Setting Up The Tipi

We often ‘hot tent’ using a Kifaru Tipi.  The set up process involves clearing a large area of snow – or at least leveling the snow as much as possible.

Then we stake out the tent.

Insert the center pole and lift the Tipi.

Setting up the woodstove and chimmney.

Home sweet Tipi.

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Tipi Camping

Hot or cold tenting?  Each style of winter camping has it’s proponents.

Hot tenting usually involves packing a wood stove along with a more substantial tent – since one is spending time in the heated tent and it is not just a sleeping berth.  Hot tenting may entail bringing your gear on a sled, toboggan or [...]

Waking up in the Tipi

We took our Kifari Tipi on our Ely, MN dog sledding winter camping trip.  While some people slept in here

and others just spread their sleeping bags out here…..

the rest of us slept inside the Tipi with the stove

causing us to ponder – why would they do that?

Kirafu Tipi Collage

We love the Kirafu Tipi for winter camping.  It is light and easy to set up.  It accomodates 4-5 campers with a wood stove and wood.  If you want to be warm – it can get very warm.

This collage is in honor of the tipi.  Read our full review here or check out the Kirafu [...]