{"id":116913,"date":"2020-10-05T15:48:58","date_gmt":"2020-10-05T19:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=116913"},"modified":"2025-10-22T07:52:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T12:52:04","slug":"hunt365-gear-sitkas-flash-shelter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/hunt365-gear-sitkas-flash-shelter\/","title":{"rendered":"Gear: Sitka’s Flash Shelter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Best known for its hunting apparel, Sitka<\/a> jumps into the emergency shelter market with its new Flash Shelter 8\u2019x10,\u2019 a tarp that packs light but rolls out large enough to provide cover for two people. For the backcountry hunter, the Flash Shelter is made to provide quick concealment, and shelter from rain, wind, and snow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Gear:
The new Sitka Flash Shelter 8\u2019x10\u2019 at approximately half-mast. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Flash Shelter is handy and thoughtfully designed with several very functional features. Mine was done in Sitka\u2019s Optifade Sub-Alpine pattern, and it is also available in Optifade Open Country. Of course, as a Sitka product, it also features a Sitka price tag.

On a recent elk hunt<\/a> in Idaho’s Selway Wilderness Area, I took along a Flash Shelter and tried it out in the field. Not that I had a backcountry emergency but I wanted to find out how it might deploy and function in the field versus my living room.

Weighing in at just 25 ounces, the Flash Shelter packs into the same size as a 1-liter bottle of water–literally\u2014and can easily be stowed in even a smaller day pack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Gear:
The Flash Shelter packs into the same size as a 1-liter bottle of water. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Once unrolled, the Flash Shelter can pretty much become whatever you want it to be. Need a make-shift pup tent? Just find a couple of sticks of equal length to use as center poles and peg down or weight down your corners. You have a tent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Gear:
The Flash Shelter can be quickly made into a pup tent. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Need shade or rain protection? Tie the guy lines to a couple of branches or tree trunks for a quick canopy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Gear:
Need shade or rain protection? Flash Shelter can do that, too. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s say you are out hunting on the side of a mountain<\/a> and are suddenly drenched in a cloudburst. Shivering and a bit disoriented, you need to recover your warmth. So, you use the Flash Shelter in the easiest set up possible, simply unroll it and then wrap it around your body and head to warm you while you consider your next move.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Gear:
McCombie doing his best to look like a hunter caught by a sudden storm and trying to warm up with the Flash Shelter wrapped around his body. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

You can even configure the Flash Shelter into a funnel\nshape to trap rainwater for drinking.
\n
\nEach corner of the Flash Shelter sports an orange, reflective guy line. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Gear:
Each corner of the Flash Shelter sports an orange, reflective guy line. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The six corners on the Flash Shelter (yes, six!) are all\nreinforced with another layer of material and extra stitching. Likewise, the attached\nloops are stitched into the corners at three separate places for very solid support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Gear:
The tie-down loops are stitched into the corners at three separate places for very solid support. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Why six corners on a rectangle? Well, the Flash Shelter isn\u2019t a\nrectangle. Sitka designed it with what it terms a \u201ccatenary curve,\u201d\nessentially a slight, pointy curve in the short sides of the shelter. This\ndesign allows for another two corners for tie-down and attachment purposes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maybe you are hunting above the tree line when the need for shelter crops up, but there are no branches or sticks for supports. Sitka thought of that and designed the shelter with two reinforced pockets located lengthwise along the centerline that fit the handle of a hiking pole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Gear:
The Flash Shelter features two reinforced pockets to fit the handle of a hiking pole, in situations where sticks and branches are not available as supports. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Interestingly, though, my tape measure puts the Flash Shelter tarp at 7\u20192\u201d by 9\u2019. I measured this every way possible and could not get close to 8\u2019x10\u2019.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now for the sticker shock. Sitka lists the 8\u2019x10\u2019 Flash Shelter at $249. The Flash Shelter 10\u2019x12\u2019 version sells for $299.00.

That’s a lot of money for a lightweight tarp. Of course, if you’re already a Sitka fan and want a quick and handy shelter in case of some sort of emergency, you’re probably not worried about Sitka prices.

I will be packing mine along at all future hunts. Given the lightweight and the small size of the Flash Shelter, there\u2019s really no reason not to pack along a little extra help in case of a sudden change in weather.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Gear:
The Flash Shelter is lightweight protection for those hunts where abrupt changes in the weather are a reality. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

For more information visit Sitka Gear website<\/a>.<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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