Ultralight Backpacking Tent
Big Agnes Copper Spur HV UL2
$550, 2 lbs. 11 oz./1219g
Sizes: men’s S-XL, women’s XS-XL
backcountry.com
As the wind gusted over 30 mph and at times 40 mph at our unprotected campsite in a big meadow beside the Snake River, on the Idaho side of Hells Canyon while backpacking in early June, I kept throwing nervous glances at our tents. But while three of them whipped and bent under the onslaught of air, the Copper Spur HV UL2 barely trembled—not what you’d necessarily expect from an ultralight backpacking tent. But that’s just one way this shelter defies expectations.