Kelty Salida

The Kelty Salida tent has been featured in the 2011 Backpacker’s Editors Choice awards. The Kelty Salida is available in both 2 (pictured) and 4 person models and offers over 10 feet of vestibule space, cross ventilation and ArcEdge floor and wall design to provide a waterproof and non-sagging shelter. In addition to a spacious vestibule area, the Kelty Salida has internal storage pockets for loose gear, multiple guyout points, and noiseless zipper pulls. The Kelty Salida is extremely easy to set up with color-coded clips so you know where to place everything. This color-coding method adds to the simplicity of setting up this spacious free-standing tent. The Kelty Salida includes multiple stuff sacks, stakes, and guylines/tighteners.

Most reviewers preferred to use the Kelty Salida for backpacking and were very pleased with the spaciousness of the tent. Our reviewers said the tent is a great tent for local multiday use, but not necessarily a foreign year-long trip. Most reviewers claimed that the tent was able to be set up in roughly 5 minutes and that it was extremely easy. There was one complaint of black guylines being a trip hazard and the stakes were cheap, but the rest of the reviews had no similar complaints. In addition, several reviewers also said the tent stayed warm through cold mountain temperatures (around 30 degrees F).

Kelty Salida 2 Specs

Minimum weight: 3 lb 12 oz / 1.70 kg
Packaged weight: 4 lb 8 oz / 2.04 kg
Floor area: 30.5 ft2 / 2.83 m2
Vestibule area: 10 ft2 / .93 m2
Length: 88 in / 223.5 cm
Width: 55 / 45 in / 139.7 / 114.3 cm
Height: 43 in / 109.22 cm
Packed diameter: 7 in / 17.78 cm
Packed Length: 22 in / 55.88 cm

Kelty Salida 4 Specs

Minimum weight: 6 lb 8 oz / 2.95 kg
Packaged weight: 7 lb 3 oz / 3.26 kg
Floor area: 54.5 ft2 / 5.07 m2
Vestibule area: 11 ft2 / 1.02 m2
Length: 98 in / 248.90 cm
Width: 80 in / 203.20 cm
Height: 57 in / 144.78 cm
Packed diameter: 8 in / 20.32 cm
Packed Length: 26 in / 66.04 cm