tent for dusty conditions

How about a Tarptent that offers a solid inner, like the SS or Scarp?

You probably do want a tent with a solid fabric inner instead of mesh. Quite a few companies make those either as an option or as the standard model (e.g. MSR Hubba Hubba).

Check out this thread:

https://backpackinglight.com/forums/topic/free-standing-2p-dual-wall-sold-inner-tent-does-it-exist/

I got a SlingFin Crossbow for camping in sandy conditions and for winter snow camping.

Cheers.

Just checked the web site. No solid inner for the TarpTent Double Rainbow DW (Double Wall), just “partial solid.”

Another thumbs-up for Slingfin Crossbow 2. We use it in winter, and sometimes in semi-desert when the forecast calls for wind (wind=dust).

Does anyone know if noseeum netting, particularly a stout nylon kind, is sufficient against the kind of dust you have in mind.  My latest tent project will have a solid ceiling, but netting doors at the front, and netting at the back, but not because of dust.  Rather, the concerns were bug and pest protection, plus a ceiling that will keep rain out during the pitch with a DWR treatment on the ceiling that is both breathable and water repellent.  Have found some products that are very effective in this regard.

So am concerned about the dust issue that you raise.  If bug netting will not also keep out dust, may have to rethink.  In recent years, my treks have been in northern New England and Colorado (not in the sand dunes NP), so dust has not been an issue.  But may be overlooking something.  Thanks.

When I got hit by a sandstorm in Big Bend (state park), my partial mesh inner on an old MSR Zoid tent did well.

There was a bit of overlap between the inner and the fly which was almost full coverage.

The TarpTent products are made with noseeum mesh. I think that’s pretty standard now.

The fine dust got in through the noseeum mesh. It’s a niche case. You need to be in a sandy place, plus the wind needs to be strong enough to pick up the sand.  If those conditions happened only occasionally, no big deal, it’s just another relatively small discomfort.

I was out in Utah for many days this spring. Many people I talked to thought it was windier than normal.