Heating & Cooling, Yurts

How to Heat Your Winter Yurt: Tips for Cold Weather Living

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One of the most common questions we receive from new yurt owners is: "can I install a wood stove in my yurt?" The answer is, of course, you can! I would estimate that 90% of our yurt buyers lead toward woodstove installations after purchasing their yurt. The cold winter temperatures tend to creep inside your yurt. Installing a wood or gas stove will become a lifesaver during the chilly winter months.
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Maintenance, Wall Tents

Enjoy the Durability and Comfort of the Cascade Canvas Tent

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My family and I took a trip to Cape Kiwanda, Oregon for a weekend getaway. We take a trip to the Pacific Ocean once a year and always enjoy spending our time outdoors. I grabbed the Cascade Canvas Tent and decided to set it up on the beach for the day! If you're familiar with the Oregon coast, you know how a sunny day can quickly turn into a 20 mph windy day. However, I am familiar with the sustainability of the Army Duck fabric used for the tent. Army Duck fabric is the most durable tent fabric available because it is fabricated with 100% cotton, thus creating a sturdy and water-repellent fabric.
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Yurts

The Evolution of the Kestrel Yurt

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Rainier Outdoor has extraordinary capabilities that allow us to create fun custom solutions such as our dining yurts. We are beyond excited to be involved in The Yurt Village project in collaboration with American Express and Resy. Our team worked tirelessly to build custom-designed structures that allow luxurious outdoor dining during the cold, winter season. You can find our dining yurts at 15 different independent restaurant locations across the country. We interviewed a few members of our engineering team to learn more about their experience with this project. Our engineering team stated, “It’s incredible to be involved in a project that has a large impact on keeping small businesses and restaurants open during this time.” Here is a look into the process.
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Planning & Investing

5 Things to Know About Starting a Glamping Business

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Glamping is a fairly new concept that’s applied to a wide range of camping styles and preferences. The glamping experience is appealing to travelers who want the outdoor living experience, without traditional camping. When we hear the word camping we hear: getting lost in the great outdoors, covering basic food, water, and shelter needs, and roughing it in the woods. When we think of glamping, we envision an adventure that is a unique, accessible, comfortable, and sometimes luxurious outdoor experience.
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Planning & Investing, Yurts

4 Things to Know About the Cost of Yurt Shipping

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Congratulations! You’ve made it to the end of our True Cost of Building a Yurt series. In this section, we will cover The True Cost of Building a Yurt: Shipping edition. We will walk you through our quality check procedures, packaging, Will Call, and shipping information. We highly encourage you to read through parts 1, part 2, and part 3 of our True Cost of Building a Yurt series to follow along with our yurt buyers’ experience.
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Case Studies, Yurts

Yurts in Utah: Explore & Buy with Rainier Outdoor

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Hi! My name is Cassidy and I’m part of the Rainier Outdoor team that recently traveled to Salt Lake City, Utah for a unique yurt photoshoot. Our team created an adventure itinerary to capture incredible images of some of our most unique products. We gathered information from our yurt customers to learn how they adapt to living in the round. Once we had the plans in place, we hopped on a plane to Utah to start our adventure.
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Maintenance, Yurts

5 Effective Ways to Manage Yurt Condensation

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Yurts are well-known for creating comfortable living solutions year-round. In some cases, yurt dwellers who live in cold or wet climates could experience moisture from condensation in the yurt. The moisture in your yurt can form from the fog on the interior of your window, humid air, or moisture inside your yurt dome. The most common cause of condensation within a yurt is lack of ventilation. Our team is here to provide our knowledge and solutions to eliminate moisture build-up in your yurt.
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