Originally Posted by
MixedRider
PNW here. Yes, if doing a multi-nighter with a high chance of rain, we take a 10x10. It is nice to have the ability to get out of pouring rain if needed. Only used it a handful of times, but sometimes when the rain is hammering down, it is a very good luxury item!
True. I can think of a time in recent memory (2016) where a tarp for cover would have been most useful. I was camping in MT on the first day of a tour. It was raining pretty good in camp. USFS place with no picnic shelter. I ended up having to cook under the overhang of the vault toilet building. Fortunately, the campground was virtually empty on a Monday in mid-June. Most other times I have lucked out and had a shelter of some sort, including the very rainy day from Sedro-Woolley to Rockport, WA.