User Review: Eureka! Timberline Outfitter 6

Eureka! Timberline Outfitter 6
Above: The current Timberline Outfitter 6, which may differ slightly from the version reviewed.

Reviewed July 24, 2008 by Lee Silliman

Rating:
Design: 3 season, A frame aluminum pole
Sleeps: 4
Ease of Setup: 10 minutes
Weight: 18.5 lbs
Price Paid: $200 ???? in 1982

I bought my Eureka Timberline 6 base camp tent in the early 1980s, and have used it for about three weeks every year since throughout the American West.

I attached four guy lines to the rainfly to use when I camp in the open where wind can blow hard. It has withstood every 3 season weather and storm from the Grand Canyon of the Arizona to the backcountry of Yellowstone National Park on mule pack trips. I have had to repair it by reinforcing two weak sections, and I am on the third rainfly (which I made out of heavy nylon)--but, after all, it is thirty years old!

It is well designed, tall enough to stand in, is roomy, ventilates well, and sets up relatively quickly. I will buy another one when I need to. Great value for the money.

In campgrounds I have yet to see another tent this big that could stand up as well. My friend bought a big, tall dome tent, but the first strong winds blew it in.

Sincerely, Lee Silliman, Deer Lodge, Montana

Save & Share