Black Diamond
Black Diamond Distance Tent
No citable rating — see why we hide some.
Black Diamond built this for fast alpine days rather than for camping: 25.6 ounces, one door, no vestibule at all, and a pole system that screws into the grips of their own Distance Carbon AR trekking poles so there is no separate hardware. Twenty-six square feet nominally sleeps two, which at thirteen square feet each is the tight end of the scale, and the sloping side panels take more of that away than the floor plan suggests. Buy it with the adapters for $250 if you already have poles; $400 gets it with the BD poles included.
Floor area per person
13.0 sq ft
Tight — under 14 sq ft each — shoulders touching, gear outside
Weight per person
12.8 oz
from the trail weight of 25.6 oz
Peak height
41 in
Approx. price
~$250
Best for
Fast alpine trips where the shelter is insurance against a night out rather than a place to live.
Specifications
- Type
- Ultralight
- Rated capacity
- 2-person
- Floor area per person(estimated)
- 13.0 sq ft (tight)
- Floor area
- 26 sq ft
- Vestibule area
- 0 sq ft
- Peak height
- 41 in
- Minimum trail weight
- 25.6 oz
- Weight per person(estimated)
- 12.8 oz (trail weight)
- Doors
- 1
- Vestibules
- 0
- Freestanding
- non-freestanding
- Poles
- trekking poles
- Wall type
- single wall
- Season rating
- 3-season
- Approx. price
- ~$250
Features
- Poles screw directly into Distance Carbon AR grips, or use 1 oz adapters
- Peak and foot vents for cross-ventilation
- Single door, no vestibule
- Headlamp pocket at the peak
In its favour
- 25.6 oz for a two-person shelter is genuinely light
- Integrating with the trekking-pole grips removes the usual pole-tip fiddle
- $250 with adapters is the cheapest two-person trekking-pole shelter here
- Peak and foot vents help a single wall more than most
Against it
- No vestibule at all — wet gear has no covered home
- 13 sq ft per person, and sloping side panels take more of that than the figure suggests
- Black Diamond publishes no fabric or hydrostatic-head specification
- The full kit price jumps to $400 unless you already own their poles
Written from the published specification sheet, not from owner reports.
What owners report
No owner discussion has been collected for the Black Diamond Distance Tent 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.