Backpacking~$400Big Agnes
Big Agnes Salt Creek
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Salt Creek is the tall one. Forty-four inches of head height in a 28-square-foot two-person tent is more than the Copper Spur manages, and it ships with the footprint included, which is a real $60-70 you do not spend separately. Weight lands at 71 ounces — between the C Bar and the Blacktail — and the polyester fly holds its shape overnight instead of sagging onto your face the way wet silnylon does. Big Agnes does not publish interior floor dimensions for it, so the pad-fit reading on this page is the one gap in its spec sheet.
Floor area per person
14.0 sq ft
Standard — 14 to 17 sq ft each — the normal two-pads-and-no-spare-room fit
Weight per person
35.5 oz
from the trail weight of 4 lb 7 oz
Peak height
44 in
Approx. price
~$400
Best for
Campers who sit up in the tent and want a polyester fly that will not sag onto them in the night.
The size run
One design, 2 capacities. The numbers at the top of this page describe the Salt Creek 2; every size has its own figures below.
| Size | Sleeps | Floor area | Sq ft each | Vestibule | Trail weight | Packed weight | Floor L × W | Approx. price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Creek 2 | 2 | 28 sq ft | 14.0 | 18 sq ft | 4 lb 7 oz | 4 lb 13 oz | — | ~$400 |
| Salt Creek 3 | 3 | 42 sq ft | 14.0 | 18 sq ft | 5 lb 4 oz | 5 lb 9 oz | — | ~$450 |
Specifications
- Type
- Backpacking
- Rated capacity
- 2-person
- Floor area per person(estimated)
- 14.0 sq ft (standard)
- Floor area
- 28 sq ft
- Vestibule area
- 18 sq ft
- Peak height
- 44 in
- Minimum trail weight
- 4 lb 7 oz
- Packed weight
- 4 lb 13 oz
- Weight per person(estimated)
- 35.5 oz (trail weight)
- Packed size
- 20.5 x 5.5 in
- Doors
- 2
- Vestibules
- 2
- Freestanding
- freestanding
- Poles
- aluminum
- Wall type
- double wall
- Season rating
- 3-season
- Fly fabric
- Polyester ripstop, 1500 mm polyurethane
- Floor fabric
- Polyester ripstop, 1500 mm polyurethane
- Floor hydrostatic head
- 1,500 mm
- Approx. price
- ~$400
Features
- Footprint included in the box
- 44 in peak height, the tallest two-person tent Big Agnes sells at this weight
- Two doors and two 9 sq ft vestibules
- Polyester ripstop fly that resists overnight sag
- Freestanding aluminum pole set
In its favour
- 44 in peak height is the most headroom of any 28 sq ft tent here
- Footprint in the box removes the usual hidden cost
- Polyester fly barely stretches when wet, so the pitch stays tight overnight
- Two doors and 18 sq ft of vestibule for 71 oz
Against it
- Big Agnes publishes no interior length or width, so there is no honest pad-fit answer for it
- No PFAS statement on the fabric, unlike its Blacktail and C Bar siblings
- $400 is Copper Spur money for a tent two and a half pounds heavier
Written from the published specification sheet, not from owner reports.
What owners report
No owner discussion has been collected for the Big Agnes Salt Creek yet. Rather than summarise sentiment nobody expressed, this section stays empty until there is something real to read — the methodology page explains where these come from and why some tents have none.