavy snow or remain stable in winds this high.

Rocky Mountain National Park, May 2025:

As a freestanding summer shelter, it’s light enough and offers the advantage over most trekking pole tents of more usable volume inside, which is nice if you’re hiking with a partner or want to spread out a bit if solo. I appreciate the extra real estate in the winter, especially, because I want to cook in one (mostly empty) vestibule, store my pack/wet gear in the other, and keep the rest of my gear inside the tent. And because the vestibules can be rolled up and the inner tent has two full-length, full-height mesh walls, there’s plenty of ventilation for summer nights.

• Strengths: light weight, ventilation, stability, small footprint, ease and speed of pitch, freestanding if vestibules stay rolled up.
• Limitations: expensive, poor spindrift control, requires trekking poles and up to 10 guylines for serious storm stability.

Emigrant Wilderness, Aug 2025: